London Central
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
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 London Central was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Chelsea, City of London and Westminster South, Fulham, Hammersmith North, Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras South, Kensington, Paddington, St Marylebone and St Pancras North.[1]

United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered in 1984 to reflect this. The revised seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Chelsea, City of London and Westminster South, Fulham, Hampstead and Highgate, Holborn and St Pancras, Islington North, Islington South and Finsbury, Kensington and Westminster North.[2] The same boundaries were used in 1989 and 1994.[3][4]

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Member Party[5]
1979 David Nicolson Conservative
1984 Stan Newens Labour
1989
1994
1999 Constituency abolished: see London

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: London Central[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Nicolson 84,915 54.4
Labour Peter J. Gresham 45,721 29.3
Liberal Robert Woodthorpe Browne 19,010 12.2
Ecology Jonathon Porritt 6,448 4.1
Majority 39,194 25.1
Turnout 156,094 30.5
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: London Central[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stan Newens 77,842 43.2 +13.9
Conservative Adam D. Fergusson 64,545 35.8 -18.6
SDP Ernest Wistrich 30,269 16.8 +4.6
Ecology Jonathon Porritt 5,945 3.3 -0.8
Campaign for British Justice R. J. Maynard 1,569 0.9 New
Majority 13,297 7.4 N/A
Turnout 180,170 33.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: London Central[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stan Newens 78,561 42.2 -1.0
Conservative Miss Harriet S. Crawley 67,019 35.8 0.0
Green Miss Niki Kortvelyessy 28,087 15.1 +11.8[a]
SLD Miss S. A. Ludford 7,864 4.2 -12.6
SDP W. D. E. (Bill) Mallinson 2,957 1.6 New
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 841 0.5 New
Corrective Party Lindi St Clair 707 0.4 New
Humanist J.S. Swinden 304 0.2 New
Majority 11,542 6.2 -1.2
Turnout 186,340 38.0 +4.9
Labour hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Ecology Party
European Parliament election, 1994: London Central[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stan Newens 75,711 47.0 +4.8
Conservative Andrew J. Elliott 50,652 31.4 -4.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ludford 20,176 12.5 +8.3
Green Niki Kortvelyessy 7,043 4.4 -10.7[a]
UKIP Hugh F. Le Fanu 4,157 2.6 New
Socialist (GB) Clifford M. Slapper 1,593 1.0 New
Natural Law Susan J. Hamza 1,215 0.8 New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 547 0.3 New
Majority 25,059 15.6 +9.4
Turnout 159,879 32.6 -5.4
Labour hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ "European Elections 84. Candidates named for European Parliament elections on June 14". The Times. 16 May 1984. p. 5.
  3. ^ "378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989". The Times. 19 May 1989.
  4. ^ Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995. London: J Whitaker & Sons Ltd. 1994. p. 277. ISBN 0850212472.
  5. ^ a b c d e Boothroyd, David (16 February 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 16 February 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

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