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Merseyside East and Wigan (European Parliament constituency)

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Member state
  
United Kingdom

MEPs
  
1

Created
  
1994

Date dissolved
  
1999

Merseyside East and Wigan (European Parliament constituency)

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 constituency of Merseyside East and Wigan was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Knowsley North, Knowsley South, Leigh, Liverpool Garston, Makerfield, St Helens North, St Helens South, and Wigan.

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Merseyside East and Wigan (European Parliament constituency) Wikipedia