South Wales East (European Parliament constituency)

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South Wales East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1984
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
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South Wales East was a European Parliament constituency covering southeastern Wales, including Gwent and parts of Mid Glamorgan.

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Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used the first-past-the-post system for the European Parliament 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.

South Wales East replaced the similarly named South East Wales in 1984, and became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Boundaries

1984-1994: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cynon Valley, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West, Rhondda, Torfaen.

1994-1999: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West, Torfaen.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1984 Llew Smith Labour
1994 Glenys Kinnock Labour

Results

European Parliament election, 1994: South Wales East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glenys Kinnock 144,907 74.0
Conservative Mrs. Rosamund Blomfield-Smith24,66012.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher F. Woolgrove9,9635.1
Plaid Cymru Colin P. Mann9,5504.9
Green Roger W. Coghill4,5092.3
Welsh SocialistMiss Sian Williams [lower-alpha 1] 1,2700.6
Natural Law Dr. Ralph R. Brussatis1,0270.5
Majority120,24761.4
Turnout 195,88643.1
Labour win (new seat)
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References

  1. Boothroyd, David (21 June 2004). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Wales". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2022.