Norfolk (European Parliament constituency)

Norfolk 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 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in the United Kingdom. It was succeeded by the East of England region.

Norfolk
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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Boundaries

On its creation in 1979, it consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of North Norfolk, North West Norfolk, South Norfolk, South West Norfolk, Norwich North, Norwich South and Yarmouth.^[1]

After the 1984 boundary changes based on the new UK parliamentary constituencies created in 1983, it consisted of the constituencies of Great Yarmouth, Mid Norfolk, North Norfolk, North West Norfolk, Norwich North, Norwich South, South Norfolk and South West Norfolk.^[2]

1994 saw further boundary changes and the constituency now consisted of Great Yarmouth, Mid Norfolk, North Norfolk, North West Norfolk, Norwich North, Norwich South and South Norfolk.^[3] South West Norfolk was transferred to the constituency of Suffolk and South West Norfolk.

The entire area became part of the East of England constituency in 1999.

MEPs

The constituency's first MEP, Paul Howell, was the son of Sir Ralph Howell, the long-serving Conservative MP for North Norfolk which was in this constituency.

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Paul Howell	Conservative
	1984
	1989
	1994	Clive Needle	Labour
	1999	constituency abolished, part of East of England from 1999

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994: Norfolk^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Needle	102,711	45.2	+12.5
	Conservative	Paul Frederick Howell	76,424	33.6	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burall	39,107	17.2	+13.1
	Green	Adrian Holmes	7,938	3.5	−15.1
	Natural Law	Bryan Parsons	1,075	0.5	New
Majority			26,287	11.6	N/A
Turnout			227,255	44.3	+6.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.6

European Parliament election, 1989: Norfolk^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Frederick Howell	92,385	42.3	−7.5
	Labour	Mary E Page	71,478	32.7	+2.2
	Green	Mike G Macartney-Filgate	40,575	18.6	New
	SLD	Richard A Lawes	8,902	4.1	−15.6
	SDP	Stuart D Maxwell	4,934	2.3	New
Majority			20,907	9.6	−9.7
Turnout			218,274	37.8	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.9

European Parliament election, 1984: Norfolk^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Frederick Howell	95,459	49.8	−10.0
	Labour	A E B (Bryan) Heading	58,602	30.5	+0.1
	SDP	Leighton V Williams	37,703	19.7	+9.9
Majority			36,857	19.3	−10.1
Turnout			191,764	35.3	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.1

European Parliament election, 1979: Norfolk^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Frederick Howell	102,981	59.8
	Labour	H Gray	52,406	30.4
	Liberal	E B S Baxter	16,805	9.8
Majority			50,575	29.4
Turnout			172,192	34.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. Boundary Commission for England, European Assembly Constituencies, December 1978.
2. European Parliament Information Office, MEPs and their constituencies, December 1988
3. The European Parliament 1994–1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
4. Europe elections 1994 : results and elected members, Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations, Luxembourg: European Parliament, 15 June 1994.
5. Europe votes 3 : European parliamentary election results 1989, ed. by T.T. Mackie, Dartmouth, 1990.
6. Europe votes 2 : European Parliamentary election results, 1979–1984, eds. T.T. Mackie and F.W.S. Craig, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1985.
7. 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

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results