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Cleveland
European Parliament constituency
European Parliament logo Created 1979 Dissolved 1984 MEP(s) 1 Member State United Kingdom Source(s) [1] Cleveland was a European Parliament constituency covering Cleveland and parts of North Yorkshire in England.
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 seat consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Cleveland and Whitby, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Richmond (Yorkshire), Scarborough, Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby.[1] In 1984, almost all the seat became part of the new Cleveland and Yorkshire North constituency.
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Members of the European Parliament
Elected Name Party 1979 Peter Vanneck Conservative Results
European Parliament election, 1979: Cleveland[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Vanneck 76,514 50.6 N/A Labour Ernest Wistrich 51,688 34.1 N/A Liberal Michael Pitts 18,125 12.0 N/A Independent S. C. Hill 4.960 3.3 N/A Majority 24,826 16.5 N/A Turnout 28.2 N/A New creation: Conservative gain. Swing N/A References
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