London South and Surrey East
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
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 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

Election results

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
  1. ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)
  2. ^ Pseudonym

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Euro-parliament elections get huge response". Surrey Mirror. No. 5877. 25 May 1989. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Muted welcome for EC constituency changes". Dorking Advertiser. No. 5378. 14 October 1993. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Borough must pick new MEP". Surrey Mirror. No. 6138. 26 May 1994. p. 13.
  5. ^ Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b c 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 20 February 2022.

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