Upper Thames (European Parliament constituency)

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Upper Thames
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created[[1979 European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}|1979]]
Dissolved1984
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

Upper Thames was a United Kingdom European Parliament constituency, electing one member under the first-past-the-post system. It came into being for the European Parliament election of 1979 and ceased to exist in 1984, due to boundary reorganization.

Upper Thames consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Abingdon, Devizes, Henley, Newbury, Swindon, Reading North, and Reading South. Its only Member of the European Parliament was Robert Jackson.[1]

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Name Party
1979 Robert Jackson

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Conservative

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Jackson 103,488 59.4
Labour P.H. Gray 39,900 22.9
Liberal Jack Ainslie 30,907 17.17
Majority 63,588 36.5
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.

External links

Template:European Parliament constituencies 1979-1984