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.
| London West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of London West was one of them.
When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Acton, Brentford and Isleworth, Ealing North, Feltham and Heston, Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Southall and Uxbridge.[1]
United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered in 1984 to reflect this. The revised seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Brentford and Isleworth, Ealing Acton, Ealing North, Ealing Southall, Feltham and Heston, Hammersmith, Richmond and Barnes and Twickenham.[2] The same boundaries were used in 1989 and 1994.[3][4]
| Returned members[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Brian Hord Conservative | ||
| 1984 | Michael Elliott Labour | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Constituency abolished: see London | ||
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brian Hord | 89,433 | 51.0 | ||
| Labour | James Daly | 67,193 | 38.3 | ||
| Liberal | R. M. Cohen | 17,077 | 9.8 | ||
| International Marxist | Tariq Ali | 1,635 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 22,240 | 12.7 | |||
| Turnout | 175,338 | 33.0 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Elliott | 79,554 | 40.8 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | Brian Hord | 74,325 | 38.1 | -12.9 | |
| SDP | Christopher W. Layton | 36,687 | 18.8 | +9.0 | |
| Ecology | Mrs. Deborah M. Sutherland | 4,361 | 2.3 | New | |
| Majority | 5,229 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 194,927 | 37.7 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Elliott | 92,959 | 43.1 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | Brendan Donnelly | 78,151 | 36.2 | -1.9 | |
| Green | Jeremy R. Hywel-Davies | 32,686 | 15.1 | +12.8[a] | |
| SLD | John Gordon Parry | 9,309 | 4.3 | -14.5 | |
| SDP | J. R. Rogers-Davies | 2,877 | 1.3 | New | |
| Majority | 14,808 | 6.9 | +4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 215,982 | 41.9 | +4.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Ecology Party
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Elliott | 94,562 | 51.9 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | J. R. C. (Robert) Guy | 52,287 | 28.7 | -7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | W. D. E. (Bill) Mallinson | 21,561 | 11.8 | +7.5 | |
| Green | John W. Bradley | 6,134 | 3.4 | -11.7[a] | |
| UKIP | Gerald Roberts | 4,583 | 2.5 | New | |
| National Front | William A. Binding | 1,963 | 1.1 | New | |
| Natural Law | Richard P. Johnson | 1,105 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 42,275 | 23.2 | +16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 182,195 | 36.0 | -5.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)
References edit
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ "European Elections 84. Candidates named for European Parliament elections on June 14". The Times. 16 May 1984. p. 5.
- ^ "378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989". The Times. 19 May 1989.
- ^ Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995. London: J Whitaker & Sons Ltd. 1994. p. 277. ISBN 0850212472.
- ^ a b c d e Boothroyd, David (16 February 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 16 February 2003. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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