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Wight and Hampshire South (European Parliament constituency)

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Wight and Hampshire South
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
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 Parliament 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 Wight and Hampshire South was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Fareham, Gosport, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth North, Portsmouth South, and Winchester.

Members of the European Parliament

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Elected Member Party
1994 Roy Perry Conservative
1999 Constituency abolished: see South East England

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1994: Wight and Hampshire South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Perry 63,306 34.9
Liberal Democrats Mike Hancock 58,205 32.0
Labour Miss S-L. Fry 40,442 22.3
Independent J. E. D. D. Browne 12,140 6.7
Green Paul A. Fuller 6,697 3.7
Natural Law William A. Treend 722 0.4
Majority 5,101 2.9
Turnout 181,512 37.2
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ 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 14 February 2022.
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