Dorset East and Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency)

Dorset East and Hampshire West European Parliament constituency
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Created	1984
Dissolved	1994
MEP(s)	1
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1]

Dorset East and Hampshire West was a European Parliament constituency covering most of Dorset and parts of western Hampshire in England.

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 consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bournemouth East, Bournemouth West, Christchurch, New Forest, North Dorset, Poole, Romsey and Waterside and South Dorset.^[1]

The constituency replaced most of Wessex and parts of Hampshire West. It was itself replaced by much of Dorset and East Devon and parts of Itchen, Test and Avon in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger South West England and South East England constituencies in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1984	Bryan Cassidy		Conservative

Results

European Parliament election, 1984: Dorset East and Hampshire West[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Cassidy	109,072	57.6	N/A
	Liberal	John Goss	49,181	25.9	N/A
	Labour	D. T. James	31,223	16.5	N/A
Majority			59,891	31.7	N/A
Turnout				33.5	N/A
	New creation: Conservative gain.		Swing	N/A

European Parliament election, 1989: Dorset East and Hampshire West[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Cassidy	111,469	50.4	-7.2
	Green	Krystyna Bradbury	49,695	22.5	N/A
	Labour	Haydn White	38,011	17.2	+0.7
	Social and Liberal Democrats	Howard Legg	21,809	9.9	-16.0
Majority			61,774	27.9	-3.8
Turnout				36.3	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epbound.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
2. ^ ^{a b} United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 1

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results