Essex North East (European Parliament constituency)

Essex North East
Essex North East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1994
MEPs	1
Sources
	[1]

Essex North East was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1994 and succeeded by the constituencies of Essex North and Suffolk South and Essex South.

Boundaries

On its creation in 1979, it consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Braintree, Colchester, South East Essex, Maldon, Saffron Walden, Southend East and Southend West.^[1]

After the 1984 boundary changes based on the new UK parliamentary constituencies created in 1983, it consisted of Braintree, Harwich, North Colchester, Rochford, Saffron Walden, South Colchester and Maldon, Southend East and Southend West.^[2] Harwich had previously been part of the Suffolk constituency.

The constituency was abolished in 1994. Braintree, Harwich, North Colchester, Saffron Walden and South Colchester and Maldon became part of Essex North and Suffolk South. Rochford, Southend East and Southend West were now part of the new constituency of Essex South.^[3]

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
	1979	David Curry	Conservative
	1989	Anne McIntosh	Conservative
1994		constituency abolished, part of Essex North and Suffolk South and Essex South from 1994

Election results

European Parliament election, 1989: Essex North East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh	92,758	44.5	−11.1
	Labour	Hilary J Bryan	53,360	25.6	+1.1
	Green	Chris R Keene	45,163	21.7	New
	SLD	Diana P Wallis	16,939	8.1	−11.8
Majority			39,398	18.9	−12.2
Turnout			215,220	34.8	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.2

European Parliament election, 1984: Essex North East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Maurice Curry	97,138	55.6	−5.1
	Labour	Brian L Stapleton	42,836	24.5	+4.0
	SDP	Aubrey E Ross	34,769	19.9	+3.8
Majority			54,300	31.1	−9.1
Turnout			174,743	30.4	−2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.6

European Parliament election, 1979: Essex North East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Maurice Curry	99,137	60.7
	Labour	Conor O. O'Brien	33,496	20.5
	Liberal	A W Phillips	26,298	16.1
	UACM	W O Smedley	4,497	2.8
Majority			65,641	40.2
Turnout			163,428	32.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

^ Boundary Commission for England, European Assembly Constituencies, December 1978.
^ European Parliament Information Office, MEPs and their constituencies, December 1988
^ The European Parliament 1994–1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
^ Europe votes 3 : European parliamentary election results 1989, ed. by T.T. Mackie, Dartmouth, 1990.
^ Europe votes 2 : European Parliamentary election results, 1979–1984, eds. T.T. Mackie and F.W.S. Craig, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1985.
^ European Parliament election 1979 : United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland : results of the European election on 7 June 1979, Luxembourg: European Parliament, October 1983