Midlands West (European Parliament constituency)
Midlands West | |
---|---|
European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
[1] |
Midlands West was a
first-past-the-post
electoral system.
Boundaries
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.
MEPs
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 |
Election results
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[a] | |
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 |
- ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)
References
- ^ a b c d e 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 5 February 2022.
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