South Wales Central (European Parliament constituency)

This article is about European Parliament constituency. For the Senedd electoral region of the same name, see South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region).

South Wales Central
European Parliament constituency
Boundary within Wales (1994-1999)
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

South Wales Central 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 consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda, and Vale of Glamorgan.[1]

The constituency replaced most of South Wales and the Cynon Valley area of South Wales East in 1994 and became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Name Party
1994 Wayne David Labour

Results

European Parliament election, 1994: South Wales Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wayne David 115,396 61.4
Conservative Mrs. Lynn A. Verity 29,340 15.6
Plaid Cymru Gareth O. Llywelyn 18,857 10.0
Liberal Democrats A. J. (John) Dixon 18,471 9.8
Green Christopher J. von Ruhland 4,002 2.1
Communist Robert D. Griffiths 1,073 0.6
Natural Law Gabriel Duguay 889 0.5
Majority 86,056 45.8
Turnout 188,028 39.4
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ 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 17 March 2022.


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