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Former European Parliament constituency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Sussex West was one of them.
| Sussex West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
1979-1984: Arundel; Chichester; Havant and Waterloo; Horsham and Crawley; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.
1984-1994: Arundel; Chichester; Crawley; Horsham; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Madron Seligman | Conservative | |
| 1994 | Constituency abolished | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Madron Seligman | 131,077 | 65.9 | ||
| Liberal | Dr James M. M. Walsh | 35,593 | 17.9 | ||
| Labour | B. J. Whipp | 26,894 | 13.5 | ||
| United Against the Common Market | L. N. Vince | 5,303 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 95,484 | 48.0 | |||
| Turnout | 198,867 | 35.3 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Madron Seligman | 104,257 | 58.7 | −7.2 | |
| Liberal | Dr James M. M. Walsh | 46,755 | 26.3 | +8.4 | |
| Labour | Gareth C. Rees | 22,857 | 12.8 | −0.7 | |
| Ecology | David Aherne | 3,847 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 57,502 | 32.4 | |||
| Turnout | 177,716 | 33.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Madron Seligman | 95,821 | 47.4 | −11.3 | |
| Green | I. F. N. (Nick) Bagnall | 49,588 | 24.5 | +22.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000014−QINU`"' | |
| Labour | Michael J. Shrimpton | 32,006 | 15.8 | +3.0 | |
| SLD | Dr James M. M. Walsh | 24,855 | 12.3 | −14.0 | |
| Majority | 46,233 | 22.9 | −9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 202,270 | 36.5 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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