# London North East (European Parliament constituency)

London North East was a constituency of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1999. 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.

## Boundaries

1979-1984: Bethnal Green and Bow; Chingford; Hackney Central; Hackney North and Stoke Newington; Hackney South and Shoreditch; Leyton; Newham North West; Newham South; Stepney and Poplar; Walthamstow.
1984-1999: Bethnal Green and Stepney; Bow and Poplar; Chingford; Hackney North and Stoke Newington; Hackney South and Shoreditch; Leyton; Newham North West; Newham South; Walthamstow.

## Members of the European Parliament

| Elected | Elected | Members | Party |
| | 1979 | Alf Lomas | Labour |
| | 1984 | Alf Lomas | Labour |
| | 1989 | Alf Lomas | Labour |
| | 1994 | Alf Lomas | Labour |
| 1999 | 1999 | Constituency abolished: see London | Constituency abolished: see London |

## Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: London North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alf Lomas | 61,004 | 57.5 | |
| | Conservative | C. St. G. C. Stanbrook | 36,200 | 34.2 | |
| | Liberal | R. P. Bancroft | 8,839 | 8.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,804 | 23.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 106,043 | 20.4 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
European Parliament election, 1984: London North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alf Lomas | 79,907 | 61.8 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | Mark A. L. Batchelor | 27,242 | 21.1 | −13.1 |
| | Liberal | James P. Heppell | 17,344 | 13.4 | +5.1 |
| | Ecology | Jean Lambert | 4,797 | 3.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52,665 | 40.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,290 | 25.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
European Parliament election, 1989: London North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alf Lomas | 76,085 | 53.9 | −7.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael Trend | 28,318 | 20.1 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Jean Lambert | 25,949 | 18.4 | +14.7'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000014−QINU`"' |
| | SLD | Simon G. Banks | 9,575 | 6.8 | −6.6 |
| | Communist | Miss N. C. Temple | 1,129 | 0.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47,767 | 33.8 | −6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,056 | 27.6 | +2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
European Parliament election, 1994: London North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alf Lomas | 80,256 | 62.1 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | Simon J. M. Gordon | 23,171 | 17.9 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kofi Bakoki Appiah | 10,242 | 7.9 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Jean Lambert | 8,386 | 6.5 | −11.9'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001D−QINU`"' |
| | Liberal | Erbie Murat | 2,573 | 2.0 | New |
| | UKIP | Peter Compobassi | 2,015 | 1.5 | New |
| | Natural Law | Richard Archer | 1,111 | 0.9 | New |
| | Communist | Mark W. Fischer | 869 | 0.7 | −0.1 |
| | International Communist | Antony Hyland | 679 | 0.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57,085 | 44.2 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,302 | 26.6 | −1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |