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London South and Surrey East (European Parliament constituency)

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London South and Surrey East
European Parliament constituency
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 London South and Surrey East was one of them. It was merged from the London South and Surrey constituencies.

When it was created in England in 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Central, Croydon North East, Croydon North West, Croydon South, East Surrey, Reigate and Sutton and Cheam.[1] In boundary changes which took effect at the 1994 European Election, it lost the Reigate constituency but gained Epsom and Ewell.

Members of the European Parliament

Election Member[2] Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1984 James Moorhouse Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1989
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1994
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | 1998 Liberal Democrat

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  2. ^ "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". www.election.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

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