London Central (European Parliament constituency)

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency

|title = London Central

|map = File:LondonC1979EUConstituency.svg

|mapcaption = Boundary within London (1979-1984)

|created = 1979

|dissolved = 1999

|meps = 1

|memberstate = United Kingdom

|memberstatelink2 = the United Kingdom

|sources = [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/]

}}

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 London Central was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Chelsea, City of London and Westminster South, Fulham, Hammersmith North, Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras South, Kensington, Paddington, St Marylebone and St Pancras North.{{cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ |title=David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results |accessdate=20 January 2008}}

United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered in 1984 to reflect this. The revised seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Chelsea, City of London and Westminster South, Fulham, Hampstead and Highgate, Holborn and St Pancras, Islington North, Islington South and Finsbury, Kensington and Westminster North.{{cite news|title=European Elections 84. Candidates named for European Parliament elections on June 14|date=16 May 1984|page=5|newspaper=The Times}} The same boundaries were used in 1989 and 1994.{{cite news|title=378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989|newspaper=The Times|date=19 May 1989}}{{cite book|title=Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995|page=277|publisher=J Whitaker & Sons Ltd.|location=London|isbn=0850212472|year=1994}}

File:LondonC1984EUConstituency.svg

File:LondonC1994EUConstituency.svg

Members of the European Parliament

colspan = "2"\|Elected	Member	Party
class="wikitable"
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1979 \| David Nicolson \|Conservative
rowspan = "3" style="background-color: {{party color\|Labour Co-operative}}" \| \| 1984 \| rowspan = "3" \| Stan Newens \| rowspan = "3" \| Labour
1989
1994
colspan="2" \| 1999 \|colspan="2" \| Constituency abolished: see London

Results

{{Election box begin|

|title=European Parliament election, 1979: London Central{{cite web |last1=Boothroyd |first1=David |title=United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/eplon.html |website=Election Demon |access-date=15 February 2022 |date=16 February 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030216102623/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/eplon.html |archive-date=16 February 2003 |url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Nicolson

|votes = 84,915

|percentage = 54.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter J. Gresham

|votes = 45,721

|percentage = 29.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Woodthorpe Browne

|votes = 19,010

|percentage = 12.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Ecology Party

|candidate = Jonathon Porritt

|votes = 6,448

|percentage = 4.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 39,194

|percentage = 25.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 156,094

|percentage = 30.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=European Parliament election, 1984: London Central

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Stan Newens

|votes = 77,842

|percentage = 43.2

|change = +13.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Adam D. Fergusson

|votes = 64,545

|percentage = 35.8

|change = -18.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest Wistrich

|votes = 30,269

|percentage = 16.8

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Ecology Party

|candidate = Jonathon Porritt

|votes = 5,945

|percentage = 3.3

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Campaign for British Justice

|candidate = R. J. Maynard

|votes = 1,569

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,297

|percentage = 7.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 180,170

|percentage = 33.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=European Parliament election, 1989: London Central

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Stan Newens

|votes = 78,561

|percentage = 42.2

|change = -1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Miss Harriet S. Crawley

|votes = 67,019

|percentage = 35.8

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party (UK)

|candidate = Miss Niki Kortvelyessy

|votes = 28,087

|percentage = 15.1

|change = +11.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social and Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Miss S. A. Ludford

|votes = 7,864

|percentage = 4.2

|change = -12.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)

|candidate = W. D. E. (Bill) Mallinson

|votes = 2,957

|percentage = 1.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party

|candidate = Screaming Lord Sutch

|votes = 841

|percentage = 0.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Corrective Party

|candidate = Lindi St Clair

|votes = 707

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Humanist Party (UK)

|candidate = J.S. Swinden

|votes = 304

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,542

|percentage = 6.2

|change = -1.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 186,340

|percentage = 38.0

|change = +4.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=European Parliament election, 1994: London Central}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Stan Newens

|votes = 75,711

|percentage = 47.0

|change = +4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Andrew J. Elliott

|votes = 50,652

|percentage = 31.4

|change = -4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sarah Ludford

|votes = 20,176

|percentage = 12.5

|change = +8.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Niki Kortvelyessy

|votes = 7,043

|percentage = 4.4

|change = -10.7{{efn|Compared with Green Party (UK)}}

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Hugh F. Le Fanu

|votes = 4,157

|percentage = 2.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Clifford M. Slapper

|votes = 1,593

|percentage = 1.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Susan J. Hamza

|votes = 1,215

|percentage = 0.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket

|candidate = Rainbow George Weiss

|votes = 547

|percentage = 0.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 25,059

|percentage = 15.6

|change = +9.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 159,879

|percentage = 32.6

|change = -5.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

References

External links

[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results]

Central

Category:20th century in London

Category:1979 establishments in England

Category:1999 disestablishments in England

Category:Constituencies established in 1979

Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1999