Wessex (European Parliament constituency)

Wessex was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Dorset in England, plus parts of western Hampshire and southern Wiltshire.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 consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bournemouth East, Bournemouth West, Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset, Poole, South Dorset, Westbury and West Dorset.[1] The constituency was replaced by much of Dorset East and Hampshire West and parts of Somerset and Dorset West and Wiltshire in 1984.
European Parliament constituencyMember stateUnited KingdomDorsetHampshireWiltshireKingdom of Wessexproportional representationfirst-past-the-postEuropean electionsEnglandScotlandEuropean Parliament constituenciesMember of the European ParliamentWestminster Parliament constituenciesBournemouth EastBournemouth WestChristchurch and LymingtonNorth DorsetSouth DorsetWestburyWest DorsetDorset East and Hampshire WestSomerset and Dorset WestSouth West EnglandSouth East England constituenciesJames SpicerConservativeEuropean Parliament election, 1979LabourLiberalWessex RegionalistViscount WeymouthTurnoutPolandGreenlandFranceEast FranceÎle-de-FranceMassif-central–CentreNorth-West FranceOverseas Territories of FranceSouth-East FranceSouth-West FranceWest FranceConnacht–UlsterLeinsterMunsterNorth-WestBedfordshireBedfordshire and Milton KeynesBedfordshire SouthBirmingham EastBirmingham NorthBirmingham SouthBirmingham WestBristolBuckinghamshire and Oxfordshire EastCambridge and Bedfordshire NorthCambridgeshireCheshire EastCheshire WestCheshire West and WirralClevelandCleveland and RichmondCleveland and Yorkshire NorthCornwall and PlymouthCornwall and West PlymouthCotswoldsCoventry and North WarwickshireCumbriaCumbria and Lancashire NorthDerbyshireDevon and East PlymouthDorset and East DevonDurhamEast Sussex and Kent SouthEssex North and Suffolk SouthEssex North EastEssex SouthEssex South WestEssex West and Hertfordshire EastGreater Manchester CentralGreater Manchester EastGreater Manchester NorthGreater Manchester SouthGreater Manchester WestHampshire CentralHampshire North and OxfordHampshire WestHereford and WorcesterHertfordshireHerefordshire and ShropshireHumbersideItchen, Test and AvonKent EastKent WestLancashire CentralLancashire EastLancashire SouthLancashire WestLeicesterLincolnshireLincolnshire and Humberside SouthLiverpoolLondon CentralLondon EastLondon NorthLondon North EastLondon North WestLondon SouthLondon South and Surrey EastLondon South EastLondon South InnerLondon South WestLondon WestMerseyside EastMerseyside East and WiganMerseyside WestMidlands CentralMidlands EastMidlands WestNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire and BlabyNorthumbriaNottinghamNottingham and Leicestershire North WestNottinghamshire North and ChesterfieldOxford and BuckinghamshirePeak DistrictSalop and StaffordSheffieldShropshire and StaffordSomersetSomerset and North DevonSouth Downs WestStaffordshire EastStaffordshire East and DerbyStaffordshire West and CongletonSuffolkSuffolk and South West NorfolkSurreySurrey WestSussex EastSussex South and CrawleySussex WestThames ValleyTyne and WearTyne South and WearUpper ThamesWight and Hampshire EastWight and Hampshire SouthWiltshire North and BathWorcestershire and South WarwickshireYorkshire NorthYorkshire SouthYorkshire South WestYorkshire WestNorthern IrelandGlasgowHighlands and IslandsLothiansMid Scotland and FifeNorth East ScotlandSouth of ScotlandStrathclyde EastStrathclyde WestMid and West WalesNorth WalesSouth East WalesSouth WalesSouth Wales CentralSouth Wales EastSouth Wales WestEast MidlandsEast of EnglandLondonNorth East EnglandNorth West EnglandSouth East EnglandWest MidlandsYorkshire and the Humber