- Shropshire and Stafford (European Parliament constituency)
Infobox European Parliament constituency
name = Infobox Shropshire and Stafford (European Parliament constituency)
title = Shropshire and Stafford
mapcaption =European Parliament logo
created = 1984
dissolved = 1994
meps = 1
memberstate =United Kingdom
sources = [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/] |Prior to its uniform adoption ofproportional representation in 1999, theUnited Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections inEngland ,Scotland andWales . The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had oneMember of the European Parliament each.The constituency of Shropshire and Stafford was one of them.
When it was created in England in 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Cannock and Burntwood, Ludlow, Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Shropshire, Shrewsbury and Atcham, South Staffordshire, Stafford, The Wrekin, [cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ |title=David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results |accessdate=2008-01-20] although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.
References
External links
* [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results]
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