Sussex West (European Parliament constituency)

Sussex West
Sussex West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1994
MEPs	1
Sources
	[1]

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 Sussex West was one of them.

Boundaries

1979-1984: Arundel; Chichester; Havant and Waterloo; Horsham and Crawley; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.

1984-1994: Arundel; Chichester; Crawley; Horsham; Mid Sussex; Shoreham; Worthing.

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Madron Seligman	Conservative
1994		Constituency abolished

European Parliament election, 1979: Sussex West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Madron Seligman	131,077	65.9
	Liberal	Dr James M. M. Walsh	35,593	17.9
	Labour	B. J. Whipp	26,894	13.5
	United Against the Common Market	L. N. Vince	5,303	2.7
Majority			95,484	48.0
Turnout			198,867	35.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Sussex West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Madron Seligman	104,257	58.7	-7.2
	Liberal	Dr James M. M. Walsh	46,755	26.3	+8.4
	Labour	Gareth C. Rees	22,857	12.8	-0.7
	Ecology	David Aherne	3,847	2.2	New
Majority			57,502	32.4
Turnout			177,716	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Sussex West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Madron Seligman	95,821	47.4	-11.3
	Green	I. F. N. (Nick) Bagnall	49,588	24.5	+22.3^[a]
	Labour	Michael J. Shrimpton	32,006	15.8	+3.0
	SLD	Dr James M. M. Walsh	24,855	12.3	-14.0
Majority			46,233	22.9	-9.5
Turnout			202,270	36.5	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing