Sussex East (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.

Sussex East
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources

The constituency of Sussex East was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion, Eastbourne, East Grinstead, Hastings, Hove, Lewes, and Rye.[1] In 1984 it consisted of Bexhill and Battle, Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion, Eastbourne, Hastings and Rye, Hove, Lewes, and Wealden.

Sir Jack Stewart-Clark of the Conservatives was the MEP for the constituency's entire existence; he then went on to represent the new constituency of East Sussex and Kent South until 1999.

MEPs
ElectedMemberParty
1979 Jack Stewart-Clark Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results
European Parliament election, 1979: Sussex East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack Stewart-Clark 123,506 65.7
Labour A. S. J. Stevens 33,581 17.9
Liberal R. G. Moore 30,847 16.4
Majority 89,925 47.8
Turnout 187,934 35.1
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Sussex East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack Stewart-Clark 102,287 57.9 -7.8
SDP John E. Busby 36,666 20.8 +4.4
Labour Harold Spillman 32,213 18.2 +0.3
Ecology Miss Elizabeth L. Evelyn 5,401 3.1 New
Majority 65,621 37.1
Turnout 176,567 32.9
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Sussex East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack Stewart-Clark 96,388 48.2 -9.7
Labour Mrs. Gillian M. Roles 43,094 21.6 +0.8
Green Miss R. Addison 42,316 21.2 +18.1[lower-alpha 1]
SLD Mrs. D. Venables 16,810 8.4 -12.4
Monster Raving Loony D. Howell 1,181 0.6 New
Majority 53,294 26.6 -10.5
Turnout 199,789 36.1 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing
  1. Compared with Ecology Party

References
  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.


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