London Central (European Parliament constituency)

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London Central
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
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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.

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The constituency of London Central was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Chelsea, City of London and Westminster South, Fulham, Hammersmith North, Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras South, Kensington, Paddington, St Marylebone and St Pancras North. [1]

United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered in 1984 to reflect this. The revised seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Chelsea, City of London and Westminster South, Fulham, Hampstead and Highgate, Holborn and St Pancras, Islington North, Islington South and Finsbury, Kensington and Westminster North. [2] The same boundaries were used in 1989 and 1994. [3] [4]

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMemberParty [5]
1979 David Nicolson Conservative
1984 Stan Newens Labour
1989
1994
1999 Constituency abolished: see London

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: London Central [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Nicolson 84,915 54.4
Labour Peter J. Gresham45,72129.3
Liberal Robert Woodthorpe Browne19,01012.2
Ecology Jonathon Porritt 6,4484.1
Majority39,19425.1
Turnout 156,09430.5
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: London Central [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Newens 77,842 43.2 +13.9
Conservative Adam D. Fergusson64,54535.8-18.6
SDP Ernest Wistrich30,26916.8+4.6
Ecology Jonathon Porritt 5,9453.3-0.8
Campaign for British JusticeR. J. Maynard1,5690.9New
Majority13,2977.4N/A
Turnout 180,17033.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: London Central [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Newens 78,561 42.2 -1.0
Conservative Miss Harriet S. Crawley67,01935.80.0
Green Miss Niki Kortvelyessy28,08715.1+11.8 [lower-alpha 1]
SLD Miss S. A. Ludford 7,8644.2-12.6
SDP W. D. E. (Bill) Mallinson2,9571.6New
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 8410.5New
Corrective Party Lindi St Clair 7070.4New
Humanist J.S. Swinden3040.2New
Majority11,5426.2-1.2
Turnout 186,34038.0+4.9
Labour hold Swing
  1. Compared with Ecology Party
European Parliament election, 1994: London Central [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Newens 75,711 47.0 +4.8
Conservative Andrew J. Elliott50,65231.4-4.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ludford 20,17612.5+8.3
Green Niki Kortvelyessy7,0434.4-10.7 [lower-alpha 1]
UKIP Hugh F. Le Fanu4,1572.6New
Socialist (GB) Clifford M. Slapper1,5931.0New
Natural Law Susan J. Hamza1,2150.8New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 5470.3New
Majority25,05915.6+9.4
Turnout 159,87932.6-5.4
Labour hold Swing
  1. Compared with Green Party (UK)

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References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. "European Elections 84. Candidates named for European Parliament elections on June 14". The Times . 16 May 1984. p. 5.
  3. "378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989". The Times . 19 May 1989.
  4. Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995. London: J Whitaker & Sons Ltd. 1994. p. 277. ISBN   0850212472.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Boothroyd, David (16 February 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 16 February 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2022.