Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency)
| Hampshire West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1984 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
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) | |||||