| Midlands West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
Midlands West was a constituency of the European Parliament in the United Kingdom which existed from 1979 to 1999, prior to the adoption of proportional representation in England, Scotland and Wales. It elected one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system.
1979-1984: Dudley East; Dudley West; Halesowen and Stourbridge; Walsall North; Walsall South; Wolverhampton North East; Wolverhampton South East; Wolverhampton South West.
1984-1999: Dudley East; Dudley West; Halesowen and Stourbridge; Warley East; Warley West; Wolverhampton North East; Wolverhampton South East; Wolverhampton South West.
| Elected | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Richard Simmonds | Conservative | ||
| 1984 | Terry Pitt | Labour | Died in office October 1986 | |
| 1987 by-election | John Bird | Labour | ||
| 1994 | Simon Murphy | Labour | ||
| 1999 | Constituency abolished: see West Midlands | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Simmonds | 69,916 | 47.3 | ||
| Labour | S. J. Randall | 68,024 | 46.0 | ||
| Liberal | A. W. G. Court | 9,936 | 6.7 | ||
| Majority | 1,892 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 147,876 | 27.3 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Pitt | 74,091 | 50.7 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | A. T. (Tony) Burnside | 54,406 | 37.2 | -10.1 | |
| Liberal | Christopher J. Carter | 17,709 | 12.1 | +5.4 | |
| Majority | 19,685 | 13.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 146,206 | 27.4 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Bird | 59,761 | 39.2 | -11.5 | |
| Conservative | M. J. Whitby | 55,736 | 36.5 | -0.7 | |
| Liberal | Christopher J. Carter | 37,106 | 24.3 | +12.2 | |
| Majority | 4,025 | 2.7 | -10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 152,603 | 28.5 | +1.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Bird | 105,529 | 53.5 | +14.3 | |
| Conservative | M. J. Whitby | 63,165 | 32.0 | -4.5 | |
| Green | John Raven | 21,787 | 11.0 | New | |
| SLD | Mrs. Fran M. Oborski | 6,974 | 3.5 | -20.8 | |
| Majority | 42,364 | 21.5 | +18.8 | ||
| Turnout | 197,455 | 37.3 | +8.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Simon Murphy | 99,242 | 59.5 | +6.0 | |
| Conservative | G. M. (Mark) Simpson | 44,419 | 26.6 | -5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gavin Baldauf-Good | 12,195 | 7.3 | +3.8 | |
| Liberal | M. S. Hyde | 5,050 | 3.0 | New | |
| Green | Chris T. Mattingly | 4,390 | 2.6 | -8.4 [lower-alpha 1] | |
| Natural Law | John D. Oldbury | 1,641 | 1.0 | New | |
| Majority | 54,823 | 32.9 | +11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 166,937 | 31.3 | -6.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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