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Birmingham North | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1984 |
MEPs | 1 |
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 Birmingham North was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aldridge-Brownhills, Birmingham Erdington, Birmingham Perry Barr, Birmingham Stechford, Sutton Coldfield, Warley East, Warley West, West Bromwich East, and West Bromwich West.[1]
Election | Name | Party | |||
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1979 | Eric Forth | Conservative | 1984 | seat abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Forth | 68,507 | 47.8 | ||
Labour | P.M. Jackson | 60,163 | 42.0 | ||
Liberal | C.E.A. Hooper | 14,583 | 10.2 | ||
Majority | 8,344 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 143,253 | 26.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |