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Sussex South and Crawley (European Parliament constituency)

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Sussex South and Crawley
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
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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 Sussex South and Crawley was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion, Crawley, Hove, Mid Sussex, Shoreham, and Worthing.[1]

MEPs

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Elected Member Party
1994 Brendan Donnelly Conservative
1999 Pro-Euro Conservative
1999 Constituency abolished: see South East England

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1994: Sussex South and Crawley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brendan Donnelly 62,860 33.9
Labour Mrs. Joyce Edmond Smith 61,114 33.0
Liberal Democrats D. J. (John) Williams 41,410 22.3
Green Miss Pauline J. Beever 9,348 5.1
Independent Euro Sceptic David Horner 7,106 3.8
Independent J. N. P. (Nigel) Furness 2,618 1.4
Natural Law Alex M. A. Hankey 901 0.5
Majority 1,746 0.9
Turnout 185,357 37.6
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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