Sussex West (European Parliament constituency)

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Sussex West
European Parliament constituency
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Boundary within South East England (1979-1984)
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 West (renamed as West Sussex in 1984) was one of them.

Contents

Boundary within Yorkshire and the Humber (1984-1994) WSussex1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within Yorkshire and the Humber (1984-1994)

Boundaries

1979-1984: Arundel; Chichester; Havant and Waterloo; Horsham and Crawley; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.

1984-1994: Arundel; Chichester; Crawley; Horsham; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.

MEPs

ElectedMemberParty
1979 Madron Seligman Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Sussex West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Madron Seligman 131,077 65.9
Liberal Dr James M. M. Walsh35,59317.9
Labour B. J. Whipp26,89413.5
United Against the Common MarketL. N. Vince5,3032.7
Majority95,48448.0
Turnout 198,86735.3
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Sussex West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Madron Seligman 104,257 58.7 −7.2
Liberal Dr James M. M. Walsh46,75526.3+8.4
Labour Gareth C. Rees22,85712.8−0.7
Ecology David Aherne3,8472.2New
Majority57,50232.4
Turnout 177,71633.4
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Sussex West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Madron Seligman 95,821 47.4 −11.3
Green I. F. N. (Nick) Bagnall49,58824.5+22.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000014−QINU`"'
Labour Michael J. Shrimpton 32,00615.8+3.0
SLD Dr James M. M. Walsh24,85512.3−14.0
Majority46,23322.9−9.5
Turnout 202,27036.5+3.1
Conservative hold Swing

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    References

    1. 1 2 3 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 11 February 2022.