Dorset East and Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency)

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Dorset East and Hampshire West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1984
Dissolved 1994
MEPs 1
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Dorset East and Hampshire West was a European Parliament constituency covering most of Dorset and parts of western Hampshire in England.

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Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation for European elections in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the 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 consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bournemouth East, Bournemouth West, Christchurch, New Forest, North Dorset, Poole, Romsey and Waterside and South Dorset. [1]

The constituency replaced most of Wessex and parts of Hampshire West. It was itself replaced by much of Dorset and East Devon and parts of Itchen, Test and Avon in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger South West England and South East England constituencies in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1984 Bryan Cassidy Conservative

Results

European Parliament election, 1984: Dorset East and Hampshire West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bryan Cassidy 109,072 57.6
Liberal John Goss49,18125.9
Labour David T. James31,22316.5
Majority59,89131.7
Turnout 189,47633.5
New creation: Conservative gain.SwingN/A
European Parliament election, 1989: Dorset East and Hampshire West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bryan Cassidy 111,469 50.4 -7.2
Green Krystyna Bradbury49,69522.5New
Labour Haydn White38,01117.2+0.7
SLD Howard Legg21,8099.9-16.0
Majority61,77427.9-3.8
Turnout 229,98436.3+2.8
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. 1 2 United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 1