Essex North East (European Parliament Constituency)
Essex North East was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1994 and succeeded by the constituencies of Essex North and Suffolk South and Essex South.
Read more about Essex North East (European Parliament Constituency): Boundaries, MEPs, Election Results
Famous quotes containing the words essex, north, east and/or parliament:
“The unknown always seems unbelievable, Lucas.”
—Harry Essex (b. 1910)
“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it—to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“I’ th’ East my pleasure lies.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“What is the historical function of Parliament in this country? It is to prevent the Government from governing.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)