South Wales East (European Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with South East Wales (European Parliament constituency).
For the Senedd electoral region of the same name, see South Wales East (Senedd electoral region).

South Wales East
European Parliament constituency
Boundary within Wales (1979-1984)
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

South Wales East was a European Parliament constituency covering southeastern Wales, including Gwent and parts of Mid Glamorgan.

Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used the first-past-the-post system for the European Parliament 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.

South Wales East replaced the similarly named South East Wales in 1984, and became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Boundaries

1984-1994: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cynon Valley, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West, Rhondda, Torfaen.

1994-1999: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West, Torfaen.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Name Party
1984 Llew Smith Labour
1994 Glenys Kinnock Labour

Results

European Parliament election, 1984: South East Wales[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Llew Smith 131,916 61.2 +6.4
Conservative Robert G. Whyatt 36,359 16.9 −13.4
SDP Clive D. Lindley 28,330 13.2 +7.0
Plaid Cymru Syd R. Morgan 18,833 8.7 +1.3
Majority 95,557 44.3
Turnout 215,438 38.1
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: South East Wales[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Llew Smith 138,872 64.3 +3.1
Conservative Rochfort J. Young 30,384 14.1 −2.8
Green Mel J. Witherden 27,869 12.9 New
Plaid Cymru Miss J. Evans 14,152 6.5 −2.2
SLD Paul Nicholls-Jones 4,661 2.2 −10.0
Majority 108,488 50.2 +5.9
Turnout 215,938 38.3 +0.2
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: South Wales East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenys Kinnock 144,907 74.0
Conservative Mrs. Rosamund Blomfield-Smith 24,660 12.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher F. Woolgrove 9,963 5.1
Plaid Cymru Colin P. Mann 9,550 4.9
Green Roger W. Coghill 4,509 2.3
Welsh Socialist Miss Sian Williams[a] 1,270 0.6
Natural Law Dr. Ralph R. Brussatis 1,027 0.5
Majority 120,247 61.4
Turnout 195,886 43.1
Labour win (new seat)
  1. ^ Sponsored by Cymru Goch

References

  1. ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (21 June 2004). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Wales". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2022.


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