London South East (European Parliament constituency)

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London South East
European Parliament constituency
LondonSE1979EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within London (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.

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The constituency of London South East was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Beckenham, Bexleyheath, Chislehurst, Erith and Crayford, Orpington, Ravensbourne, Sidcup, Woolwich East and Woolwich West. [1]

United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered to reflect this. The new seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Beckenham, Bexleyheath, Chislehurst, Eltham, Erith and Crayford, Greenwich, Old Bexley and Sidcup, Orpington, Ravensbourne and Woolwich. [2] These boundaries were used in 1984 and 1989. [3] Greenwich was removed for the 1994 European Parliament election. [4]

Boundary within South East England and London (1984-1994) LondonSE1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England and London (1984-1994)
Boundary within South East England and London (1994-1999) LondonSE1994EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England and London (1994-1999)

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMembers [5] Party
1979 Brandon Rhys-Williams Conservative
1984 Peter Price Conservative
1989
1994 Shaun Spiers Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see London

Elections

European Parliament election, 1979: London South East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brandon Rhys-Williams 94,180 55.0
Labour S. Bundred54,79832.0
Liberal Jonathan Fryer 21,49412.5
Against Wealth ExtremesW. E. Turner8900.5
Majority 39,38223.0
Turnout 171,36234.3
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: London South East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Price 81,508 44.6 −10.4
Labour Steven J. Cowan61,49333.7+1.7
Liberal Jonathan Fryer 38,61421.2+8.7
MarxistW. E. Turner9890.50.0
Majority 20,01510.9−12.1
Turnout 182,60432.5
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: London South East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Price 80,619 38.2 −6.4
Labour David J. Earnshaw73,02934.6+0.9
Green Dr. Euan C. McPhee37,57617.8New
SDP Anthony A. Kinch10,1964.9New
SLD Mrs. Mary C. Williams9,0524.3−16.9
Pensioner Non-Careerist Marxist Leninist MaoW. E. Turner4560.2−0.3
Majority 7,5903.6−7.3
Turnout 210,92837.8+5.3
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament Election 1994: London South East [5] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaun Spiers 71,505 41.0 +6.4
Conservative Peter Price 63,48336.4−1.8
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Fryer 25,27114.5+10.2
Green Ian Mouland6,3993.7−14.1'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000022−QINU`"'
Liberal Robin Almond3,8812.2New
National Front Kevin Lowne2,9261.7New
Natural Law John Small1,0250.6New
Majority 8,0224.6N/A
Turnout 174,99035.4
Labour gain from Conservative

    References

    1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 20 January 2008.
    2. "European Elections 84. Candidates named for European Parliament elections on June 14". The Times . 16 May 1984. p. 5.
    3. "378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989". The Times . 19 May 1989.
    4. 1 2 Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995. London: J Whitaker & Sons Ltd. 1994. p. 277. ISBN   0850212472.
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 Boothroyd, David (16 February 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 16 February 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2022.