Kent East (European Parliament constituency)

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Kent East
European Parliament constituency
KentE1979EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England (1979-1984)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
Sources

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 Kent East was one of them.

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Boundary within South East England and London (1984-1994) KentE1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England and London (1984-1994)
Boundary within South East England and London (1994-1999) KentE1994EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England and London (1994-1999)

Boundaries

1979-1984: Ashford; Canterbury; Dover and Deal; Faversham; Folkestone and Hythe; Maidstone; Thanet East; Thanet West.

1984-1994: Ashford; Canterbury; Dover; Faversham; Folkestone and Hythe; Maidstone; Thanet North; Thanet South.

1994-1999: Ashford; Canterbury; Dover; Faversham; Folkestone and Hythe; Thanet North; Thanet South.

MEPs

ElectedMemberParty
1979 Christopher Jackson Conservative
1994 Mark Watts Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see South East England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Kent East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Jackson 117,267 64.7
Labour J. C. M. S. Holmes40,06022.1
Liberal Anthony F. C. Morris20,19011.1
Independent D. J. Conlon3,7882.1
Majority 77,20742.6
Turnout 181,30532.4
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Kent East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Jackson 92,340 52.5 −12.2
Labour D. A. Enright 43,47324.7+2.6
SDP Anthony A. Kinch34,60119.7+8.6
Ecology Steven M. Dawe5,4053.1New
Majority 48,86727.8
Turnout 175,81931.7
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Kent East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Jackson 85,667 44.0 −8.5
Labour Gregory N. J. Perry56,70629.1+4.4
Green Mrs. Penny A. Kemp36,93119.0+15.9'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000016−QINU`"'
SLD A. F. C. (Tony) Morris15,4707.9−11.8
Majority 28,96114.9−12.9
Turnout 194,77434.2+2.5
Conservative hold Swing
    European Parliament election, 1994: Kent East [1]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Mark Watts 69,641 34.5 +5.4
    Conservative Christopher Jackson 69,00634.2−9.8
    Liberal Democrats John R. Macdonald44,54922.1+14.2
    UKIP Colin R. Bullen9,4144.7New
    Green Steve M. Dawe7,1963.6−15.4'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000020−QINU`"'
    Natural Law Colin J. Beckley1,7460.9New
    Majority 6350.3N/A
    Turnout 201,55240.3
    Labour gain from Conservative Swing

      References

      1. 1 2 3 4 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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