Upper Thames (European Parliament constituency)
Upper Thames was a United Kingdom European Parliament constituency, electing one member under the first-past-the-post system. It came into being for the European Parliament election of 1979 and ceased to exist in 1984, due to boundary reorganization.
Upper Thames | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1984 |
MEPs | 1 |
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Upper Thames consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Abingdon, Devizes, Henley, Newbury, Swindon, Reading North, and Reading South. Its only Member of the European Parliament was Robert Jackson.[1]
Members of the European Parliament
Elected | Name | Party | |
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1979 | Robert Jackson | Conservative |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Robert Jackson | 103,488 | 59.4 | ||
Labour | P.H. Gray | 39,900 | 22.9 | ||
Liberal | Jack Ainslie | 30,907 | 17.17 | ||
Majority | 63,588 | 36.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
- "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
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