Essex West and Hertfordshire East (European Parliament constituency)

Essex West and Hertfordshire East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1994
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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Essex West and Hertfordshire East was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1994 from parts of Hertfordshire and Essex South West, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in the United Kingdom. It was succeeded by the East of England region.

Boundaries

It consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Brentwood and Ongar, Broxbourne, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Harlow, Hertford and Stortford and Stevenage.^[1] Broxbourne, Hertford and Stortford and Stevenage had previously been part of Hertfordshire constituency, while Brentwood and Ongar, Chelmsford, Epping Forest and Harlow had been part of Essex South West.

The entire area became part of the East of England constituency in 1999.

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
part of Hertfordshire and Essex South West prior to 1994
	1994	Hugh Kerr	Labour
	1998	Hugh Kerr	Scottish Socialist Party^[2]
1999		constituency abolished, part of East of England from 1999

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994: Essex West and Hertfordshire East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Kerr	66,379	36.2	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Elizabeth Rawlings	63,312	34.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Georgina James	35,695	19.5	N/A
	Green	Felicity Mawson	10,277	5.6	N/A
	Independent For a Sovereign Britain	Bryan Smalley	5,632	3.1	N/A
	Independent Sportsman	Peter Carter	1,127	0.6	N/A
	Natural Law	Leslie Davis	1,026	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,067	1.7
Turnout				36.4
	Labour win (new seat)

References

↑ The European Parliament 1994-1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
↑ Hugh Kerr was expelled from the Labour Party and joined the Scottish Socialist Party, sitting with The Green Group in the European Parliament.
↑ Europe elections 1994 : results and elected members, Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations, Luxembourg: European Parliament, 15 June 1994.

External links

David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results

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