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Surrey West (European Parliament constituency)

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Surrey West
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources
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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 was created for the 1984 European Parliament election.[1] It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Chertsey and Walton, Esher, Guildford, Mole Valley, North West Surrey, South West Surrey, and Woking.[2] In 1984, the Daily Telegraph reported that the total electorate in the constituency numbered 504,923.[3]

The constituency was abolished in time for the 1994 European Election and much of the area became part of the Surrey European Parliament Constituency.[4]

MEPs

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Elected Member Party
1984 Marquess of Douro Conservative
1989 Tom Spencer Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1984: Surrey West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marquess of Douro 96,675 59.2
SDP Edward Mortimer 44,087 27.0
Labour N. K. A. S. Vaz 22,531 13.8
Majority 52,588 32.2
Turnout 163,293 32.3
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1989: Surrey West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Spencer 89,674 49.8 −9.4
Green E. H. (Ted) Haywood 40,332 22.4 New
Labour Harold G. Trace 28,313 15.7 +1.9
SLD Andrew Davis 18,042 10.0 −17.0
SDP Bernard M. Collignon 3,676 2.1 New
Majority 49,342 27.4 −4.8
Turnout 180,037 34.9 +2.6
Conservative hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "New boundaries for European Assembly". The Times. No. 61596. London. 28 July 1983. p. 4.
  2. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  3. ^ Comfort, Nicholas (19 June 1984). "Constituency results". Daily Telegraph. No. 40125. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Muted welcome for EC constituency changes". Dorking Advertiser. No. 5378. 14 October 1993. p. 9.
  5. ^ a b Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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