London South East (European Parliament constituency)

London South East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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 London South East was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Beckenham, Bexleyheath, Chislehurst, Erith and Crayford, Orpington, Ravensbourne, Sidcup, Woolwich East and Woolwich West.

United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered to reflect this. The new seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Beckenham, Bexleyheath, Chislehurst, Eltham, Erith and Crayford, Greenwich, Old Bexley and Sidcup, Orpington, Ravensbourne and Woolwich. These boundaries were used in 1984 and 1989. Greenwich was removed for the 1994 European Parliament election.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Members	Party
	1979	Brandon Rhys-Williams	Conservative
	1984	Peter Price	Conservative
	1989
	1994	Shaun Spiers	Labour
1999		Constituency abolished: see London

Elections

European Parliament election, 1979: London South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brandon Rhys-Williams	94,180	55.0
	Labour	S. Bundred	54,798	32.0
	Liberal	Jonathan Fryer	21,494	12.5
	Against Wealth Extremes	W. E. Turner	890	0.5
Majority			39,382	23.0
Turnout			171,362	34.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: London South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Price	81,508	44.6	-10.4
	Labour	Steven J. Cowan	61,493	33.7	+1.7
	Liberal	Jonathan Fryer	38,614	21.2	+8.7
	Marxist	W. E. Turner	989	0.5	0.0
Majority			20,015	10.9	-12.1
Turnout			182,604	32.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: London South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Price	80,619	38.2	-6.4
	Labour	David J. Earnshaw	73,029	34.6	+0.9
	Green	Dr. Euan C. McPhee	37,576	17.8	New
	SDP	Anthony A. Kinch	10,196	4.9	New
	SLD	Mrs. Mary C. Williams	9,052	4.3	-16.9
	Pensioner Non-Careerist Marxist Leninist Mao	W. E. Turner	456	0.2	-0.3
Majority			7,590	3.6	-7.3
Turnout			210,928	37.8	+5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament Election 1994: London South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Spiers	71,505	41.0	+6.4
	Conservative	Peter Price	63,483	36.4	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Fryer	25,271	14.5	+10.2
	Green	Ian Mouland	6,399	3.7	-14.1
	Liberal	Robin Almond	3,881	2.2	New
	National Front	Kevin Lowne	2,926	1.7	New
	Natural Law	John Small	1,025	0.6	New
Majority			8,022	4.6	N/A
Turnout			174,990	35.4
	Labour gain from Conservative

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results