South Wales (European Parliament constituency)
| South Wales | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
South Wales was a European Parliament constituency covering south central Wales, including the city of Cardiff.
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 was replaced by most of South Wales Central and part of South Wales West in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.
Boundaries[edit]
1979-1984: Aberavon, Barry, Cardiff North, Cardiff North West, Cardiff South East, Cardiff West, Neath, Ogmore, Pontypridd.
1984-1994: Aberavon, Bridgend, Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Ogmore, Pontypridd, Vale of Glamorgan.
Members of the European Parliament[edit]
| Elected | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Win Griffiths | Labour | |
| 1989 | Wayne David | Labour | |
| 1994 | Constituency abolished | ||
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Win Griffiths | 77,784 | 44.1 | ||
| Conservative | Stefan Terlezki | 66,852 | 37.9 | ||
| Liberal | J. C. Greaves | 17,811 | 10.1 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | D. J. Williams | 14,029 | 7.9 | ||
| Majority | 10,932 | 6.2 | |||
| Turnout | 176,476 | 32.9 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Win Griffiths | 99,936 | 51.1 | +7.0 | |
| Conservative | Miss Jackie R. Pattman | 55,678 | 28.5 | -9.4 | |
| Liberal | Mrs. Joan D. Davies | 26,588 | 13.6 | +3.5 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Dr. Dafydd J. L. Hughes | 13,201 | 6.8 | -1.1 | |
| Majority | 44,258 | 22.6 | |||
| Turnout | 195,403 | 38.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Wayne David | 108,550 | 54.7 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Andrew R. Taylor | 45,993 | 23.2 | -5.3 | |
| Green | Graham P. Jones | 25,993 | 13.1 | New | |
| Plaid Cymru | Peter J. Keelan | 10,727 | 5.4 | -1.4 | |
| SLD | Prabhat K. Verma | 4,037 | 2.0 | -11.6 | |
| SDP | D. A. T. (Terry) Thomas | 3,153 | 1.6 | New | |
| Majority | 62,557 | 31.5 | +8.9 | ||
| Turnout | 198,453 | 38.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (21 June 2004). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Wales". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
External links[edit]
  | This United Kingdom election-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about the European Union is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |