Hampshire Central (European Parliament constituency)

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Hampshire Central
European Parliament constituency
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Boundary within South West England (1984-1994)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1984
Dissolved 1994
MEPs 1
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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.

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The constituency of Hampshire Central was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Aldershot, Basingstoke, Eastleigh, North West Hampshire, Southampton Itchen, Southampton Test, and Winchester. [1]

MEPs

ElectedMemberPartyNotes
1984 Basil de Ferranti Conservative Died in office
1988 by-election Edward Kellett-Bowman Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results

European Parliament election, 1984: Hampshire Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Basil de Ferranti 84,086 51.7
SDP Francis B. Jacobs39,26524.2
Labour Mike V. Castle39,22824.1
Majority44,82127.5
Turnout 162,57931.0
Conservative win (new seat)
1988 Hampshire Central by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Kellett-Bowman 38,039 49.0 −2.7
Labour John F. Arnold16,59721.4−2.7
SLD David Chidgey 13,39217.3−6.9
SDP Earl Attlee 5,9527.7New
Green Mrs. Sally J. Penton3,6034.6New
Majority21,44227.6+0.1
Turnout 77,58314.1−16.9
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Hampshire Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Kellett-Bowman 78,651 43.4 −8.3
Labour Mrs. Angela Mawle50,97728.1+4.0
Green Mrs. Sally J. Penton33,18618.3N/A
SLD David Chidgey 18,48010.2−14.0
Majority21,44215.1−12.4
Turnout 77,58314.1−16.9
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2022.


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