Sussex West (European Parliament constituency)
| Sussex West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| 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 Sussex West was one of them.
Boundaries[]
1979-1984: Arundel; Chichester; Havant and Waterloo; Horsham and Crawley; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.
1984-1994: Arundel; Chichester; Crawley; Horsham; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.
MEPs[]
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Madron Seligman | Conservative | |
| 1994 | Constituency abolished | ||
Election results[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Madron Seligman | 131,077 | 65.9 | ||
| Liberal | J. M. M. Walsh | 35,593 | 17.9 | ||
| Labour | B. J. Whipp | 26,894 | 13.5 | ||
| United Against the Common Market | L. N. Vince | 5,303 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 95,484 | 48.0 | |||
| Turnout | 198,867 | 35.3 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Madron Seligman | 104,257 | 58.7 | -7.2 | |
| Liberal | J. M. M. Walsh | 46,755 | 26.3 | +8.4 | |
| Labour | G. C. Rees | 22,857 | 12.8 | -0.7 | |
| Ecology | D. Aherne | 3,847 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 57,502 | 32.4 | |||
| Turnout | 177,716 | 33.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Madron Seligman | 95,821 | 47.4 | -11.3 | |
| Green (UK) | I. F. N. Bagnall | 49,588 | 24.5 | +22.3[a] | |
| Labour | M. J. Shrimpton | 32,006 | 15.8 | +3.0 | |
| SLD | J. M. M. Walsh | 24,855 | 12.3 | New | |
| Majority | 46,233 | 22.9 | |||
| Turnout | 202,270 | 36.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Ecology Party
References[]
- ^ a b c 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 11 February 2022.
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