Wiltshire (European Parliament constituency)

Wiltshire
Wiltshire
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
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 Wiltshire was one of them.

The constituency consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Devizes, Newbury, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, Swindon, Wantage, Westbury.^[1]

The constituency was represented for the whole of its existence by Caroline Jackson. At the 1994 European election, there were boundary changes. Most of Wiltshire then became part of the new Wiltshire North and Bath constituency, which again elected Caroline Jackson.

Members of the European Parliament[]

Elected	Name	Party
1984	Caroline Jackson		Conservative

Election results[]

European Parliament election 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Caroline Jackson	86,873	47.5
	Alliance	Jack Ainslie	60,404	33.1
	Labour	P. Whiteside	35,457	19.4
Majority			26,469	14.4
Turnout			182,734
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Jackson	93,200	44.4	-3.1
	Labour	G.A. Harris	46,887	22.3	+2.9
	Green	J.V. Hughes	46,735	22.3	New
	SLD	P.N. Crossley	18,302	8.7	-24.4
	Independent	J.A. Cade	4,809	2.3	New
Majority			46,313	22.1	+7.7
Turnout			209,933
	Conservative hold		Swing