South Wales (European Parliament constituency)

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South Wales
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1994
MEPs 1
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South Wales was a European Parliament constituency covering south central Wales, including the city of Cardiff.

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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.

The constituency was replaced by most of South Wales Central and part of South Wales West in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Boundaries

1979-1984: Aberavon, Barry, Cardiff North, Cardiff North West, Cardiff South East, Cardiff West, Neath, Ogmore, Pontypridd.

1984-1994: Aberavon, Bridgend, Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Ogmore, Pontypridd, Vale of Glamorgan.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1979 Win Griffiths Labour
1989 Wayne David Labour
1994 Constituency abolished

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: South Wales [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Win Griffiths 77,784 44.1
Conservative Stefan Terlezki 66,85237.9
Liberal J. C. Greaves17,81110.1
Plaid Cymru D. J. Williams14,0297.9
Majority10,9326.2
Turnout 176,47632.9
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: South Wales [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Win Griffiths 99,936 51.1 +7.0
Conservative Miss Jackie R. Pattman55,67828.5-9.4
Liberal Mrs. Joan D. Davies26,58813.6+3.5
Plaid Cymru Dr. Dafydd J. L. Hughes13,2016.8-1.1
Majority44,25822.6
Turnout 195,40338.4
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: South Wales [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne David 108,550 54.7 +3.6
Conservative Andrew R. Taylor45,99323.2-5.3
Green Graham P. Jones25,99313.1New
Plaid Cymru Peter J. Keelan10,7275.4-1.4
SLD Prabhat K. Verma4,0372.0-11.6
SDP D. A. T. (Terry) Thomas3,1531.6New
Majority62,55731.5+8.9
Turnout 198,45338.1-0.3
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Boothroyd, David (21 June 2004). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Wales". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2022.