Dorset and East Devon (European Parliament constituency)

Dorset and East Devon
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
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Dorset and East Devon was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Dorset in England, with the exception of Christchurch, plus parts of eastern Devon.

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.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Bournemouth East, Bournemouth West, Honiton, North Dorset, Poole, South Dorset, and West Dorset.[1]

The constituency replaced parts of Devon, Somerset and West Dorset and Dorset East and Hampshire West. It became part of the much larger South West England constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

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Elected Name Party
1994 Bryan Cassidy Conservative

Results

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European Parliament election, 1994: Dorset and East Devon[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryan Cassidy 81,551 36.4
Liberal Democrats Philip Goldenberg 79,287 35.4
Labour Antony Gardner 39,856 17.8
UKIP Malcolm R. Floyd 10,548 4.7
Green Krystyna Bradbury 8,642 3.8
Ind. Conservative Ian Mortimer 3,229 1.4
Natural Law Mark Griffiths 1,048 0.5
Majority 2,264 1.0
Turnout 224,161 42.1
New creation: Conservative win. Swing N/A

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 1
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