Worcestershire and South Warwickshire (European Parliament constituency)

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Worcestershire and South Warwickshire
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

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 Worcestershire and South Warwickshire was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Bromsgrove, Mid Worcestershire, Rugby and Kenilworth, South Worcestershire, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick and Leamington, and Worcester.[1]

Members of the European Parliament[edit]

Election Member Party
1994 John Corrie Conservative
1999 Constituency abolished: see West Midlands

Results[edit]

European Parliament election, 1994: Worcestershire and South Warwickshire [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Corrie 73,573 35.2
Labour Gisela Gschaider 72,369 34.6
Liberal Democrats Peter J. Larner 44,168 21.1
Green Janet A. Alty 9,273 4.4
National Independence Party Clifford Hards[2] 8,447 4.0
Natural Law James L. Brewster 1,510 0.7
Majority 1,204 0.6
Turnout 209,340 38.0
Conservative win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Clifford Hards, pioneer of budget holidays and newspaper proprietor for one issue". Retrieved 25 December 2020.