South Downs West (European Parliament constituency)
| South Downs West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1994 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| 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 South Downs West was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Arundel, Chichester, East Hampshire, Havant, Horsham, and South West Surrey.[1]
James Provan of the Conservative Party was the sole MEP for the constituency's entire existence.
MEPs[edit]
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | James Provan | Conservative | |
| 1999 | Constituency abolished: see South East England | ||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Provan | 83,813 | 43.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dr. James M. M. Walsh | 62,746 | 32.7 | ||
| Labour | Mrs. Lynne R. Armstrong | 32,344 | 16.8 | ||
| Green | Eric Paine | 7,703 | 4.0 | ||
| Liberal | Bill Weights | 3,630 | 1.9 | ||
| Natural Law | Paul A. Kember | 1,794 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 21,067 | 11.0 | |||
| Turnout | 192,030 | 39.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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