Prior to its uniform adoption of
proportional representation in 1999, the
United Kingdom used
first-past-the-post for the
European elections
Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are considered the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's.
Until ...
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 Cumbria and Lancashire North was one of them.
When it was created in England in 1984, it consisted of the
Westminster Parliament constituencies of
Barrow and Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the ...
,
Carlisle
Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...
,
Copeland,
Lancaster,
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Morecambe and Lunesdale is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by David Morris, a Conservative.
Constituency profile
Since 1979 the constituency has been a bellwether and includes the seas ...
,
Penrith and the Border
Penrith and The Border is a constituency in Cumbria represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Neil Hudson, a Conservative.
History
Penrith and The Border was first contested in 1950 since which it has to date been g ...
,
Westmorland and Lonsdale,
Workington, and
Wyre.
In 1994, Wyre constituency was transferred to Lancashire Central, but otherwise the constituency's composition remained the same until its abolition in 1999.
References
External links
David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results
European Parliament constituencies in England (1979–1999)
Politics of Cumbria
Politics of Lancashire
1984 establishments in England
1999 disestablishments in England
Constituencies established in 1984
Constituencies disestablished in 1999
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