Greater Manchester East
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

Greater Manchester East was, from 1984 to 1999, a European Parliament constituency centred on Greater Manchester, in North West England.

From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheadle, Denton and Reddish, Hazel Grove, Oldham Central and Royton, Oldham West, Stalybridge and Hyde, and Stockport.[1] From 1994 to 1999 it consisted of Ashton-under-Lyne, Denton and Reddish, Heywood and Middleton, Littleborough and Saddleworth, Oldham Central and Royton, Oldham West, Rochdale, and Stalybridge and Hyde.

Before 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.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Member Party[2]
1984 Glyn Ford Labour
1989
1994
1999 Constituency abolished: see North West England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1984: Greater Manchester East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glyn Ford 65,101 42.7
Conservative T. K. (Ken) Thornber 56,415 37.0
SDP Mrs. Brigid Gaskin 27,801 18.2
Ecology M. J. Shipley 3,158 2.1
Majority 8,686 5.7
Turnout 152,475 29.9
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1989: Greater Manchester East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glyn Ford 93,294 49.7 +7.0
Conservative Richard N. Greenwood 58,793 31.3 -5.7
Green Mike J. Shipley 19,090 10.2 +8.1[a]
SLD A. B. (Brian) Leah 16,645 8.9 -9.3
Majority 34,501 18.4 +12.7
Turnout 187,822 37.0 +7.1
Labour hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Ecology Party
European Parliament election, 1994: Greater Manchester East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glyn Ford 82,289 60.4 +10.7
Conservative John R. Pinniger 26,303 19.3 -12.0
Liberal Democrats Alan J. Riley 20,545 15.1 +6.2
Green Trevor Clarke 5,823 4.3 -5.9[a]
Natural Law William A. Stevens 1,182 0.9 New
Majority 55,986 41.1 +22.7
Turnout 136,142 27.2 -9.8
Labour hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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