Somerset and Dorset West (European Parliament constituency)

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Somerset and Dorset West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1984
Dissolved 1994
MEPs 1
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Somerset and Dorset West was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Somerset in England, plus parts of Avon and western Dorset.

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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.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Bridgwater, Somerton and Frome, Taunton, Wells, West Dorset, Weston-super-Mare, Woodspring, and Yeovil. [1]

The constituency replaced Somerset and parts of Wessex. It was itself replaced by much of Somerset and North Devon and parts of Bristol and Dorset and East Devon in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger South West England constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1984 Margaret Daly Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Results

European Parliament election, 1984: Somerset and Dorset West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Daly 98,928 50.9
Liberal Richard Moore 58,67730.2
Labour Jane Linden38,86318.9
Majority40,25120.7
Turnout 196,46836.0
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1989: Somerset and Dorset West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Daly 106,716 45.0 -5.9
Green (UK) Richard Lawson 54,49623.0New
Labour Diana Organ 46,21019.5+0.6
SLD Murdoch MacTaggart28,66212.1-18.1
Wessex Regionalist Anthony Mockler9300.4New
Majority52,22022.0+1.3
Turnout 237,01440.7+4.7
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  2. 1 2 United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 2