Dorset East and Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency)

Dorset East and Hampshire West
Dorset East and Hampshire West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
Dissolved	1994
MEPs	1
Sources
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Dorset East and Hampshire West was a European Parliament constituency covering most of Dorset and parts of western Hampshire in England.

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 consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bournemouth East, Bournemouth West, Christchurch, New Forest, North Dorset, Poole, Romsey and Waterside and South Dorset.^[1]

The constituency replaced most of Wessex and parts of Hampshire West. It was itself replaced by much of Dorset and East Devon and parts of Itchen, Test and Avon in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger South West England and South East England constituencies in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament[]

Elected	Name	Party
1984	Bryan Cassidy		Conservative

European Parliament election, 1984: Dorset East and Hampshire West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryan Cassidy	109,072	57.6
	Liberal	John Goss	49,181	25.9
	Labour	D. T. James	31,223	16.5
Majority			59,891	31.7
Turnout			189,476	33.5
	New creation: Conservative gain.		Swing	N/A

European Parliament election, 1989: Dorset East and Hampshire West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Cassidy	111,469	50.4	-7.2
	Green (UK)	Krystyna Bradbury	49,695	22.5	New
	Labour	Haydn White	38,011	17.2	+0.7
	SLD	Howard Legg	21,809	9.9	-16.0
Majority			61,774	27.9	-3.8
Turnout			229,984	36.3	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing