South Wales Central (European Parliament constituency)

This article is about European Parliament constituency. For the Senedd electoral region of the same name, see South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region).

South Wales Central
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1994
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
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South Wales Central was a European Parliament constituency covering south central Wales, including the city of Cardiff.

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 (on their 1983 boundaries) of Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda, and Vale of Glamorgan.

The constituency replaced most of South Wales and the Cynon Valley area of South Wales East in 1994 and became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1994	Wayne David		Labour

Results

European Parliament election, 1994: South Wales Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wayne David	115,396	61.4
	Conservative	Mrs. Lynn A. Verity	29,340	15.6
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth O. Llywelyn	18,857	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. J. (John) Dixon	18,471	9.8
	Green	Christopher J. von Ruhland	4,002	2.1
	Communist	Robert D. Griffiths	1,073	0.6
	Natural Law	Gabriel Duguay	889	0.5
Majority			86,056	45.8
Turnout			188,028	39.4
	Labour win (new seat)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results