South Wales West (European Parliament constituency)

South Wales West was a European Parliament constituency covering part of south Wales, including the city of Swansea.

This article is about European Parliament constituency. For the Senedd electoral region of the same name, see South Wales West (Senedd electoral region).

South Wales West
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources

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 consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Swansea East and Swansea West.[1]

The constituency replaced parts of South Wales and Mid and West Wales in 1994 and became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament
Elected Name Party
1994 David Morris Labour

Results
European Parliament election, 1994: South Wales West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Morris 104,263 66.1
Conservative Robert Buckland 19,293 12.2
Liberal Democrats John G. Bushell 15,499 9.8
Plaid Cymru Mrs. Catherine M. Adams 12,364 7.9
Green Miss Jan B. Evans 4,114 2.6
Natural Law Miss Helen Evans 1,112 0.7
European Candidate from Planet Beanus Captain Beany 1,106 0.7
Majority 84,970 53.9
Turnout 157,751 39.9
Labour win (new seat)

References
  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. Boothroyd, David (21 June 2004). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Wales". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2022.


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