Wiltshire North and Bath (European Parliament constituency)
Wiltshire North and Bath | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1994 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
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Wiltshire North and Bath was a United Kingdom European Parliament constituency, electing one member. As a result of a boundary reorganization, it came into being for the European Parliament election of 1994 and ceased to exist in 1999, when the United Kingdom abandoned the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales.
Wiltshire North and Bath consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bath, Devizes, North Wiltshire, Swindon, Wansdyke, and Westbury. Its only Member of the European Parliament was Caroline Jackson.[1]
The constituency came to an end in 1999, when the UK adopted a form of proportional representation within much larger regional constituencies, and Wiltshire North and Bath was merged into the new South West England European Parliament constituency.
Members of the European Parliament
Elected | Name | Party | |
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1994 | Caroline Jackson
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Conservative |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caroline Jackson | 71,872 | 34.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mrs. J.H.H. Matthew | 63,085 | 30.6 | ||
Labour | Mrs. N.P.J. Norris | 50,489 | 24.5 | ||
Liberal | P.J.P. Cullen | 6,760 | 3.3 | ||
Green | M. Davidson | 5,974 | 2.9 | ||
UKIP | T.P.E. Hedges | 5,843 | 2.8 | ||
Natural Law | D.R.H. Cooke | 1,148 | 0.6 | ||
Christian People's Party | J.R.D. Day | 725 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 8,787 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 205,896 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
External links
- European Parliament constituencies in England (1979–1999)
- Politics of Bath, Somerset
- Politics of Wiltshire
- Politics of Bath and North East Somerset
- 1994 establishments in England
- 1999 disestablishments in England
- Constituencies established in 1994
- Constituencies disestablished in 1999
- British election stubs
- European Union stubs