North Wales (European Parliament constituency)

North Wales
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources

North Wales was a European Parliament constituency which roughly covered the unofficial region of North Wales, from 1979 until 1999. It was held by the Conservative Party from 1979 until 1989, during which time it was their only seat in Wales.

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.

When it was created in Wales in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Conwy, Denbigh, Flint East, Flint West, Merioneth, Montgomery, Wrexham. In 1984, Denbigh, Flint East, Flint West and Merioneth were replaced by Alyn and Deeside, Clwyd North West, Clwyd South West, Delyn and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, while Anglesey was renamed Ynys Môn and Caernarvon was renamed Caernarfon. In 1994, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy and Montgomery were removed from the seat.^[1]

The seat became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Beata Brookes		Conservative
1989	Joe Wilson		Labour

European Parliament election, 1979: North Wales^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Beata Brookes	71,473	41.9	N/A
	Labour	T. A. Dillon	46,627	26.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	34,171	19.3	N/A
	Liberal	Nesta Wyn Ellis	21,989	12.4	N/A
Majority			27,546	15.5	N/A
Turnout				35.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: North Wales^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Beata Brookes	69,139	31.6	-10.3
	Social Democratic	Robert Thomas Ellis	56,861	26.0	+13.6
	Labour	Colin Ian Campbell	54,768	25.0	-1.4
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Iwan	38,117	17.4	-1.9
Majority			12,278	5.6	-9.9
Turnout				42.4	+6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: North Wales^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joe Wilson	83,638	33.1	+8.1
	Conservative	Beata Brookes	79,178	31.3	-0.3
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Elis-Thomas	64,120	25.3	+7.9
	Green	P. H. W. Adams	15,832	6.3	N/A
	Social and Liberal Democrats	R. K. Marshall	10,056	4.0	-22.0
Majority			4,460	1.8	-3.8
Turnout				46.8	+4.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: North Wales^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joe Wilson	88,091	40.8	+7.7
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Wigley	72,849	33.8	+8.5
	Conservative	R. G. M. Hughes	33,450	15.5	-15.8
	Liberal Democrat	R. E. Parry	14,828	6.9	+2.9
	Green	P. H. W. Adams	2,850	1.3	-5.0
	Natural Law	D. E. Hughes	2,065	0.9	N/A
	Independent	J. M. Cooksey	1,623	0.8	N/A
Majority			15,242	7.0	+5.2
Turnout				45.3	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

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Key

* Constituency created 1981

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