- Cornwall and West Plymouth (European Parliament constituency)
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Cornwall and West Plymouth
European Parliament constituency
European Parliament logo Created 1994 Dissolved 1999 MEP(s) 1 Member State United Kingdom Source(s) [1] Cornwall and West Plymouth was a European Parliament constituency covering Cornwall and Plymouth in England. With Somerset and North Devon, it was one of the first two seats to elect a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament.
The seat consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bodmin, Falmouth and Camborne, North Cornwall, Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Drake, St Ives, South East Cornwall and Truro.[1]
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.
Cornwall and West Plymouth was created in 1994 to replace most of the Cornwall and Plymouth. It became part of the much larger South West England constituency in 1999.
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Members of the European Parliament
Elected Name Party 1994 Robin Teverson Liberal Democrat Results
European Parliament election, 1994: Cornwall and West Plymouth[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Robin Teverson 91,113 41.9 N/A Conservative Christopher Beazley 61,615 28.3 N/A Labour Dorothy Kirk 42,907 19.7 N/A UKIP P. E. Garnier 6,466 3.0 N/A Liberal Paul Holmes 6,414 2.9 N/A Green K. L. Westbrook 4,372 2.0 N/A Mebyon Kernow Loveday Jenkin 3,315 1.5 N/A Natural Law Francis Lyons 921 0.4 N/A Independent M. G. Fitzgerald 606 0.3 N/A Majority 29,498 13.6 N/A Turnout 44.9 N/A Liberal Democrat hold Swing N/A References
External links
Categories:- European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom
- Politics of Cornwall
- Politics of Plymouth, Devon
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