Wight and Hampshire East (European Parliament constituency) explained

Wight and Hampshire East
Map:Europarl logo.svg
Mapcaption:European Parliament logo
Created:1979
Dissolved:1994
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 Wight and Hampshire East was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aldershot, Fareham, Farnham, Gosport, Isle of Wight, Petersfield, Portsmouth North, and Portsmouth South.[1]

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Member Party
1979Stanley JohnsonConservative
1984Richard SimmondsConservative
1994Constituency abolished

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results . 2008-01-20.