Kent West (European Parliament constituency)

Kent West
Kent West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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Last updated May 26, 2024

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 West was one of them.

Boundaries

1979–1984: Dartford; East Surrey; Gillingham; Gravesend; Rochester and Chatham; Royal Tunbridge Wells; Sevenoaks; Tonbridge and Malling.

1984–1994: Dartford; Gillingham; Gravesham; Medway; Mid Kent; Sevenoaks; Tonbridge and Malling; Tunbridge Wells.

1994–1999: Dartford; Gillingham; Gravesham; Maidstone; Medway; Mid Kent; Tonbridge and Malling.

MEPs

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Ben Patterson	Conservative
	1994	Peter Skinner	Labour
1999		Constituency abolished: see South East England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994: Kent West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Skinner	77,346	41.0	+10.3
	Conservative	Ben Patterson	60,569	32.1	-11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Daly	33,869	17.9	+9.4
	UKIP	Craig Mackinlay	9,750	5.2	New
	Green	Penny A. Kemp	5,651	3.0	-14.4
	Natural Law	Jeremy J. Bowler	1,598	0.8	New
Majority			16,777	8.9	N/A
Turnout			188,783	37.3	+3.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.8

European Parliament election, 1989: Kent West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Patterson	82,519	43.4	-5.5
	Labour	Peter L. Sloman	58,469	30.7	+1.6
	Green	Jim Tidy	33,202	17.4	+14.5
	SLD	J.B. (Brian) Doherty	16,087	8.5	-10.6
Majority			24,050	12.7	-7.1
Turnout			190,277	33.4	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

European Parliament election, 1984: Kent West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Patterson	85,414	48.9	-11.8
	Labour	Alan Woodhams	50,784	29.1	+4.3
	Liberal	Peter Billenness	33,306	19.1	+4.6
	Ecology	Christine A. Bunyan	4,991	2.9	New
Majority			34,630	19.8	-16.1
Turnout			174,495	30.8	-2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.1

European Parliament election, 1979: Kent West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ben Patterson	113,961	60.7
	Labour	Anthony J. Humphris	46.482	24.8
	Liberal	Stanley Blow	27,127	14.5
Majority			67,479	35.9
Turnout			187,570	32.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

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References

1 2 3 4 "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99, part 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2009.

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[EPResults-1] 1 2 3 4 "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99, part 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2009.

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