London East (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.

London East
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
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The constituency of London East was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Barking, Dagenham, Hornchurch, Ilford North, Ilford South, Newham North East, Romford, Upminster, and Wanstead and Woodford.[1]

Members of the European Parliament

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Elected Member Party[2]
1979 Alan Tyrrell Conservative
1984 Carole Tongue Labour
1989
1994
1999 Constituency abolished: see London

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1979: London East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Tyrrell 77,955 48.8
Labour Peter D. O'Neill 64,925 40.7
Liberal D. C. Blackburn 16,783 10.5
Majority 13,030 8.1
Turnout 159,663 29.5
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: London East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carole Tongue 73,870 45.6 +4.9
Conservative Alan Tyrrell 61,711 38.1 −10.7
SDP Mrs. Jackie Horne 26,379 16.3 +5.8
Majority 12,159 7.5 N/A
Turnout 161,960 30.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: London East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carole Tongue 92,803 49.4 +3.8
Conservative Alan Tyrrell 65,418 34.9 −3.2
Green Miss E. M. (Liz) Crosbie 21,388 11.4 New
SLD John K. Gibb 7,341 3.9 −12.4
International Communist D. A. O’Sullivan 717 0.4 New
Majority 27,385 14.5 +7.0
Turnout 187,667 35.4 +5.3
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: London East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carole Tongue 98,759 57.8 +8.4
Conservative Mrs. Virginia F. M. Taylor 41,370 24.2 −10.7
Liberal Democrats W. K. (Ken) Montgomery 15,566 9.1 +5.2
UKIP Gerard Batten 5,974 3.5 New
Green John M. Baguley 4,337 2.6 −8.8'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000012−QINU`"'
National Liberal Oliver S. Tillett 3,484 2.0 New
Natural Law Nigel D. Kahn 1,272 0.8 New
Majority 57,389 33.6 +19.1
Turnout 170,762 38.0 +2.6
Labour hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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 16 February 2022.
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