London South West (European Parliament constituency)

London South West
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 West was one of them.

Boundaries

1979–1984: Battersea North, Battersea South, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth Central, Putney, Richmond (Surrey), Surbiton, Tooting, Twickenham, Vauxhall.

1984–1994: Battersea, Epsom and Ewell, Kingston upon Thames, Mitcham and Morden, Putney, Surbiton, Tooting, Wimbledon.

1994–1999: Battersea, Kingston upon Thames, Mitcham and Morden, Putney, Streatham, Surbiton, Tooting, Wimbledon.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Members	Party
	1979	Shelagh Roberts	Conservative
	1979 by-election
	1984
	1989	Anita Pollack	Labour
	1994
1999		Constituency abolished: see London

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: London South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Roberts	83,498	52.0
	Labour	A. B. (Tony) Hart	51,742	32.2
	Liberal	B. M. C. Fogarty	21,251	13.2
	Independent	Rev. E. C. Varah	3,613	2.3
	EFP	S. S. Eustace	497	0.3
Majority			31,756	19.8
Turnout			160,601	31.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Shelagh Roberts was disqualified as she was a member of the Occupational Pensions Board. She resigned from the board and contested the subsequent by-election.

1979 London South West by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Roberts	41,096	41.2	-10.8
	Labour	A. B. (Tony) Hart	32,632	32.7	+0.5
	Liberal	Christopher P. Mayhew	23,842	23.9	+10.7
	Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party	W. O. Smedley	1,830	1.9	New
	Independent Democratic	D. Hussey	305	0.3	New
Majority			8,464	8.5	-11.3
Turnout			99,705	19.4	-12.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1984: London South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Roberts	70,490	41.6	+0.4
	Labour	Anita Pollack	63,623	37.6	+4.9
	Liberal	David J. Twigg	32,268	19.0	-4.9
	Ecology	Mrs. S. G. Willington	3,066	1.8	New
Majority			6,867	4.0
Turnout			169,447	33.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: London South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anita Pollack	74,298	38.3	+0.7
	Conservative	Shelagh Roberts	73,780	38.0	-3.6
	Green	Miss Marilyn A. Elson	35,476	18.3	+16.5
	SLD	John C. Field	10,400	5.4	-13.6
Majority			518	0.3	N/A
Turnout			193,954	39.9	+6.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: London South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anita Pollack	81,850	49.7	+11.4
	Conservative	Prof. Philip C. Treleaven	50,875	30.9	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry I. Blanchard	18,697	11.4	+6.0
	Green	Tom J. Walsh	5,460	3.3	-15.0
	UKIP	Anthony J. E. Scholefield	4,912	3.0	New
	Independent	Christopher D. Hopewell	1,840	1.1	New
	Natural Law	Martin J. H. Simson	625	0.4	New
	Spirit of Europe	Johan H. Quanjer	377	0.2	New
Majority			30,975	18.8	+18.5
Turnout			164,636	34.4	-5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results