Hampshire Central | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1984 |
Dissolved | 1994 |
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 Hampshire Central was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Aldershot, Basingstoke, Eastleigh, North West Hampshire, Southampton Itchen, Southampton Test, and Winchester.[1]
Elected | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1984 | Basil de Ferranti | Conservative | Died in office | |
1988 by-election | Edward Kellett-Bowman | Conservative | ||
1994 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Basil de Ferranti | 84,086 | 51.7 | ||
SDP | Francis B. Jacobs | 39,265 | 24.2 | ||
Labour | Mike V. Castle | 39,228 | 24.1 | ||
Majority | 44,821 | 27.5 | |||
Turnout | 162,579 | 31.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 38,039 | 49.0 | -2.7 | |
Labour | John F. Arnold | 16,597 | 21.4 | -2.7 | |
SLD | David Chidgey | 13,392 | 17.3 | -6.9 | |
SDP | Earl Attlee | 5,952 | 7.7 | New | |
Green | Mrs. Sally J. Penton | 3,603 | 4.6 | New | |
Majority | 21,442 | 27.6 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 77,583 | 14.1 | -16.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 78,651 | 43.4 | -8.3 | |
Labour | Mrs. Angela Mawle | 50,977 | 28.1 | +4.0 | |
Green | Mrs. Sally J. Penton | 33,186 | 18.3 | N/A | |
SLD | David Chidgey | 18,480 | 10.2 | -14.0 | |
Majority | 21,442 | 15.1 | -12.4 | ||
Turnout | 77,583 | 14.1 | -16.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |