Birmingham West (European Parliament constituency)

Birmingham West
Birmingham West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources

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.

The constituency of Birmingham West was one of them.

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
	1984	John Tomlinson	Labour
	1999	Constituency abolished: see West Midlands

European elections, 1984: Birmingham West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Tomlinson	61,946	45.2
	Conservative	Colin R.C. Hart	55,702	40.6
	SDP	Joseph C Binns	19,422	14.2
Majority			5,237	4.6
Turnout			137,070	27.3
	Labour win (new seat)

European elections, 1989: Birmingham West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tomlinson	86,545	50.5	+5.3
	Conservative	Charles Francis Robinson	55,685	32.5	-7.9
	Green	John D Bentley	21,384	12.5	New
	SLD	Stewart Reynolds	7,673	4.5	-9.7
Majority			30,860	18.0	+13.4
Turnout			171,287	33.2	+5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

European elections, 1994: Birmingham West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tomlinson	77,957	53.7	+3.2
	Conservative	David M. Harman	38,607	26.6	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas DM McGeorge	14,603	10.0	-5.5
	UKIP	Dr Bernard A Juby	5,237	3.6	New
	Green	Murray G Abbott	4,367	3.0	-9.5
	National Front	Andrew Carmichael	3,727	2.6	New
	Natural Law	Huw S Meads	789	0.5	New
Majority			39,350	27.1	+9.1
Turnout			145,287	28.5	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing