Thames Valley (European Parliament constituency)

Last updated

Thames Valley
European Parliament constituency
ThamesValley1979EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England (1979-1984)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
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 Thames Valley was one of them.

Contents

Boundary within South East England and London (1984-1994) ThamesValley1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England and London (1984-1994)
Boundary within South East England and London (1994-1999) ThamesValley1994EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England and London (1994-1999)

Boundaries

1979-1984: Beaconsfield; Chesham and Amersham; Eton and Slough; Spelthorne; Windsor and Maidenhead; Wokingham; Wycombe.

1984-1999: East Berkshire; Reading East; Reading West; Slough; Spelthorne; Windsor and Maidenhead; Wokingham.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMemberParty
1979 Diana Elles Conservative
1989 John Stevens Conservative
1999 Pro-Euro Conservative
1999 Constituency abolished: see South East England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Thames Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Elles 110,788 63.1
Labour J. A. F. Ennals39,86522.7
Liberal M. P. Fogarty24,87714.2
Majority 70,92340.4
Turnout 175,53033.2
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Thames Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Elles 74,928 52.1 −11.0
Labour Robert B. Bastin36,12325.1+2.4
Liberal Robert W. Bradnock32,70422.8+8.6
Majority 38,80527.0
Turnout 143,75527.7
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Thames Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stevens 73,070 42.7 −9.4
Labour Miss Hilary B. De Lyon46,57927.2+2.1
Green Peter Gordon36,86521.6New
SLD David B. Griffiths14,6038.5−14.3
Majority 26,49115.5−11.5
Turnout 171,11731.6+3.9
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Thames Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stevens 70,485 37.3 −5.4
Labour John Howarth 69,72736.9+9.7
Liberal Democrats Nelson C. Bathurst33,18717.5+9.0
Green Phil J. Unsworth6,1203.2−18.4'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001B−QINU`"'
Liberal John S. Clark5,3812.8New
Monster Raving Loony Peter T. Owen2,8591.5New
Natural Law Mike R. S. Grenville1,4530.8New
Majority 7580.4−15.1
Turnout 189,21234.8+3.2
Conservative hold Swing

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 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 13 February 2022.


    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.