Surrey West (European Parliament constituency)

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Surrey West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1984
Dissolved 1994
MEPs 1
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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.

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The constituency was created for the 1984 European Parliament election. [1] It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Chertsey and Walton, Esher, Guildford, Mole Valley, North West Surrey, South West Surrey, and Woking. [2] In 1984, the Daily Telegraph reported that the total electorate in the constituency numbered 504,923. [3]

The constituency was abolished in time for the 1994 European Election and much of the area became part of the Surrey European Parliament Constituency. [4]

MEPs

ElectedMemberParty
1984 Marquess of Douro Conservative
1989 Tom Spencer Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results

European Parliament election, 1984: Surrey West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marquess of Douro 96,675 59.2
SDP Edward Mortimer44,08727.0
Labour N. K. A. S. Vaz 22,53113.8
Majority52,58832.2
Turnout 163,29332.3
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1989: Surrey West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Spencer 89,674 49.8 -9.4
Green E. H. (Ted) Haywood40,33222.4New
Labour Harold G. Trace28,31315.7+1.9
SLD Andrew Davis18,04210.0-17.0
SDP Bernard M. Collignon3,6762.1New
Majority49,34227.4-4.8
Turnout 180,03734.9+2.6
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "New boundaries for European Assembly". The Times. No. 61596. London. 28 July 1983. p. 4.
  2. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  3. Comfort, Nicholas (19 June 1984). "Constituency results". Daily Telegraph. No. 40125. p. 6.
  4. "Muted welcome for EC constituency changes". Dorking Advertiser. No. 5378. 14 October 1993. p. 9.
  5. 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 9 February 2022.