Somerset and North Devon (European Parliament constituency)

(Redirected from Somerset and North Devon)

Somerset and North Devon was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Somerset in England, plus northern Devon and south-western Avon. With Cornwall and West Plymouth, it was one of the first two seats to elect a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament.

Somerset and North Devon
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

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.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Bridgwater, North Devon, Somerton and Frome, Taunton, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, and Yeovil.[1]

The constituency replaced most of Somerset and West Dorset and parts of Devon. It became part of the much larger South West England constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

edit
Elected Name Party
1994 Graham Watson Liberal Democrats
1999 Constituency abolished: see South West England

Results

edit
European Parliament election, 1994: Somerset and North Devon[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Watson 106,187 43.6
Conservative Margaret Daly 83,678 34.3
Labour John Pilgrim 34,540 14.2
Green David Taylor 10,870 4.5
New Britain Graham Livings 7,165 2.9
Natural Law Mark Lucas 1,200 0.5
Majority 22,509 9.3
Turnout 243,640 47.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

edit
  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 2
edit