Wiltshire (European Parliament constituency)

Wiltshire
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
Dissolved	1994
MEPs	1
Sources
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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 Wiltshire was one of them.

The constituency consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Devizes, Newbury, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, Swindon, Wantage, Westbury.

The constituency was represented for the whole of its existence by Caroline Jackson. At the 1994 European election, there were boundary changes. Most of Wiltshire then became part of the new Wiltshire North and Bath constituency, which again elected Caroline Jackson.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1984	Caroline Jackson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative

Election results

European Parliament election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Jackson	86,873	47.5
	Alliance	Jack Ainslie	60,404	33.1
	Labour	P. Whiteside	35,457	19.4
Majority			26,469	14.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Jackson	93,200	44.4
	Labour	G.A. Harris	46,887	22.3
	Green	J.V. Hughes	46,735	22.3
	SLD	P.N. Crossley	18,302	8.7
	Independent	J.A. Cade	4,809	2.3
Majority			46,313	22.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• Wiltshire North and Bath (European Parliament constituency)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results