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.
| London South West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of London South West was one of them.
Boundaries
1979–1984: Battersea North, Battersea South, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth Central, Putney, Richmond (Surrey), Surbiton, Tooting, Twickenham, Vauxhall.
1984–1994: Battersea, Epsom and Ewell, Kingston upon Thames, Mitcham and Morden, Putney, Surbiton, Tooting, Wimbledon.
1994–1999: Battersea, Kingston upon Thames, Mitcham and Morden, Putney, Streatham, Surbiton, Tooting, Wimbledon.
Members of the European Parliament
| Elected | Members[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Shelagh Roberts | Conservative | |
| 1979 by-election | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | Anita Pollack | Labour | |
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Constituency abolished: see London | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Shelagh Roberts | 83,498 | 52.0 | ||
| Labour | A. B. (Tony) Hart | 51,742 | 32.2 | ||
| Liberal | B. M. C. Fogarty | 21,251 | 13.2 | ||
| Independent | Rev. E. C. Varah | 3,613 | 2.3 | ||
| EFP | S. S. Eustace | 497 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 31,756 | 19.8 | |||
| Turnout | 160,601 | 31.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Shelagh Roberts was disqualified as she was a member of the Occupational Pensions Board. She resigned from the board and contested the subsequent by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Shelagh Roberts | 41,096 | 41.2 | -10.8 | |
| Labour | A. B. (Tony) Hart | 32,632 | 32.7 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal | Christopher P. Mayhew | 23,842 | 23.9 | +10.7 | |
| Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party | W. O. Smedley | 1,830 | 1.9 | New | |
| Independent Democratic | D. Hussey | 305 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 8,464 | 8.5 | -11.3 | ||
| Turnout | 99,705 | 19.4 | -12.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Shelagh Roberts | 70,490 | 41.6 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | Anita Pollack | 63,623 | 37.6 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal | David J. Twigg | 32,268 | 19.0 | -4.9 | |
| Ecology | Mrs. S. G. Willington | 3,066 | 1.8 | New | |
| Majority | 6,867 | 4.0 | |||
| Turnout | 169,447 | 33.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anita Pollack | 74,298 | 38.3 | +0.7 | |
| Conservative | Shelagh Roberts | 73,780 | 38.0 | -3.6 | |
| Green | Miss Marilyn A. Elson | 35,476 | 18.3 | +16.5[a] | |
| SLD | John C. Field | 10,400 | 5.4 | -13.6 | |
| Majority | 518 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 193,954 | 39.9 | +6.0 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anita Pollack | 81,850 | 49.7 | +11.4 | |
| Conservative | Prof. Philip C. Treleaven | 50,875 | 30.9 | -7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerry I. Blanchard | 18,697 | 11.4 | +6.0 | |
| Green | Tom J. Walsh | 5,460 | 3.3 | -15.0[a] | |
| UKIP | Anthony J. E. Scholefield | 4,912 | 3.0 | New | |
| Independent | Christopher D. Hopewell | 1,840 | 1.1 | New | |
| Natural Law | Martin J. H. Simson | 625 | 0.4 | New | |
| Spirit of Europe | Johan H. Quanjer | 377 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 30,975 | 18.8 | +18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 164,636 | 34.4 | -5.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||