Wight and Hampshire South (European Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Wight and Hampshire South | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1994 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
[1] |
Prior to its uniform adoption of
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 Wight and Hampshire South was one of them.
It consisted of the
Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Fareham, Gosport, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth North, Portsmouth South, and Winchester
.
Members of the European Parliament
Elected | Member | Party | |
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1994 | Roy Perry | Conservative | |
1999 | Constituency abolished: see South East England |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Perry | 63,306 | 34.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Hancock | 58,205 | 32.0 | ||
Labour | Miss S-L. Fry | 40,442 | 22.3 | ||
Independent | J. E. D. D. Browne | 12,140 | 6.7 | ||
Green | Paul A. Fuller | 6,697 | 3.7 | ||
Natural Law | William A. Treend | 722 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 5,101 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 181,512 | 37.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
- ^ 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 14 February 2022.
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