Prior to its uniform adoption of
proportional representation
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in 1999, the United Kingdom used
first-past-the-post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
for the
European elections in England,
Scotland
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and
Wales
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. The
European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
each.
The constituency of Midlands Central was one of them.
From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the
Westminster Parliament constituencies of
Coventry North East,
Coventry North West,
Coventry South East,
Coventry South West,
Solihull
Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blyth ...
,
Stratford-on-Avon, and
Warwick and Leamington.
From 1984 until its abolition in 1994 it consisted of Coventry North East, Coventry North West, Coventry South East, Coventry South West, Meriden, Rugby and Kenilworth, Solihull, and Warwick and Leamington.
Members of the European Parliament
Results
References
External links
David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results
{{European Parliament former constituencies
European Parliament constituencies in England (1979–1999)
Politics of Warwickshire
Politics of the West Midlands (county)
1979 establishments in England
1994 disestablishments in England
Constituencies established in 1979
Constituencies disestablished in 1994