Merseyside East and Wigan (European Parliament constituency) explained

Merseyside East and Wigan
Map:Europarl logo.svg
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Created:1994
Dissolved:1999
Meps:1
Memberstate:United Kingdom
Memberstatelink2:the United Kingdom
Sources:http://www.election.demon.co.uk/

Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.

The constituency of Merseyside East and Wigan was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Knowsley North, Knowsley South, Leigh, Liverpool Garston, Makerfield, St Helens North, St Helens South, and Wigan.[1]

MEPs

Elected Member Party
1994Terry WynnLabour
Constituency abolished: see North West England

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results . 2008-01-20.