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.
| Birmingham South | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1984 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of Birmingham South was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham Hall Green, Birmingham Handsworth, Birmingham Ladywood, Birmingham Northfield, Birmingham Selly Oak, Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham Sparkbrook, and Birmingham Yardley.[1]
Member of the European Parliament
| Elected | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Norvela Forster | Conservative | |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Norvela Forster | 66,012 | 47.5 | ||
| Labour | Albert Bore | 60,775 | 43.7 | ||
| Liberal | Anthony J. Batchelor | 12,160 | 8.8 | ||
| Majority | 5,237 | 3.8 | |||
| Turnout | 138,947 | 27.3 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References
External links
- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine