Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency)

Hampshire West
European Parliament constituency

Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1984
MEPs 1
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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 Hampshire West was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Basingstoke, Eastleigh, New Forest, Salisbury, Southampton Itchen, Southampton Test, and Winchester.[1]

Member of the European Parliament

Elected Name Party
1979 Basil de Ferranti Conservative

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Hampshire West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Basil de Ferranti 114,978 58.9 N/A
Liberal J.W. Matthew 45,786 23.4 N/A
Labour P.S. Jariwala 34,472 17.7 N/A
Majority 69,192 35.5 N/A
Turnout 33.6 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

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