Essex South West (European Parliament constituency)

Essex South West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1994
MEPs	1
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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

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

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

Election results

European Parliament election, 1989 (United Kingdom): Essex South West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patricia Elizabeth Rawlings	77,408	41.1	−4.7
	Labour	J W Orpe	68,005	36.1	+0.5
	Green	M E Willis	32,242	17.1	N/A
	Social and Liberal Democrats	T P Allen	10,618	5.6	−13.0
Majority			9,403	5.0
Turnout				33.1	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.6

European Parliament election, 1984 (United Kingdom): Essex South West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dr. Alexander Sherlock	72,190	45.8	−8.1
	Labour	C O'Brien	56,169	35.6	+3.7
	Liberal	A F C Morris	29,385	18.6	+4.4
Majority			16,021	10.2
Turnout				28.3	−2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.9

European Parliament election, 1979 (United Kingdom): Essex South West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dr. Alexander Sherlock	78,059	53.9	N/A
	Labour	J P Coughlan	46,244	31.9	N/A
	Liberal	D M Kitching	20,516	14.2	N/A
Majority			31,815	21.9
Turnout				30.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

↑ Boundary Commission for England, European Assembly Constituencies, December 1978.
↑ European Parliament Information Office, MEPs and their constituencies, December 1988
↑ The European Parliament 1994-1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
↑ Europe votes 3 : European parliamentary election results 1989, ed. by T.T. Mackie, Dartmouth, 1990.
↑ Europe votes 2 : European Parliamentary election results, 1979-1984, eds. T.T. Mackie and F.W.S. Craig, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1985.
↑ 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

External links

David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results

1977–1979 ← European Parliament constituencies 1979–84 → 1984–89

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