| Wiltshire European Parliament constituency |
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| European Parliament logo | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEP(s) | 1 |
| Member State | United Kingdom |
| Source(s) | [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.
When it was created in England in 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Devizes, Newbury, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, Swindon, Wantage, Westbury,[1] although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.
The constituency was represented from 1984 to 1994 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.
Contents |
| European Parliament election, 14 June 1984 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Caroline Jackson | 86,873 | |||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | Jack Ainslie | 60,404 | |||
| Labour | P. Whiteside | 35,457 | |||
| Majority | 26,469 | ||||