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Essex South West (European Parliament constituency)

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Essex South West
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources
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Essex South West was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1994 and succeeded by the constituencies of Essex West and Hertfordshire East and Essex South.

Boundaries

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On its creation in 1979, it consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Basildon, Brentwood and Ongar, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Harlow and Thurrock.[1]

After the 1984 boundary changes based on the new UK parliamentary constituencies created in 1983, it consisted of Basildon, Billericay, Brentwood and Ongar, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Harlow and Thurrock.[2]

The constituency was abolished in 1994. Brentwood and Ongar, Chelmsford, Epping Forest and Harlow became part of Essex West and Hertfordshire East. Basildon, Billericay, Castle Point and Thurrock were now part of the new constituency of Essex South.[3]

MEPs

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Election Member Party
1979 Alexander Sherlock Conservative
1989 Patricia Rawlings Conservative
1994 constituency abolished, part of Essex West and Hertfordshire East and Essex South from 1994

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1989: Essex South West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Elizabeth Rawlings 77,408 41.1 −4.7
Labour James W Orpe 68,005 36.1 +0.5
Green Margaret E Willis 32,242 17.1 New
SLD Tom P Allen 10,618 5.6 −13.0
Majority 9,403 5.0 −5.2
Turnout 188,273 33.1 +4.8
Conservative hold Swing −2.6
European Parliament election, 1984: Essex South West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. Alexander Sherlock 72,190 45.8 −8.1
Labour Conor O'Brien 56,169 35.6 +3.7
Liberal A F C (Tony) Morris 29,385 18.6 +4.4
Majority 16,021 10.2 −11.8
Turnout 157,744 28.3 −2.2
Conservative hold Swing −5.9
European Parliament election, 1979: Essex South West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. Alexander Sherlock 78,059 53.9
Labour J P Coughlan 46,244 31.9
Liberal D M Kitching 20,516 14.2
Majority 31,815 22.0
Turnout 144,819 30.5
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Boundary Commission for England, European Assembly Constituencies, December 1978.
  2. ^ European Parliament Information Office, MEPs and their constituencies, December 1988
  3. ^ The European Parliament 1994–1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
  4. ^ Europe votes 3 : European parliamentary election results 1989, ed. by T.T. Mackie, Dartmouth, 1990.
  5. ^ Europe votes 2 : European Parliamentary election results, 1979–1984, eds. T.T. Mackie and F.W.S. Craig, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1985.
  6. ^ European Parliament election 1979 : United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland : results of the European election on 7 June 1979, Luxembourg: European Parliament, October 1983
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