Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire (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.

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

The constituency of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Buckingham, Chesham and Amersham, Henley, Oxford East, Oxford West and Abingdon, and Wycombe.[1]

MEPs edit

Elected Member Party
1984 James Elles Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results edit

European Parliament election, 1984: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Elles 94,136 52.8
SDP Roger J. Liddle 45,055 25.3
Labour John G. Power 39,164 21.9
Majority 49,081 27.5
Turnout 178,355 32.9
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1989: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Elles 92,483 46.8 -6.0
Labour Robert U. Gifford 44,965 22.7 +0.8
Green Tim H. Andrewes 42,058 21.3 New
SLD R. T. (Bob) Johnston 14,405 7.3 -18.0
Independent R. C. Turner 3,696 1.9 New
Majority 47,518 24.1 -3.4
Turnout 197,607 35.2 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ a b 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 6 February 2022.

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