London North East (European Parliament constituency)

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London North East
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

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 London North East was one of them.

Boundaries[edit]

1979-1984: Bethnal Green and Bow; Chingford; Hackney Central; Hackney North and Stoke Newington; Hackney South and Shoreditch; Leyton; Newham North West; Newham South; Stepney and Poplar; Walthamstow.

1984-1999: Bethnal Green and Stepney; Bow and Poplar; Chingford; Hackney North and Stoke Newington; Hackney South and Shoreditch; Leyton; Newham North West; Newham South; Walthamstow.

Members of the European Parliament[edit]

Elected Members[1] Party
1979 Alf Lomas Labour
1984
1989
1994
1999 Constituency abolished: see London

Election results[edit]

European Parliament election, 1979: London North East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alf Lomas 61,004 57.5
Conservative C. St. G. C. Stanbrook 36,200 34.2
Liberal R. P. Bancroft 8,839 8.3
Majority 24,804 23.3
Turnout 106,043 20.4
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: London North East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alf Lomas 79,907 61.8 +4.3
Conservative Mark A. L. Batchelor 27,242 21.1 -13.1
Liberal James P. Heppell 17,344 13.4 +5.1
Ecology Jean Lambert 4,797 3.7 New
Majority 52,665 40.7
Turnout 129,290 25.2
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: London North East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alf Lomas 76,085 53.9 -7.9
Conservative Michael Trend 28,318 20.1 -1.0
Green Jean Lambert 25,949 18.4 +14.7[a]
SLD Simon G. Banks 9,575 6.8 -6.6
Communist Miss N. C. Temple 1,129 0.8 New
Majority 47,767 33.8 -6.9
Turnout 141,056 27.6 +2.4
Labour hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Ecology Party
European Parliament election, 1994: London North East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alf Lomas 80,256 62.1 +8.2
Conservative Simon J. M. Gordon 23,171 17.9 -2.2
Liberal Democrats Kofi Bakoki Appiah 10,242 7.9 +1.1
Green Jean Lambert 8,386 6.5 -11.9[a]
Liberal Erbie Murat 2,573 2.0 New
UKIP Peter Compobassi 2,015 1.5 New
Natural Law Richard Archer 1,111 0.9 New
Communist Mark W. Fischer 869 0.7 -0.1
International Communist Antony Hyland 679 0.5 New
Majority 57,085 44.2 +10.4
Turnout 129,302 26.6 -1.0
Labour hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Boothroyd, David (16 February 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 16 February 2003. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

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