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 of Thames Valley was one of them.
| Thames Valley | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
Boundaries edit
1979-1984: Beaconsfield; Chesham and Amersham; Eton and Slough; Spelthorne; Windsor and Maidenhead; Wokingham; Wycombe.
1984-1999: East Berkshire; Reading East; Reading West; Slough; Spelthorne; Windsor and Maidenhead; Wokingham.
Members of the European Parliament edit
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Diana Elles | Conservative | |
| 1989 | John Stevens | Conservative | |
| 1999 | Pro-Euro Conservative | ||
| 1999 | Constituency abolished: see South East England | ||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Diana Elles | 110,788 | 63.1 | ||
| Labour | J. A. F. Ennals | 39,865 | 22.7 | ||
| Liberal | M. P. Fogarty | 24,877 | 14.2 | ||
| Majority | 70,923 | 40.4 | |||
| Turnout | 175,530 | 33.2 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Diana Elles | 74,928 | 52.1 | -11.0 | |
| Labour | Robert B. Bastin | 36,123 | 25.1 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal | Robert W. Bradnock | 32,704 | 22.8 | +8.6 | |
| Majority | 38,805 | 27.0 | |||
| Turnout | 143,755 | 27.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Stevens | 73,070 | 42.7 | -9.4 | |
| Labour | Miss Hilary B. De Lyon | 46,579 | 27.2 | +2.1 | |
| Green | Peter Gordon | 36,865 | 21.6 | New | |
| SLD | David B. Griffiths | 14,603 | 8.5 | -14.3 | |
| Majority | 26,491 | 15.5 | -11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 171,117 | 31.6 | +3.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Stevens | 70,485 | 37.3 | -5.4 | |
| Labour | John Howarth | 69,727 | 36.9 | +9.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nelson C. Bathurst | 33,187 | 17.5 | +9.0 | |
| Green | Phil J. Unsworth | 6,120 | 3.2 | -18.4[a] | |
| Liberal | John S. Clark | 5,381 | 2.8 | New | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Peter T. Owen | 2,859 | 1.5 | New | |
| Natural Law | Mike R. S. Grenville | 1,453 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 758 | 0.4 | -15.1 | ||
| Turnout | 189,212 | 34.8 | +3.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)
References edit
- ^ a b c d 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 13 February 2022.
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