Lancashire Central (European Parliament constituency)

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.

Lancashire Central
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources

Created for the 1979 European Parliament elections in 1979, Lancashire Central was a single-member constituency formed from the grouping of numerous neighbouring UK Parliament constituencies.

Boundaries

• 1979–1984: Blackpool North, Blackpool South, Chorley, Fylde South, Preston North, Preston South, Westhoughton, Wigan
• 1984–1994: Blackpool North, Blackpool South, Chorley, Fylde, Preston, Ribble Valley, South Ribble, West Lancashire
• 1994–1999: Blackpool North, Blackpool South, Burnley, Fylde, Pendle, Preston, Ribble Valley, Wyre

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Michael Welsh	Conservative
	1994	Mark Hendrick	Labour

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Lancashire Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Welsh	91,355	51.1
	Labour	I J Taylor	63,709	37.7
	Liberal	A D Sanders	13,821	8.2
Majority			27,646	16.4
Turnout			168,885	31.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Lancashire Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Welsh	82,370	50.4	-0.7
	Labour	Helen Jones	56,175	34.4	-3.3
	SDP	Michael Gallagher	24,936	15.2	New
Majority			26,195	16.0	-0.4
Turnout			163,481	31.2	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Lancashire Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Welsh	81,125	42.1	-8.3
	Labour	G Smith	75,437	39.2	+4.8
	Green	H Ingham	28,777	14.9	New
	SLD	J Ross-Mills	7,378	3.8	-9.4
Majority			5,688	2.9	-13.1
Turnout			192,717	35.8	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Lancashire Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hendrick	73,420	43.9	+4.7
	Conservative	Michael Welsh	61,229	36.6	-5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Ross-Mills	20,578	12.3	+8.5
	Independent British Home Rule	D Hill	6,751	4.0	New
	Green	C Maile	4,169	2.5	-12.4
	Natural Law	J Aycliffe	1,127	0.7	New
Majority			12,191	7.3	N/A
Turnout			93,854	33.2	-2.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results