Leeds (European Parliament constituency)

Leeds
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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Leeds was a European Parliament constituency, centred on Leeds in the West Yorkshire area of 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.

In 1999, the constituency became part of the much larger Yorkshire and the Humber constituency.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Derek Enright		Labour
1984	Michael McGowan		Labour

European Parliament election, 1979: Leeds^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Derek Enright	62,475	45.6	N/A
	Conservative	P. C. Price	54,405	39.8	N/A
	Liberal	David Austick	20,005	14.6	N/A
Majority			8,070	5.8	N/A
Turnout				28.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Leeds^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael McGowan	86,259	42.3	-3.3
	Conservative	J. G. Holt	60,178	36.1	-3.7
	Liberal	S. J. Cooksey	36,097	21.6	+7.0
Majority			10,357	6.2	+0.4
Turnout				31.6	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Leeds^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael McGowan	97,385	52.2	+9.9
	Conservative	John Tweddle	54,867	29.4	-6.7
	Green	C. R. Lord	22,558	12.1	N/A
	Social and Liberal Democrats	J. Ewens	11,720	6.3	-15.3
Majority			42,518	22.8	+14.6
Turnout				37.1	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Leeds^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael McGowan	89,160	56.9	+4.7
	Conservative	Neil Carmichael	36,078	23.0	-6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Harvey	17,557	11.2	+4.9
	Liberal	Michael Meadowcroft	6,617	4.2	N/A
	Green	Claire Nash	6,283	4.0	-8.1
	Natural Law	Sarah Jane Hayward	1,018	0.7	N/A
Majority			53,082	33.9	+11.1
Turnout				30.0	-7.1
	Labour hold		Swing

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Wales	Mid and West Wales North Wales South East Wales South Wales

Scotland	Glasgow Highlands and Islands Lothians Mid Scotland and Fife North East Scotland South of Scotland Strathclyde East Strathclyde West

Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland

Key

* Constituency created 1981

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