Surrey (European Parliament constituency)

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.

Surrey (1979-1984)
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1984
MEPs	1
Recreated
Created	1994
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources

The constituency of Surrey was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Chertsey and Walton, Dorking, Epsom and Ewell, Esher, Guildford, Reigate, Surrey North West, and Woking.^[1]

It was split in 1984, with the eastern half merging with London South as London South and Surrey East and the rest becoming Surrey West.

The constituency was re-created in 1994, consisting of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Chertsey and Walton, Esher, Guildford, Mole Valley, North West Surrey, Reigate, and Woking.^[1]

MEPs

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Marquess of Douro	Conservative
1984		Constituency abolished: see London South, London South and Surrey East, and Surrey West
	1994	Tom Spencer	Conservative
	1999		Independent
1999		Constituency abolished: see South East England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Surrey^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marquess of Douro	113,786	54.4
	Liberal	Christopher P. Mayhew	62,272	29.7
	Labour	J. Cox	28,897	13.8
	United Against the Common Market	P. A. Heims	4,450	2.1
Majority			51,514	24.7
Turnout			209,405	32.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1994: Surrey^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Spencer	83,405	43.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs. Susan P. Thomas	56,387	29.2
	Labour	Miss Franqui E. Wolf	30,894	16.0
	UKIP	Mrs. Sonya A. Porter	7,717	4.0
	Green	Hugo Charlton	7,198	3.7
	Independent Britain in Europe	John C. Walker	4,627	2.4
	Natural Law	Mrs. Judy M. Thomas	2,638	1.4
Majority			27,018	14.1
Turnout			192,866	37.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
2. 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 8 February 2022.

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results