Wight and Hampshire East (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.

Wight and Hampshire East
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

The constituency of Wight and Hampshire East was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aldershot, Fareham, Farnham, Gosport, Isle of Wight, Petersfield, Portsmouth North, and Portsmouth South.[1]

Members of the European Parliament edit

Elected Member Party
1979 Stanley Johnson Conservative
1984 Richard Simmonds Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results edit

European Parliament election, 1979: Wight and Hampshire East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Johnson 128,414 64.7
Liberal Baroness Seear 35,248 17.7
Labour L. F. Bennett 34,901 17.6
Majority 93,166 47.0
Turnout 198,563 34.5
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Wight and Hampshire East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Simmonds 96,666 51.7 -13.0
Liberal Miss S. A. Ludford 53,738 28.8 +11.1
Labour Jim A. Phillips 36,445 19.5 +1.9
Majority 42,928 22.9 -24.1
Turnout 186,849 34.3 -0.2
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Wight and Hampshire East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Simmonds 90,658 44.9 -6.8
Labour Alan D. Burnett 51,228 25.3 +5.8
Green Steven L. Rackett 40,664 20.1 New
SLD Miss Viv A. Rayner 19,569 9.7 -19.1
Majority 39,430 19.6 -3.3
Turnout 202,119 35.2 +0.9
Conservative hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

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