Somerset and North Devon (European Parliament constituency)

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Somerset and North Devon
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1994
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
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Somerset and North Devon was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Somerset in England, plus northern Devon and south-western Avon. With Cornwall and West Plymouth, it was one of the first two seats to elect a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament.

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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.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Bridgwater, North Devon, Somerton and Frome, Taunton, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, and Yeovil. [1]

The constituency replaced most of Somerset and West Dorset and parts of Devon. It became part of the much larger South West England constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1994 Graham Watson Liberal Democrats
1999 Constituency abolished: see South West England

Results

European Parliament election, 1994: Somerset and North Devon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Watson 106,187 43.6
Conservative Margaret Daly 83,67834.3
Labour John Pilgrim34,54014.2
Green David Taylor 10,8704.5
New Britain Graham Livings7,1652.9
Natural Law Mark Lucas1,2000.5
Majority22,5099.3
Turnout 243,64047.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 2