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.
Hampshire West | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
European Parliament logo | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1984 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
[1] |
The constituency of Hampshire West was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Basingstoke, Eastleigh, New Forest, Salisbury, Southampton Itchen, Southampton Test, and Winchester.[1]
Member of the European Parliament
editElected | Name | Party | |
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1979 | Basil de Ferranti | Conservative |
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Basil de Ferranti | 114,978 | 58.9 | ||
Liberal | J.W. Matthew | 45,786 | 23.4 | ||
Labour | P.S. Jariwala | 34,472 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | 69,192 | 35.5 | |||
Turnout | 195,236 | 33.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
editExternal links
edit- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine