Wiltshire North and Bath was a United Kingdom European Parliament constituency, electing one member. As a result of a boundary reorganization, it came into being for the European Parliament election of 1994 and ceased to exist in 1999, when the United Kingdom abandoned the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales.
Wiltshire North and Bath | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1994 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
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Wiltshire North and Bath consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Bath, Devizes, North Wiltshire, Swindon, Wansdyke, and Westbury. Its only Member of the European Parliament was Caroline Jackson.[1]
The constituency came to an end in 1999, when the UK adopted a form of proportional representation within much larger regional constituencies, and Wiltshire North and Bath was merged into the new South West England European Parliament constituency.
Members of the European Parliament
editElected | Name | Party | |
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1994 | Caroline Jackson | Conservative | |
1999 | Constituency abolished: see South West England |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caroline Jackson | 71,872 | 34.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mrs. Jeanie H.H. Matthew | 63,085 | 30.6 | ||
Labour | Mrs. N.P.J. (June) Norris | 50,489 | 24.5 | ||
Liberal | Paul J.P. Cullen | 6,760 | 3.3 | ||
Green | Miller Davidson | 5,974 | 2.9 | ||
UKIP | Timothy P.E. Hedges | 5,843 | 2.8 | ||
Natural Law | David R.H. Cooke | 1,148 | 0.6 | ||
Christian People's Party | Johnathan R.D. Day | 725 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 8,787 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 205,896 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
edit- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
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