South Wales East (European Parliament constituency)

South Wales East was a European Parliament constituency covering southeastern Wales, including Gwent and parts of Mid Glamorgan.

South Wales East
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources

Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used the first-past-the-post system for the European Parliament 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.

South Wales East replaced the similarly named South East Wales in 1984, and became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Boundaries

1984-1994: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cynon Valley, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West, Rhondda, Torfaen.

1994-1999: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West, Torfaen.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Name Party
1984 Llew Smith Labour
1994 Glenys Kinnock Labour

Elections

European elections 1989:South Wales East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Llew Smith 138,872 64.3
Conservative R. J. Young 30,384 14.1
Green M. J. Witherden 27,869 12.9
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans 14,152 6.5
SLD P. Nicholls-Jones 4,661 2.2
Majority 108,488 50.2
Turnout 215,938

References


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