Thames Valley (European Parliament constituency)
Thames Valley | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
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 Thames Valley was one of them.
Boundaries[]
1979-1984: Beaconsfield; Chesham and Amersham; Eton and Slough; Spelthorne; Windsor and Maidenhead; Wokingham; Wycombe.
1984-1999: East Berkshire; Reading East; Reading West; Slough; Spelthorne; Windsor and Maidenhead; Wokingham.
Members of the European Parliament[]
Elected | Member | Party | |
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1979 | Diana Elles | Conservative | |
1989 | John Stevens | Conservative | |
1999 | Pro-Euro Conservative | ||
1999 | Constituency abolished: see South East England |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diana Elles | 110,788 | 63.1 | ||
Labour | J. A. F. Ennals | 39,865 | 22.7 | ||
Liberal | M. P. Fogarty | 24,877 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 70,923 | 40.4 | |||
Turnout | 175,530 | 33.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diana Elles | 74,928 | 52.1 | -11.0 | |
Labour | R. B. Bastin | 36,123 | 25.1 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | R. W. Bradnock | 32,704 | 22.8 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 38,805 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 143,755 | 27.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Stevens | 73,070 | 42.7 | -9.4 | |
Labour | Miss H. B. De Lyon | 46,579 | 27.2 | +2.1 | |
Green (UK) | P. Gordon | 36,865 | 21.6 | New | |
SLD | D. B. Griffiths | 14,603 | 8.5 | New | |
Majority | 26,491 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 171,117 | 31.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Stevens | 70,485 | 37.3 | -5.4 | |
Labour | J. Howarth | 69,727 | 36.9 | +9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | N. C. Bathurst | 33,187 | 17.5 | +9.0 | |
Green | P. J. Unsworth | 6,120 | 3.2 | -18.4[a] | |
Liberal | J. S. Clark | 5,381 | 2.8 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | P. T. Owen | 2,859 | 1.5 | New | |
Natural Law | M. R. S. Grenville | 1,453 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 758 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 189,212 | 34.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)
References[]
- ^ a b c d 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 13 February 2022.
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