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Sussex West (European Parliament constituency)

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Sussex West
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources
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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 constituency of Sussex West was one of them.

Boundaries

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1979-1984: Arundel; Chichester; Havant and Waterloo; Horsham and Crawley; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.

1984-1994: Arundel; Chichester; Crawley; Horsham; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.

MEPs

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Elected Member Party
1979 Madron Seligman Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1979: Sussex West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Madron Seligman 131,077 65.9
Liberal Dr James M. M. Walsh 35,593 17.9
Labour B. J. Whipp 26,894 13.5
United Against the Common Market L. N. Vince 5,303 2.7
Majority 95,484 48.0
Turnout 198,867 35.3
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Sussex West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Madron Seligman 104,257 58.7 −7.2
Liberal Dr James M. M. Walsh 46,755 26.3 +8.4
Labour Gareth C. Rees 22,857 12.8 −0.7
Ecology David Aherne 3,847 2.2 New
Majority 57,502 32.4
Turnout 177,716 33.4
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Sussex West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Madron Seligman 95,821 47.4 −11.3
Green I. F. N. (Nick) Bagnall 49,588 24.5 +22.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000000D−QINU`"'
Labour Michael J. Shrimpton 32,006 15.8 +3.0
SLD Dr James M. M. Walsh 24,855 12.3 −14.0
Majority 46,233 22.9 −9.5
Turnout 202,270 36.5 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Ecology Party

References

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  1. ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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