Birmingham West (European Parliament constituency)

Birmingham West
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
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.

The constituency of Birmingham West was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Aldridge-Brownhills, Birmingham Ladywood, Birmingham Perry Barr, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall North, Walsall South, West Bromwich East, and West Bromwich West.[2]

MEPs

Election Member Party
1984 John Tomlinson Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see West Midlands

Elections

European elections, 1984: Birmingham West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Tomlinson 61,946 45.2
Conservative Colin R.C. Hart 55,702 40.6
SDP Joseph C Binns 19,422 14.2
Majority 5,237 4.6
Turnout 137,070 27.3
Labour win (new seat)
European elections, 1989: Birmingham West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Tomlinson 86,545 50.5 +5.3
Conservative Charles Francis Robinson 55,685 32.5 −7.9
Green John D Bentley 21,384 12.5 New
SLD Stewart Reynolds 7,673 4.5 −9.7
Majority 30,860 18.0 +13.4
Turnout 171,287 33.2 +5.9
Labour hold Swing
European elections, 1994: Birmingham West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Tomlinson 77,957 53.7 +3.2
Conservative David M. Harman 38,607 26.6 −5.9
Liberal Democrats Nicholas DM McGeorge 14,603 10.0 +5.5
UKIP Dr Bernard A Juby 5,237 3.6 New
Green Murray G Abbott 4,367 3.0 −9.5
National Front Andrew Carmichael 3,727 2.6 New
Natural Law Huw S Meads 789 0.5 New
Majority 39,350 27.1 +9.1
Turnout 145,287 28.5 −4.7
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99, part 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  2. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.


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