London South and Surrey East (European Parliament constituency)

London South and Surrey East
London South and Surrey East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
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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 London South and Surrey East was one of them. It was merged from the London South and Surrey constituencies.

When it was created in England in 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Central, Croydon North East, Croydon North West, Croydon South, East Surrey, Reigate and Sutton and Cheam.^[1] In 1989, the Surrey Mirror reported that the total electorate was around 454,000.^[2]

In boundary changes which took effect at the 1994 European Election, it lost the Reigate constituency but gained Epsom and Ewell.^[3]^[4]

Members of the European Parliament

Election		Member^[5]	Party
	1984	James Moorhouse	Conservative
	1989
	1994
	1998		Liberal Democrat
1999		Constituency abolished: see London

European Parliament election, 1984: London South and Surrey East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Moorhouse	82,122	53.3
	Labour	Andrew S. Mackinlay	37,465	24.3
	Liberal	John Gordon Parry	34,522	22.4
Majority			44,657	29.0
Turnout			154,109	30.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1989: London South and Surrey East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Moorhouse	78,256	45.4	-7.9
	Labour	Robert J. E. Evans	47,440	27.5	+3.2
	Green	Graham F. Brand	31,854	18.5	New
	SLD	Peter Hasler Billenness	14,967	8.7	-13.7
Majority			30,816	17.9	-11.1
Turnout			172,517	34.8	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: London South and Surrey East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Moorhouse	64,813	38.8	-6.6
	Labour	Mrs. Gillian M. Roles	56,074	33.5	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark O. R. Reinisch	32,059	19.2	+10.5
	Green	John K. W. Cornford	7,048	4.2	-14.3^[a]
	Monster Raving Loony	John Major^[b]	3,339	2.0	New
	Independent	Anthony Reeve	2,982	1.8	New
	Natural Law	Paul J. Levy	887	0.5	New
Majority			8,739	5.3	-12.6
Turnout			167,202	34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing