Kent West (European Parliament constituency)

Kent West
Kent West
	European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
	[1]

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 Kent West was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Dartford, Gillingham, Gravesend, Rochester and Chatham, Sevenoaks, Surrey East, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells,^[1] although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994: Kent West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Skinner	77,346	41.0	+10.2
	Conservative	George Patterson	60,569	32.1	-11.3
	Liberal Democrat	J. Daly	33,869	17.9	+9.5
	UKIP	Craig Mackinlay	9,750	5.2	+5.2
	Green	Mrs P.A. Kemp	5,651	3.0	-14.5
	Natural Law	J.J. Bowler	1,598	0.8	+0.8
Majority			16,777	8.9
Turnout			505,658	37.3	+3.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.8%

European Parliament election, 1989: Kent West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Patterson	82,519	43.4	-5.6
	Labour	P.L. Sloman	58,469	30.7	+1.6
	Green	J. Tidy	33,202	17.4	+14.6
	Social and Liberal Democrats	J.B. Doherty	16,087	8.5	-10.6
Majority			24,050	12.7	-7.1
Turnout			569,037	33.4	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6%

European Parliament election, 1984: Kent West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Patterson	85,414	48.9	-11.8
	Labour	A. Woodhams	50,784	29.1	+4.3
	Liberal	P.H. Billenness	33,306	19.1	+4.6
	Ecology	Mrs C.A. Bunyan	4,991	2.9	+2.9
Majority			34,630	19.8	-16.1
Turnout			565,692	30.8	-2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.1%

European Parliament election, 1979: Kent West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Patterson	113,961	60.7	N/A
	Labour	A.J. Humphris	46.482	24.8	N/A
	Liberal	S. Blow	27,127	14.5	N/A
Majority			67,479	35.9
Turnout			569,411	32.9

References

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External links

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v t e 1977–1979 ← European Parliament constituencies 1979–1984 → 1984–1989
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Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1981; ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 1984

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