South Wales East (European Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with South East Wales (European Parliament constituency).

For the Senedd electoral region of the same name, see South Wales East (Senedd electoral region).

South Wales East was a European Parliament constituency covering southeastern Wales, including Gwent and parts of Mid Glamorgan.

South Wales East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
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Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used the first-past-the-post system for the European Parliament 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.

South Wales East replaced the similarly named South East Wales in 1984, and became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Boundaries

1984-1994: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cynon Valley, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West, Rhondda, Torfaen.

1994-1999: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West, Torfaen.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1984	Llew Smith		Labour
1994	Glenys Kinnock		Labour

Results

European Parliament election, 1994: South Wales East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenys Kinnock	144,907	74.0
	Conservative	Mrs. Rosamund Blomfield-Smith	24,660	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher F. Woolgrove	9,963	5.1
	Plaid Cymru	Colin P. Mann	9,550	4.9
	Green	Roger W. Coghill	4,509	2.3
	Welsh Socialist	Miss Sian Williams	1,270	0.6
	Natural Law	Dr. Ralph R. Brussatis	1,027	0.5
Majority			120,247	61.4
Turnout			195,886	43.1
	Labour win (new seat)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results