| Bedfordshire South | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
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| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
Bedfordshire South 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 1984 from parts of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, it was abolished in 1994 and succeeded by Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.
It consisted of the parliamentary constituenciesofLuton South, Milton Keynes, North Hertfordshire, Luton North, South West Bedfordshire, Stevenage, and West Hertfordshire.[1]
When it was abolished in 1994, the parliamentary constituencies of Luton South, Luton North, South West Bedfordshire and the new seats of Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes became part of the Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes constituency, while North Hertfordshire and West Hertfordshire were transferred to Hertfordshire, and Stevenage was transferred to Essex West and Hertfordshire East.[2]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire and part of Northamptonshire prior to 1984 | |||
| 1984 | Peter Beazley | Conservative | |
| 1994 | constituency abolished: see Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, Hertfordshire and Essex W and Herts E | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter George Beazley | 73,406 | 38.6 | −4.9 | |
| Labour | Tony McWalter | 70,429 | 37.0 | +2.5 | |
| Green | David G Everett | 34,508 | 18.1 | New | |
| SLD | William M Johnston | 8,748 | 4.6 | −17.4 | |
| SDP | R Muller | 3,067 | 1.6 | New | |
| Majority | 2,977 | 1.6 | -7.4 | ||
| Turnout | 190,158 | 33.8 | +2.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter George Beazley | 72,088 | 43.5 | ||
| Labour | W (Bill) Cochrane | 57,106 | 34.5 | ||
| Liberal | P A Dixon | 36,444 | 22.0 | ||
| Majority | 14,982 | 9.0 | |||
| Turnout | 165,638 | 31.6 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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