Kent East (European Parliament constituency)

Kent East
Kent East
European Parliament constituency
	Boundary within South East England (1979-1984)
Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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Created1979

Dissolved1999

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 of Kent East was one of them.

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Christopher Jackson	Conservative
	1994	Mark Watts	Labour
1999		Constituency abolished: see South East England

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Jackson	117,267	64.7
	Labour	J. C. M. S. Holmes	40,060	22.1
	Liberal	Anthony F. C. Morris	20,190	11.1
	Independent	D. J. Conlon	3,788	2.1
Majority			77,207	42.6
Turnout			181,305	32.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Jackson	92,340	52.5	−12.2
	Labour	D. A. Enright	43,473	24.7	+2.6
	SDP	Anthony A. Kinch	34,601	19.7	+8.6
	Ecology	Steven M. Dawe	5,405	3.1	New
Majority			48,867	27.8
Turnout			175,819	31.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Jackson	85,667	44.0	−8.5
	Labour	Gregory N. J. Perry	56,706	29.1	+4.4
	Green	Mrs. Penny A. Kemp	36,931	19.0	+15.9'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000016−QINU`"'
	SLD	A. F. C. (Tony) Morris	15,470	7.9	−11.8
Majority			28,961	14.9	−12.9
Turnout			194,774	34.2	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Watts	69,641	34.5	+5.4
	Conservative	Christopher Jackson	69,006	34.2	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	John R. Macdonald	44,549	22.1	+14.2
	UKIP	Colin R. Bullen	9,414	4.7	New
	Green	Steve M. Dawe	7,196	3.6	−15.4'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000020−QINU`"'
	Natural Law	Colin J. Beckley	1,746	0.9	New
Majority			635	0.3	N/A
Turnout			201,552	40.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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