Sussex East | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
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.
The constituency of Sussex East (renamed as East Sussex in 1984) was one of them.
When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion, Eastbourne, East Grinstead, Hastings, Hove, Lewes, and Rye. [1] In 1984 it consisted of Bexhill and Battle, Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion, Eastbourne, Hastings and Rye, Hove, Lewes, and Wealden.
Sir Jack Stewart-Clark of the Conservatives was the MEP for the constituency's entire existence; he then went on to represent the new constituency of East Sussex and Kent South until 1999.
Elected | Member | Party | |
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1979 | Jack Stewart-Clark | Conservative | |
1994 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Stewart-Clark | 123,506 | 65.7 | ||
Labour | A. S. J. Stevens | 33,581 | 17.9 | ||
Liberal | R. G. Moore | 30,847 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 89,925 | 47.8 | |||
Turnout | 187,934 | 35.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Stewart-Clark | 102,287 | 57.9 | −7.8 | |
SDP | John E. Busby | 36,666 | 20.8 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Harold Spillman | 32,213 | 18.2 | +0.3 | |
Ecology | Miss Elizabeth L. Evelyn | 5,401 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 65,621 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | 176,567 | 32.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Stewart-Clark | 96,388 | 48.2 | −9.7 | |
Labour | Mrs. Gillian M. Roles | 43,094 | 21.6 | +3.4 | |
Green | Miss Ruth Addison | 42,316 | 21.2 | +18.1'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000016−QINU`"' | |
SLD | Mrs. Delia Venables | 16,810 | 8.4 | −12.4 | |
Monster Raving Loony | D. Howell | 1,181 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 53,294 | 26.6 | −10.5 | ||
Turnout | 199,789 | 36.1 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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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.
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 of Sussex West was one of them.
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.
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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