Midlands Central
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
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 Midlands Central was one of them.

From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Coventry North East, Coventry North West, Coventry South East, Coventry South West, Solihull, Stratford-on-Avon, and Warwick and Leamington.^[1] From 1984 until its abolition in 1994 it consisted of Coventry North East, Coventry North West, Coventry South East, Coventry South West, Meriden, Rugby and Kenilworth, Solihull, and Warwick and Leamington.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name
1979	John Ling	Conservative
1989	Christine Oddy	Labour
1994	Constituency abolished

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Midlands Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ling	94,606	57.9
	Labour	D.V. Hunt	46,557	28.5
	Liberal	Mrs. Valerie M. Davis	15,859	9.7
	Ecology	K.M. Benfield	6,380	3.9
Majority			48,049	29.4
Turnout			163,402	34.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Midlands Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ling	67,884	44.5	-13.4
	Labour Co-op	David J. Blackman	55,155	36.2	+7.7
	SDP	Patrick J. Langmead	27,912	18.3	+8.6
	Federal Republican Party	A.D. Enstone	1,494	1.0	New
Majority			12,729	8.3	-21.1
Turnout			152,445	28.6	-7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Midlands Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Oddy	76,736	38.5	+2.3
	Conservative	John Ling	71,643	35.9	-8.6
	Green	Mrs. Janet A. Alty	42,622	21.4	New
	SLD	Ian Cundy	8,450	4.2	-14.1
Majority			5,093	2.6	-5.7
Turnout			199,451	37.0	+1.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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