Birmingham South (European Parliament constituency)
# Birmingham South (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 Birmingham South was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham Hall Green, Birmingham Handsworth, Birmingham Ladywood, Birmingham Northfield, Birmingham Selly Oak, Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham Sparkbrook, and Birmingham Yardley.

## Member of the European Parliament

| Elected | Name | Party | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1979 | Norvela Forster | | Conservative |

## Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Birmingham South :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Norvela Forster | 66,012 | 47.5 | |
| | Labour | Albert Bore | 60,775 | 43.7 | |
| | Liberal | Anthony J. Batchelor | 12,160 | 8.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,237 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,947 | 27.3 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
