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Cleveland (European Parliament constituency)
Cleveland
was a
European Parliament constituency
covering Cleveland and parts of
North Yorkshire
in
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.
The
seat
consisted of the
Westminster Parliament constituencies
of
Cleveland and Whitby
,
Hartlepool
,
Middlesbrough
,
Redcar
, Richmond,
Scarborough
,
Stockton-on-Tees
and
Thornaby
. In
1984
, almost all the seat became part of the new
Cleveland and Yorkshire North
constituency
.
Members of the
European Parliament
Results