London South (European Parliament constituency) explained

London South
Map:Europarl logo.svg
Mapcaption:European Parliament logo
Created:1979
Dissolved:1984
Meps:1
Memberstate:United Kingdom
Memberstatelink2:the United Kingdom
Sources:http://www.election.demon.co.uk/

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 was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Carshalton, Croydon Central, Croydon North East, Croydon North West, Croydon South, Mitcham and Morden, Sutton and Cheam, Wimbledon.[1] However, from 1984 onwards it was merged into London South and Surrey East, having been combined with half of the former Surrey Constituency.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMembers[2] Party
1979James MoorhouseConservative
1984Constituency abolished

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results . 2008-01-20.
  2. Web site: Boothroyd . David . United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London . Election Demon . 27 January 2022 . 11 April 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030411210415/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/eplon.html . 11 April 2003 . dead.