Kent West (European Parliament constituency)
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Kent West | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
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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 Kent West was one of them.
Boundaries[]
1979–1984: Dartford; East Surrey; Gillingham; Gravesend; Rochester and Chatham; Royal Tunbridge Wells; Sevenoaks; Tonbridge and Malling.
1984–1994: Dartford; Gillingham; Gravesham; Medway; Mid Kent; Sevenoaks; Tonbridge and Malling; Tunbridge Wells.
1994–1999: Dartford; Gillingham; Gravesham; Maidstone; Medway; Mid Kent; Tonbridge and Malling.
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Skinner | 77,346 | 41.0 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Ben Patterson | 60,569 | 32.1 | -11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Daly | 33,869 | 17.9 | +9.4 | |
UKIP | Craig Mackinlay | 9,750 | 5.2 | New | |
Green | P.A. Kemp | 5,651 | 3.0 | -14.4 | |
Natural Law | J.J. Bowler | 1,598 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 16,777 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 188,783 | 37.3 | +3.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Patterson | 82,519 | 43.4 | -5.5 | |
Labour | P.L. Sloman | 58,469 | 30.7 | +1.6 | |
Green | J. Tidy | 33,202 | 17.4 | +14.5 | |
SLD | J.B. Doherty | 16,087 | 8.5 | -10.6 | |
Majority | 24,050 | 12.7 | -7.1 | ||
Turnout | 190,277 | 33.4 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Patterson | 85,414 | 48.9 | -11.8 | |
Labour | A. Woodhams | 50,784 | 29.1 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Peter Billenness | 33,306 | 19.1 | +4.6 | |
Ecology | C.A. Bunyan | 4,991 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 34,630 | 19.8 | -16.1 | ||
Turnout | 174,495 | 30.8 | -2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Patterson | 113,961 | 60.7 | ||
Labour | A.J. Humphris | 46.482 | 24.8 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Blow | 27,127 | 14.5 | ||
Majority | 67,479 | 35.9 | |||
Turnout | 187,570 | 32.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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Categories:
- European Parliament constituencies in England (1979–1999)
- Politics of Kent
- 1979 establishments in England
- 1999 disestablishments in England
- Constituencies established in 1979
- Constituencies disestablished in 1999
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