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.
| London South and Surrey East | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of London South and Surrey East was one of them. It was merged from the London South and Surrey constituencies.
When it was created in England in 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Central, Croydon North East, Croydon North West, Croydon South, East Surrey, Reigate and Sutton and Cheam.[1] In 1989, the Surrey Mirror reported that the total electorate was around 454,000.[2]
In boundary changes which took effect at the 1994 European Election, it lost the Reigate constituency but gained Epsom and Ewell.[3][4]
Members of the European Parliament
edit| Election | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | James Moorhouse | Conservative | |
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1998 | Liberal Democrat | ||
| 1999 | Constituency abolished: see London | ||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Moorhouse | 82,122 | 53.3 | ||
| Labour | Andrew S. Mackinlay | 37,465 | 24.3 | ||
| Liberal | John Gordon Parry | 34,522 | 22.4 | ||
| Majority | 44,657 | 29.0 | |||
| Turnout | 154,109 | 30.5 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Moorhouse | 78,256 | 45.4 | −7.9 | |
| Labour | Robert J. E. Evans | 47,440 | 27.5 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Graham F. Brand | 31,854 | 18.5 | New | |
| SLD | Peter Hasler Billenness | 14,967 | 8.7 | −13.7 | |
| Majority | 30,816 | 17.9 | −11.1 | ||
| Turnout | 172,517 | 34.8 | +4.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Moorhouse | 64,813 | 38.8 | −6.6 | |
| Labour | Mrs. Gillian M. Roles | 56,074 | 33.5 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark O. R. Reinisch | 32,059 | 19.2 | +10.5 | |
| Green | John K. W. Cornford | 7,048 | 4.2 | −14.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000012−QINU`"' | |
| Monster Raving Loony | John Major[b] | 3,339 | 2.0 | New | |
| Independent | Anthony Reeve | 2,982 | 1.8 | New | |
| Natural Law | Paul J. Levy | 887 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 8,739 | 5.3 | −12.6 | ||
| Turnout | 167,202 | 34.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)
- ^ Pseudonym
References
edit- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ "Euro-parliament elections get huge response". Surrey Mirror. No. 5877. 25 May 1989. p. 6.
- ^ "Muted welcome for EC constituency changes". Dorking Advertiser. No. 5378. 14 October 1993. p. 9.
- ^ "Borough must pick new MEP". Surrey Mirror. No. 6138. 26 May 1994. p. 13.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b c 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 20 February 2022.