Hampshire Central (European Parliament constituency)
| Hampshire Central | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
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 Hampshire Central was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Aldershot, Basingstoke, Eastleigh, North West Hampshire, Southampton Itchen, Southampton Test, and Winchester.[1]
MEPs
[edit]| Elected | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Basil de Ferranti | Conservative | Died in office | |
| 1988 by-election | Edward Kellett-Bowman | Conservative | ||
| 1994 | Constituency abolished | |||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Basil de Ferranti | 84,086 | 51.7 | ||
| SDP | Francis B. Jacobs | 39,265 | 24.2 | ||
| Labour | Mike V. Castle | 39,228 | 24.1 | ||
| Majority | 44,821 | 27.5 | |||
| Turnout | 162,579 | 31.0 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 38,039 | 49.0 | −2.7 | |
| Labour | John F. Arnold | 16,597 | 21.4 | −2.7 | |
| SLD | David Chidgey | 13,392 | 17.3 | −6.9 | |
| SDP | Earl Attlee | 5,952 | 7.7 | New | |
| Green | Mrs. Sally J. Penton | 3,603 | 4.6 | New | |
| Majority | 21,442 | 27.6 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 77,583 | 14.1 | −16.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 78,651 | 43.4 | −8.3 | |
| Labour | Mrs. Angela Mawle | 50,977 | 28.1 | +4.0 | |
| Green | Mrs. Sally J. Penton | 33,186 | 18.3 | N/A | |
| SLD | David Chidgey | 18,480 | 10.2 | −14.0 | |
| Majority | 21,442 | 15.1 | −12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 77,583 | 14.1 | −16.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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