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South Downs West (European Parliament constituency)
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
South Downs
West was one of them.
It consisted of the
Westminster Parliament constituencies
of
Arundel
,
Chichester
,
East Hampshire
,
Havant
,
Horsham
, and
South West Surrey
.
James Provan
of the
Conservative Party
was the
sole
MEP for the constituency's
entire
existence
.