Cambridgeshire (European Parliament constituency)

Cambridgeshire (1979–1984)
Cambridgeshire (1979–1984)
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1984
MEPs	1
Recreated
Created	1994
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
	[1]

Cambridgeshire was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. It was first created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, but was abolished in 1984 election.

It was re-created in 1994 and abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in Great Britain. It was succeeded by the East of England region.

Boundaries

When it was abolished in 1984, the subsequent seats were based on the parliamentary constituencies created by the 1983 boundary changes. The area covered by the new parliamentary constituencies of Cambridge, Huntingdon, North East Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South West Cambridgeshire became part of the Cambridge and Bedfordshire North constituency, while Wellingborough was transferred to Northamptonshire and South East Cambridgeshire was transferred to Suffolk.^[2]

The Cambridgeshire constituency was re-created in 1994 from parts of Cambridge and Bedfordshire North and Suffolk. The re-established constituency consisted of the Westminster parliamentary constituencies of Cambridge, Huntingdon, North East Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, South East Cambridgeshire and South West Cambridgeshire.^[3] Cambridge, Huntingdon, North East Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South West Cambridgeshire had previously been part of the Cambridge and Bedfordshire North constituency, while South East Cambridgeshire had been part of the Suffolk constituency.

Election		Member	Party
	1979	Sir Fred Catherwood	Conservative
1984		constituency abolished, see Cambridge and Bedfordshire North
	1994	Robert Sturdy	Conservative
1999		constituency abolished, part of East of England from 1999

European Parliament election, 1979: Cambridgeshire^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Fred Catherwood	94,497	59.0
	Labour	M L Mackie	42,038	26.3
	Liberal	M W B O'Loughlin	23,501	14.7
Majority			52,459	32.7
Turnout			160,036	32.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1994: Cambridgeshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Sturdy	66,921	37.6
	Labour	Melanie Jane Johnson	62,979	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duff	36,114	20.3
	Green	Margaret Wright	5,756	3.2
	Liberal	Paul Wiggin	4,051	2.3
	Natural Law	Francis Chalmers	2,077	1.2
Majority			3,942	2.2
Turnout			177,898
	Conservative win (new seat)

^ Boundary Commission for England, European Assembly Constituencies, December 1978.
^ European Parliament Information Office, MEPs and their constituencies, December 1988
^ The European Parliament 1994–1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
^ European Parliament election 1979 : United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland : results of the European election on 7 June 1979, Luxembourg: European Parliament, October 1983
^ Europe elections 1994 : results and elected members, Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations, Luxembourg: European Parliament, 15 June 1994.