| South Wales Central | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Boundary within Wales (1994-1999) | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1994 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
South Wales Central was aEuropean Parliament constituency covering south centralWales, including the city ofCardiff.
Prior to its uniform adoption ofproportional representation in 1999, theUnited Kingdom usedfirst-past-the-post for theEuropean elections inEngland,Scotland andWales. TheEuropean Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had oneMember of the European Parliament each.
The constituency consisted of theWestminster Parliament constituencies (on their1983 boundaries) ofCardiff Central,Cardiff North,Cardiff South and Penarth,Cardiff West,Cynon Valley,Pontypridd,Rhondda, andVale of Glamorgan.[1]
The constituency replaced most ofSouth Wales and the Cynon Valley area ofSouth Wales East in 1994 and became part of the much largerWales constituency in 1999.
| Elected | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Wayne David | Labour | |
| 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 | |||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
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