South Wales (European Parliament constituency)

South Wales
European Parliament constituency
Boundary within Wales (1979-1984)
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources
[1]
Boundary within Wales (1984-1994)

South Wales was a European Parliament constituency covering south central Wales, including the city of Cardiff.

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 was replaced by most of South Wales Central and part of South Wales West in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Boundaries

1979-1984: Aberavon, Barry, Cardiff North, Cardiff North West, Cardiff South East, Cardiff West, Neath, Ogmore, Pontypridd.

1984-1994: Aberavon, Bridgend, Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Ogmore, Pontypridd, Vale of Glamorgan.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Name Party
1979 Win Griffiths Labour
1989 Wayne David Labour
1994 Constituency abolished

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: South Wales[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Win Griffiths 77,784 44.1
Conservative Stefan Terlezki 66,852 37.9
Liberal J. C. Greaves 17,811 10.1
Plaid Cymru D. J. Williams 14,029 7.9
Majority 10,932 6.2
Turnout 176,476 32.9
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: South Wales[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Win Griffiths 99,936 51.1 +7.0
Conservative Miss Jackie R. Pattman 55,678 28.5 −9.4
Liberal Mrs. Joan D. Davies 26,588 13.6 +3.5
Plaid Cymru Dr. Dafydd J. L. Hughes 13,201 6.8 −1.1
Majority 44,258 22.6
Turnout 195,403 38.4
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: South Wales[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wayne David 108,550 54.7 +3.6
Conservative Andrew R. Taylor 45,993 23.2 −5.3
Green Graham P. Jones 25,993 13.1 New
Plaid Cymru Peter J. Keelan 10,727 5.4 −1.4
SLD Prabhat K. Verma 4,037 2.0 −11.6
SDP D. A. T. (Terry) Thomas 3,153 1.6 New
Majority 62,557 31.5 +8.9
Turnout 198,453 38.1 −0.3
Labour hold Swing

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 6 March 2022.


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