South Downs West (European Parliament constituency)

South Downs West
European Parliament constituency
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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.

The constituency of South Downs West was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Arundel, Chichester, East Hampshire, Havant, Horsham, and South West Surrey.[1]

James Provan of the Conservative Party was the sole MEP for the constituency's entire existence.

MEPs

Elected Member Party
1994 James Provan Conservative
1999 Constituency abolished: see South East England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994: South Downs West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Provan 83,813 43.7
Liberal Democrats Dr. James M. M. Walsh 62,746 32.7
Labour Mrs. Lynne R. Armstrong 32,344 16.8
Green Eric Paine 7,703 4.0
Liberal Bill Weights 3,630 1.9
Natural Law Paul A. Kember 1,794 0.9
Majority 21,067 11.0
Turnout 192,030 39.4
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ 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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