Devon (European Parliament constituency)

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Devon
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1994
MEPs 1
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Devon was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Devon in England, with the exception of the city of Plymouth.

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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.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Devon North, Devon West, Exeter, Honiton, Tiverton, Torbay and Totnes. In 1984, Totnes was replaced by South Hams and Teignbridge, while Devon West was replaced by Devon West and Torridge. [1] During the fifteen-year existence of the Devon European Parliamentary constituency, it was represented by Charles Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan, until his resignation in 1994.

The constituency was replaced by Devon and East Plymouth and parts of Dorset and East Devon and Somerset and North Devon in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger South West England constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1979 Lord O'Hagan Conservative

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Devon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lord O'Hagan 127,032 61.8
Liberal Ted Pinney41,01020.0
Labour Reg C. J. Scott37,38018.2
Majority86,02241.8
Turnout 205,42238.5
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Devon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lord O'Hagan 110,129 54.7 -7.1
Liberal Peter Driver53,51926.6+6.6
Labour David Gorbutt30,01714.9-3.3
Ecology Peter Christie6,9193.5New
Wessex Regionalist Henrietta E. Rous6590.3New
Majority56,62028.1-13.7
Turnout 201,24335.9-2.6
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Devon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lord O'Hagan 110,518 46.4 -8.3
Green Peter Christie53,22022.3+18.8
Labour Walter Cairns40,67517.1+2.2
SLD Mike Edmunds23,3069.8-16.8
SDP R. C. (Bob) Edwards7,8063.3New
Monster Raving Loony Stuart Hughes 2,2410.9New
Wessex Regionalist Henrietta E. Rous3850.2-0.1
Majority57,29824.1-4.0
Turnout 230,34539.9+4.0
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979–99: England: Part 1