Bedfordshire South (European Parliament constituency)

Bedfordshire South was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1984 from parts of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, it was abolished in 1994 and succeeded by Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.

Bedfordshire South
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
Dissolved	1994
MEPs	1
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Boundaries

It consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Luton South, Milton Keynes, North Hertfordshire, Luton North, South West Bedfordshire, Stevenage, and West Hertfordshire.^[1]

When it was abolished in 1994, the parliamentary constituencies of Luton South, Luton North, South West Bedfordshire and the new seats of Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes became part of the Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes constituency, while North Hertfordshire and West Hertfordshire were transferred to Hertfordshire, and Stevenage was transferred to Essex West and Hertfordshire East.^[2]

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
Bedfordshire and part of Northamptonshire prior to 1984
	1984	Peter Beazley	Conservative
	1994	constituency abolished: see Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, Hertfordshire and Essex W and Herts E

Election results

European Parliament election, 1989: Bedfordshire South^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter George Beazley	73,406	38.6	−4.9
	Labour	Tony McWalter	70,429	37.0	+2.5
	Green	David G Everett	34,508	18.1	New
	SLD	William M Johnston	8,748	4.6	−17.4
	SDP	R Muller	3,067	1.6	New
Majority			2,977	1.6	−7.4
Turnout			190,158	33.8	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.7

European Parliament election, 1984: Bedfordshire South^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter George Beazley	72,088	43.5
	Labour	W (Bill) Cochrane	57,106	34.5
	Liberal	P A Dixon	36,444	22.0
Majority			14,982	9.0
Turnout			165,638	31.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. MEPs and their constituencies : UK MEPs, European constituencies in the UK and the House of Commons constituencies they comprise, European Parliament Information Office, December 1988.
2. The European Parliament 1994–1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
3. Europe votes 3 : European parliamentary election results 1989, ed. by T.T. Mackie, Dartmouth, 1990.
4. Europe votes 2 : European Parliamentary election results, 1979–1984, eds. T.T. Mackie and F.W.S. Craig, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1985.

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine