South East Wales (European Parliament constituency)

South East Wales was a European Parliament constituency covering south eastern Wales, including Gwent and parts of Mid Glamorgan.

South East Wales
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1984
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 consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aberdare, Abertillery, Bedwellty, Caerphilly, Ebbw Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouth, Newport, Pontypool, Rhondda.[1]

The constituency was replaced by most of the similarly named South Wales East in 1984. This became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

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Elected Name Party
1979 Allan Rogers Labour
1984 Llew Smith Labour
1994 Constituency abolished

Results

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European Parliament election, 1979: South East Wales[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allan Rogers 93,093 54.8
Conservative Mrs. Ann Robinson 51,478 30.3
Plaid Cymru M. G. Jones 12,469 7.4
Liberal A. T. Pope 10,534 6.2
Independent B. Kelly 2,182 1.3
Majority 41,615 24.5
Turnout 169,756 31.1
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: South East Wales[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Llew Smith 131,916 61.2 +6.4
Conservative Robert G. Whyatt 36,359 16.9 −13.4
SDP Clive D. Lindley 28,330 13.2 +7.0
Plaid Cymru Syd R. Morgan 18,833 8.7 +1.3
Majority 95,557 44.3
Turnout 215,438 38.1
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: South East Wales[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Llew Smith 138,872 64.3 +3.1
Conservative Rochfort J. Young 30,384 14.1 −2.8
Green Mel J. Witherden 27,869 12.9 New
Plaid Cymru Miss J. Evans 14,152 6.5 −2.2
SLD Paul Nicholls-Jones 4,661 2.2 −10.0
Majority 108,488 50.2 +5.9
Turnout 215,938 38.3 +0.2
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (21 June 2004). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Wales". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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