London North (European Parliament constituency)

For the Canadian provincial electoral district in Ontario, see London North.

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.

London North
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources

The constituency of London North was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Edmonton, Enfield North, Finchley, Hornsey, Islington Central, Islington North, Islington South and Finsbury, Southgate, Tottenham, and Wood Green.^[1]

United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered to reflect this. The new seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Chipping Barnet, Edmonton, Enfield North, Enfield Southgate, Finchley, Hendon North, Hendon South, Hornsey and Wood Green, and Tottenham. These boundaries were used in 1984, 1989 and 1994.^[2][3]

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Members[4]	Party
	1979	John Marshall	Conservative
	1984
	1989	Pauline Green	Labour
	1994
1999		Constituency abolished: see London

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: London North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Marshall	74,042	49.7
	Labour	K. W. Little	59,077	39.7
	Liberal	Laurence S. Brass	15,838	10.6
Majority			14,965	10.0
Turnout			148,957	28.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: London North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Marshall	74,846	41.4	−8.3
	Labour	Ernest G. Large	69,993	38.7	−1.0
	Liberal	James S. Skinner	31,344	17.3	+6.7
	Ecology	Peter S. I. Lang	4,682	2.6	New
Majority			4,853	2.7
Turnout			180,865	32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: London North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Green	85,536	41.2	+2.5
	Conservative	R. M. (Bob) Lacey	79,699	38.3	−3.1
	Green	Simon A. Clarke	30,807	14.8	+12.2'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001D−QINU`"'
	SLD	Miss Hilary F. Leighter	8,917	4.3	−13.0
	Independent	P. K. Burns	2,016	1.0	New
	Communist	Miss Lorna M. Reith	850	0.4	New
Majority			5,837	2.9	N/A
Turnout			207,825	36.3	+4.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: London North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Green	102,059	55.4	+14.2
	Conservative	Michael G. Keegan	53,711	29.2	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Henderson Mann	15,739	8.5	+4.2
	Green	Mrs. Hilary J. Jago	5,666	3.1	−11.7'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000026−QINU`"'
	UKIP	Ian N. Booth	5,099	2.8	New
	European People's Party Judaeo-Christian Alliance	Giovanni B. Fabrizi	880	0.5	New
	Natural Law	Jonathan R. Hinde	856	0.5	New
Majority			48,348	26.2	+23.3
Turnout			184,010	34.0	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
2. "378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989". The Times. 19 May 1989.
3. Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995. London: J Whitaker & Sons Ltd. 1994. p. 277. ISBN 0850212472.
4. 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.

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results