Yorkshire South (European Parliament constituency)

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Yorkshire South
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
Sources
United Kingdom Election Results

Yorkshire South was a European Parliament constituency covering most of South Yorkshire in England.

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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.

The area was later included in the Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament Constituency, which was represented by seven members in 1999–2004 and six from 2004 onwards.

Boundaries

1979–1984: Barnsley; Dearne Valley; Doncaster; Don Valley; Penistone; Rotherham; Rother Valley.

1984–1999: Barnsley Central; Barnsley East; Doncaster Central; Doncaster North; Don Valley; Rotherham; Rother Valley; Wentworth.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNamePartyNotes
1979 Brian Key Labour
1984 Norman West Labour Resigned March 1998
May 1998 by-election Linda McAvan Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see Yorkshire and the Humber

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Yorkshire South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Key 83,490 58.3
Conservative M. N. F. Robinson 46,65632.6
Liberal W. P. Capstick13,0259.1
Majority36,83425.7
Turnout 143,17127.0
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Yorkshire South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman West 98,020 66.4 +8.1
Conservative Rosemary P. N. Pockley30,27120.5–12.1
SDP Douglas Eden19,30613.1+4.0
Majority67,74945.9+20.2
Turnout 147,59728.6+1.6
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Yorkshire South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman West 121,060 69.4 +3.0
Conservative James Clappison 29,27616.8–3.7
Green Tony Grace19,06310.9New
SLD Brian J. Boulton5,0392.9–10.2
Majority91,78452.6+6.7
Turnout 174,43833.5+4.9
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Yorkshire South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman West 109,004 72.7 +3.3
Conservative Jon L. Howard20,69513.0–3.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Roderick11,7987.9+5.0
UKIP Peter Davies 3,9482.6New
Green John H. Waters3,7752.5–8.4
Natural Law Nigel J. Broome6810.5New
Majority88,30958.9+6.3
Turnout 149,90128.6–4.9
Labour hold Swing
Yorkshire South by-election, 1998 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda McAvan 62,275 52.2 –20.5
Liberal Democrats Diana Wallis 22,05118.5+10.6
Conservative Robert Goodwill 21,08517.7+4.7
UKIP Peter Davies 13,83011.6+9.0
Majority40,22433.7–25.2
Turnout 119,24123.4–5.2
Labour hold Swing

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