Devon (European Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Devon was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Devon in England, with the exception of the city of Plymouth.

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.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Devon North, Devon West, Exeter, Honiton, Tiverton, Torbay and Totnes. In 1984, Totnes was replaced by South Hams and Teignbridge, while Devon West was replaced by Devon West and Torridge. During the fifteen-year existence of the Devon European Parliamentary constituency, it was represented by Charles Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan, until his resignation in 1994.

The constituency was replaced by Devon and East Plymouth and parts of Dorset and East Devon and Somerset and North Devon in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger South West England constituency in 1999.

File:Devon1984EUConstituency.svg

Boundary within South West England (1984-1994)

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Lord O'Hagan	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Devon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lord O'Hagan	Template:Replace	61.8
		Ted Pinney	41,010	20.0
		Reg C. J. Scott	37,380	18.2
Majority			86,022	41.8
Turnout			205,422	38.5
	win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Devon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lord O'Hagan	Template:Replace	54.7
		Peter Driver	53,519	26.6
		David Gorbutt	30,017	14.9
		Peter Christie	6,919	3.5
		Henrietta E. Rous	659	0.3
Majority			56,620	28.1
Turnout			201,243	35.9
	hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Devon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lord O'Hagan	Template:Replace	46.4
		Peter Christie	53,220	22.3
		Walter Cairns	40,675	17.1
		Mike Edmunds	23,306	9.8
		R. C. (Bob) Edwards	7,806	3.3
		Stuart Hughes	2,241	0.9
		Henrietta E. Rous	385	0.2
Majority			57,298	24.1
Turnout			230,345	39.9
	hold		Swing

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Template:Webarchive