Birmingham South (European Parliament constituency)

Birmingham South
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	[[1979 European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}|1979]]
Dissolved	1984
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 Birmingham South was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham Hall Green, Birmingham Handsworth, Birmingham Ladywood, Birmingham Northfield, Birmingham Selly Oak, Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham Sparkbrook, and Birmingham Yardley.

Member of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Norvela Forster style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Birmingham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norvela Forster	66,012	47.5	N/A
	Labour	A. Bore	60,775	43.7	N/A
	Liberal	A.J. Batchelor	12,160	8.8	N/A
Majority			5,237	3.8	N/A
Turnout				27.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results