Staffordshire West and Congleton (European Parliament constituency) explained

Staffordshire West and Congleton
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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 Staffordshire West and Congleton was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Congleton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent Central, Stoke-on-Trent North, and Stoke-on-Trent South.[1]

Michael Tappin of the Labour Party was this constituency's only MEP.

MEPs

Elected Member Party
1994Michael TappinLabour
Constituency abolished: see West Midlands

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results . 2008-01-20 . 9 February 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080209182341/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ . live .