Midlands West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
[1]

Midlands West was a constituency of the European Parliament in the United Kingdom which existed from 1979 to 1999, prior to the adoption of proportional representation in England, Scotland and Wales. It elected one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system.

Boundaries

1979-1984: Dudley East; Dudley West; Halesowen and Stourbridge; Walsall North; Walsall South; Wolverhampton North East; Wolverhampton South East; Wolverhampton South West.

1984-1999: Dudley East; Dudley West; Halesowen and Stourbridge; Warley East; Warley West; Wolverhampton North East; Wolverhampton South East; Wolverhampton South West.

MEPs

Elected		Member	Party	Notes
	1979	Richard Simmonds	Conservative
	1984	Terry Pitt	Labour	Died in office October 1986
	1987 by-election	John Bird	Labour
	1994	Simon Murphy	Labour
1999		Constituency abolished: see West Midlands

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Midlands West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Simmonds	69,916	47.3
	Labour	S. J. Randall	68,024	46.0
	Liberal	A. W. G. Court	9,936	6.7
Majority			1,892	1.3
Turnout			147,876	27.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Midlands West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Pitt	74,091	50.7	+4.7
	Conservative	A. T. (Tony) Burnside	54,406	37.2	-10.1
	Liberal	Christopher J. Carter	17,709	12.1	+5.4
Majority			19,685	13.5	N/A
Turnout			146,206	27.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1987 Midlands West by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bird	59,761	39.2	-11.5
	Conservative	M. J. Whitby	55,736	36.5	-0.7
	Liberal	Christopher J. Carter	37,106	24.3	+12.2
Majority			4,025	2.7	-10.8
Turnout			152,603	28.5	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Midlands West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bird	105,529	53.5	+14.3
	Conservative	M. J. Whitby	63,165	32.0	-4.5
	Green	John Raven	21,787	11.0	New
	SLD	Mrs. Fran M. Oborski	6,974	3.5	-20.8
Majority			42,364	21.5	+18.8
Turnout			197,455	37.3	+8.8
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Midlands West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Murphy	99,242	59.5	+6.0
	Conservative	G. M. (Mark) Simpson	44,419	26.6	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Baldauf-Good	12,195	7.3	+3.8
	Liberal	M. S. Hyde	5,050	3.0	New
	Green	Chris T. Mattingly	4,390	2.6	-8.4^[a]
	Natural Law	John D. Oldbury	1,641	1.0	New
Majority			54,823	32.9	+11.4
Turnout			166,937	31.3	-6.0
	Labour hold		Swing

^ Compared with Green Party (UK)

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