Prior to its uniform adoption of
proportional representation
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in 1999, the United Kingdom used
first-past-the-post
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for the
European elections in England,
Scotland
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and
Wales
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. The
European Parliament constituencies
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used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
each.
The constituency of Durham was one of them.
From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the
Westminster Parliament constituencies of
Bishop Auckland,
Chester-le-Street
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,
Consett,
Darlington,
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*County Durham, an English county
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,
Durham North West,
Easington, and
Houghton-le-Spring.
From 1984 to 1999 it consisted of:
Bishop Auckland,
Blaydon,
City of Durham,
Darlington,
Easington,
North Durham
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Etymology
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,
North West Durham
North West Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 12 December 2019 by Richard Holden of the Conservative Party.
Constituency profile
The constituency is in the north west of County Durham ...
,
Sedgefield
Sedgefield is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It had a population of 5,211 as at the 2011 census. It has the only operating racecourse in County Durham.
History Roman
A Roman 'ladder settlement' was discovered by C ...
.
Members of the European Parliament
Election results
References
External links
David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results
Politics of County Durham
1979 establishments in England
1999 disestablishments in England
Constituencies established in 1979
Constituencies disestablished in 1999
European Parliament constituencies in North East England (1979–1999)
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