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Peak District (European Parliament constituency)

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Peak District
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
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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.

The constituency of Peak District was one of them.

It was named after the Peak District in the East Midlands and consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Amber Valley, Ashfield, Broxtowe, Erewash, High Peak, Staffordshire Moorlands, and West Derbyshire.[1]

Arlene McCarthy of the Labour Party was this seat's only MEP.

MEPs

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Elected Member Party
1994 Arlene McCarthy Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see East Midlands

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1994: Peak District[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arlene McCarthy 105,853 53.1
Conservative Robin H. C. Fletcher 56,546 28.3
Liberal Democrats Mrs. Susan P. Barber 29,979 15.0
Green Mike J. Shipley 5,598 2.8
Natural Law David H. Collins 1,533 0.8
Majority 49,307 24.8
Turnout 199,509 39.0
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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