Birmingham South (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.

Birmingham South
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1984
MEPs	1
Sources

The constituency of Birmingham South was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham Hall Green, Birmingham Handsworth, Birmingham Ladywood, Birmingham Northfield, Birmingham Selly Oak, Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham Sparkbrook, and Birmingham Yardley.^[1]

Member of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Norvela Forster		Conservative

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Birmingham South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norvela Forster	66,012	47.5
	Labour	Albert Bore	60,775	43.7
	Liberal	Anthony J. Batchelor	12,160	8.8
Majority			5,237	3.8
Turnout			138,947	27.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
2. United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 1

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine