Hampshire Central (European Parliament constituency)

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.

Hampshire Central
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources

The constituency of Hampshire Central was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Aldershot, Basingstoke, Eastleigh, North West Hampshire, Southampton Itchen, Southampton Test, and Winchester.[1]

MEPs
ElectedMemberPartyNotes
1984 Basil de Ferranti Conservative Died in office
1988 by-election Edward Kellett-Bowman Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results
European Parliament election, 1984: Hampshire Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Basil de Ferranti 84,086 51.7
SDP Francis B. Jacobs 39,265 24.2
Labour Mike V. Castle 39,228 24.1
Majority 44,821 27.5
Turnout 162,579 31.0
Conservative win (new seat)
1988 Hampshire Central by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Kellett-Bowman 38,039 49.0 -2.7
Labour J. F. Arnold 16,597 21.4 -2.7
SLD David Chidgey 13,392 17.3 New
SDP Earl Attlee 5,952 7.7 New
Green Mrs. S. J. Penton 3,603 4.6 New
Majority 21,442 27.6 +0.1
Turnout 77,583 14.1 -16.9
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Hampshire Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Kellett-Bowman 78,651 43.4 -8.3
Labour Mrs. Angela Mawle 50,977 28.1 +4.0
Green Mrs. S. J. Penton 33,186 18.3 N/A
SLD David Chidgey 18,480 10.2 -14.0
Majority 21,442 15.1 -12.4
Turnout 77,583 14.1 -16.9
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2022.


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