Yorkshire South (European Parliament constituency)

Yorkshire South European Parliament constituency
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Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEP(s)	1
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1]

Yorkshire South was a European Parliament constituency covering most of South Yorkshire in England.

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.

When the constituency was created in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Barnsley, Dearne Valley, Doncaster, Don Valley, Penistone, Rotherham and Rother Valley. In 1984, Barnsley, Dearne Valley, Doncaster and Penistone were replaced by Barnsley Central, Barnsley East, Doncaster Central, Doncaster North and Wentworth, and the boundaries of the other constituencies changed. Boundary changes again occurred in 1994.^[1]

The area is now included in the Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament Constituency, which was represented by seven members in 1999-2004 and six from 2004 onwards.

Contents 1 Members of the European Parliament 2 Results 3 References 4 External links

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Brian Key		Labour
1984	Norman West		Labour
1998	Linda McAvan		Labour

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Yorkshire South[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Key	83,490	58.3	N/A
	Conservative	M. N. F. Robinson	46,656	32.6	N/A
	Liberal	W. P. Capstick	13,025	9.1	N/A
Majority			36,834	25.7	N/A
Turnout				27.0	N/A
	New creation: Labour gain.		Swing	N/A

European Parliament election, 1984: Yorkshire South[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman West	98,020	66.4	+ 8.1
	Conservative	R. P. N. Pockley	30,271	20.5	- 12.1
	Social Democrat	D. Eden	19,306	13.1	+ 4.0
Majority			67,749	45.9	+ 20.2
Turnout				28.6	+ 1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Yorkshire South[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman West	121,060	69.4	+ 3.0
	Conservative	James Clappison	29,276	16.8	- 3.7
	Green	A. J. Grace	19,063	10.9	N/A
	Social and Liberal Democrats	B. J. Boulton	5,039	2.9	- 10.2
Majority			91,784	52.6	+ 6.7
Turnout				33.5	+ 4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Yorkshire South[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman West	109,004	72.7	+ 3.3
	Conservative	J. L. Howard	20,695	13.0	- 3.0
	Liberal Democrat	C. Roderick	11,798	7.9	+ 5.0
	UKIP	Peter Davies	3,948	2.6	N/A
	Green	J. H. Waters	3,775	2.5	- 8.4
	Natural Law	N. J. Broome	681	0.5	N/A
Majority			88,309	58.9	+ 6.3
Turnout				28.6	- 4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Yorkshire South by-election, 1998[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda McAvan	62,275	52.2	- 20.5
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Wallis	22,051	18.5	+ 10.6
	Conservative	Robert Goodwill	21,085	17.7	+ 4.7
	UKIP	Peter Davies	13,830	11.6	+ 9.0
Majority			40,224	33.7	- 25.2
Turnout				23.4	- 5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results

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