Herefordshire and Shropshire (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.

Herefordshire and Shropshire
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources

The constituency of Herefordshire and Shropshire was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, North Shropshire, Shrewsbury and Atcham, The Wrekin, and Wyre Forest.[1]

David Hallam of the Labour Party was the sole MEP for this constituency's entire existence. His election in 1994 was somewhat of a surprise as the area was widely assumed to be safely Conservative.

MEPs
ElectionMemberParty
1994 David Hallam Labour

Election results
European Parliament election, 1994: Herefordshire and Shropshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Hallam 76,120 36.7
Conservative Sir Christopher Prout 74,270 35.8
Liberal Democrats J.Y. Gallagher 44,130 21.2
Green Miss F.M. Norman 11,578 5.6
Natural Law T.W. Mercer 1,480 0.7
Majority 1,850 0.9
Turnout 207,578
Labour win (new seat)

References
  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.


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