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 Sussex West (renamed as West Sussex in 1984) was one of them.
| Sussex West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Boundary within South East England (1979-1984) | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
Boundaries
edit1979-1984: Arundel; Chichester; Havant and Waterloo; Horsham and Crawley; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.
1984-1994: Arundel; Chichester; Crawley; Horsham; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.
MEPs
edit| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Madron Seligman | Conservative | |
| 1994 | Constituency abolished | ||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Madron Seligman | 131,077 | 65.9 | ||
| Liberal | Dr James M. M. Walsh | 35,593 | 17.9 | ||
| Labour | B. J. Whipp | 26,894 | 13.5 | ||
| United Against the Common Market | L. N. Vince | 5,303 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 95,484 | 48.0 | |||
| Turnout | 198,867 | 35.3 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Madron Seligman | 104,257 | 58.7 | −7.2 | |
| Liberal | Dr James M. M. Walsh | 46,755 | 26.3 | +8.4 | |
| Labour | Gareth C. Rees | 22,857 | 12.8 | −0.7 | |
| Ecology | David Aherne | 3,847 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 57,502 | 32.4 | |||
| Turnout | 177,716 | 33.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Madron Seligman | 95,821 | 47.4 | −11.3 | |
| Green | I. F. N. (Nick) Bagnall | 49,588 | 24.5 | +22.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000000D−QINU`"' | |
| Labour | Michael J. Shrimpton | 32,006 | 15.8 | +3.0 | |
| SLD | Dr James M. M. Walsh | 24,855 | 12.3 | −14.0 | |
| Majority | 46,233 | 22.9 | −9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 202,270 | 36.5 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Ecology Party
References
edit- ^ a b c 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 11 February 2022.
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