Yorkshire South West (European Parliament constituency)

Yorkshire South West was a European Parliament constituency covering the southern parts West Yorkshire in England and, at times, part of South Yorkshire.

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 Yorkshire South West was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Colne Valley, Dewsbury, Hemsworth, Huddersfield East, Huddersfield West, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford and Wakefield. In 1984, Barnsley West and Penistone was added, while Huddersfield East and Huddersfield West were replaced by Huddersfield. In 1994, Barnsley West and Penistone was replaced by Batley and Spen.

The area is now included in the Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament Constituency, which was represented by seven members in 1999-2004 and six from 2004 onwards.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Thomas Megahy		Labour

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Yorkshire South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Megahy	75,473	51.9	N/A
	Conservative	J. F. Chambers	52,157	35.8	N/A
	Liberal	P. Waudby	17,850	12.3	N/A
Majority			23,316	16.1	N/A
Turnout				29.0	N/A
	New creation: Labour gain.		Swing	N/A

European Parliament election, 1984: Yorkshire South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Megahy	88,464	55.4	+3.5
	Conservative	A. J. A. Lodge	44,291	27.7	-8.1
	Liberal	J. F. Crossley	29,964	16.9	+4.6
Majority			44,173	27.7	+11.6
Turnout				30.8	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Yorkshire South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Megahy	108,444	58.0	+2.6
	Conservative	G. T. A. W. Horton	42,543	22.8	-4.9
	Green	S. Leyland	25,677	13.7	N/A
	Social and Liberal Democrats	David Ridgway	10,352	5.5	-11.4
Majority			65,901	35.2	+7.5
Turnout				35.7	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Yorkshire South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Megahy	94,025	59.2	+1.2
	Conservative	C. M. J. M. A. Adamson	34,463	21.7	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Ridgway	21,595	13.6	+8.1
	Green	Andy Cooper	7,163	4.5	-9.2
	Natural Law	G. S. Mead	1,674	1.0	N/A
Majority			59,562	37.5	+2.5
Turnout				29.0	-6.7
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results