Somerset and Dorset West (European Parliament constituency)

Somerset and Dorset West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
Dissolved	1994
MEPs	1
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Somerset and Dorset West was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Somerset in England, plus parts of Avon and western Dorset.

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 replaced Somerset and parts of Wessex. It was itself replaced by much of Somerset and North Devon and parts of Bristol and Dorset and East Devon in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger South West England constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1984	Margaret Daly		Conservative

European Parliament election, 1984: Somerset and Dorset West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Daly	98,928	50.9	N/A
	Liberal	Richard Moore	58,677	30.2	N/A
	Labour	Jane Linden	38,863	18.9	N/A
Majority			40,251	20.7	N/A
Turnout				36.0	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1989: Somerset and Dorset West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Daly	106,716	45.0	-5.9
	Green	Richard Lawson	54,496	23.0	N/A
	Labour	Diana Organ	46,210	19.5	+0.6
	Social and Liberal Democrats	Murdoch MacTaggart	28,662	12.1	-18.1
	Wessex Regionalist	Anthony Mockler	930	0.4	N/A
Majority			52,220	22.0	+1.3
Turnout				40.7	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Wales	Mid and West Wales North Wales South Wales South Wales East^¤1
Scotland	Glasgow Highlands and Islands Lothians Mid Scotland and Fife North East Scotland South of Scotland Strathclyde East Strathclyde West
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland

Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1984; ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 1985; ^¤3 Constituency created in 1987

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