Mid and West Wales | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
![]() Boundary within Wales (1979-1984) | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
Mid and West Wales was a European Parliament constituency covering south western Wales.
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 seat became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.
1979–1984: Brecon and Radnor; Cardigan; Carmarthen; Gower; Llanelli; Pembroke; Swansea East; Swansea West.
1984–1994: Brecon and Radnor; Carmarthen; Ceredigion and Pembroke North; Gower; Llanelli; Neath; Pembroke; Swansea East; Swansea West.
1994–1999: Brecon and Radnor; Carmarthen; Ceredigion and Pembroke North; Llanelli; Meirionnydd Nant Conwy; Montgomery; Pembroke.
Elected | Name | Party | |
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1979 | Ann Clwyd | Labour | |
1984 | David Morris | Labour | |
1994 | Eluned Morgan | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Clwyd | 77,474 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | David Lloyd | 67,226 | 36.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Moseley | 22,730 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal | Clem Thomas | 17,628 | 9.4 | ||
Independent | H. D. Windsor-Williams | 1,826 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 10,248 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 186,884 | 38.2 | |||
New creation: Labour win. | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Morris | 89,362 | 41.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | David Lewis | 52,910 | 24.7 | −11.3 | |
Liberal | David G. B. Lloyd | 35,168 | 16.4 | +7.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 32,880 | 15.3 | +3.1 | |
Ecology | Marilyn Smith | 4,266 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 36,452 | 16.9 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 214,586 | 40.2 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Morris | 105,670 | 46.9 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Owen John Williams | 53,758 | 23.9 | −0.8 | |
Green | B. I. McPake | 29,852 | 13.2 | +11.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 26,063 | 11.6 | −3.7 | |
SLD | Geoffrey Sinclair | 10,031 | 4.4 | −12.0 | |
Majority | 51,912 | 23.0 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 225,374 | 41.2 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eluned Morgan | 78,092 | 40.5 | −6.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Marc Phillips | 48,858 | 25.4 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Bone | 31,606 | 16.4 | −7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Juliana Hughes | 23,719 | 12.3 | +7.9 | |
UKIP | David Rowlands | 5,536 | 2.9 | New | |
Green | Chris Busby | 3,938 | 2.0 | −11.2 | |
Natural Law | M. T. L. (Tom) Griffith-Jones | 988 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 29,234 | 15.1 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 192,737 | 48.0 | +6.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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