Birmingham West (European Parliament constituency)
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.
| Birmingham West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
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| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
The constituency of Birmingham West was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aldridge-Brownhills, Birmingham Ladywood, Birmingham Perry Barr, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall North, Walsall South, West Bromwich East, and West Bromwich West.[1]
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Tomlinson | 61,946 | 45.2 | ||
| Conservative | CF Robinson | 55,702 | 40.6 | ||
| SDP | JC Binns | 19,422 | 14.2 | ||
| Majority | 5,237 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 137,070 | 27.3 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Tomlinson | 86,545 | 50.5 | +5.3 | |
| Conservative | CF Robinson | 55,685 | 32.5 | -7.9 | |
| Green | JD Bentley | 21,384 | 12.5 | New | |
| SLD | Stewart Reynolds | 7,673 | 4.5 | -9.7 | |
| Majority | 30,860 | 18.0 | +13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 171,287 | 33.2 | +5.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Tomlinson | 77,957 | 53.7 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | D.M. Harman | 38,607 | 26.6 | -5.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | NDM McGeorge | 14,603 | 10.0 | -5.5 | |
| UKIP | BA Juby | 5,237 | 3.6 | New | |
| Green | MG Abbott | 4,367 | 3.0 | -9.5 | |
| National Front | Andrew Carmichael | 3,727 | 2.6 | New | |
| Natural Law | HS Meads | 789 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 39,350 | 27.1 | +9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 145,287 | 28.5 | -4.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
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