Oxford and Buckinghamshire (European Parliament constituency)

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Oxford and Buckinghamshire
European Parliament constituency
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Boundary within the East of England (1984-1994)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1984
Dissolved 1994
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 Oxford and Buckinghamshire was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Buckingham, Chesham and Amersham, Henley, Oxford East, Oxford West and Abingdon, and Wycombe. [1]

MEPs

ElectedMemberParty
1984 James Elles Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results

European Parliament election, 1984: Oxford and Buckinghamshire [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Elles 94,136 52.8
SDP Roger J. Liddle 45,05525.3
Labour John G. Power39,16421.9
Majority 49,08127.5
Turnout 178,35532.9
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1989: Oxford and Buckinghamshire [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Elles 92,483 46.8 −6.0
Labour Robert U. Gifford44,96522.7+0.8
Green Tim H. Andrewes42,05821.3New
SLD R. T. (Bob) Johnston14,4057.3−18.0
Independent R. C. Turner3,6961.9New
Majority 47,51824.1−3.4
Turnout 197,60735.2+2.3
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. 1 2 Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2022.