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 Strathclyde West was one of them.
| Strathclyde West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
Boundaries edit
1979-1984: Bute and North Ayrshire, Central Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Greenock and Port Glasgow, Paisley, West Dunbartonshire, West Renfrewshire.
1984-1999: Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Port Glasgow, Paisley North, Paisley South, Renfrew West and Inverclyde, Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
Members of the European Parliament edit
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Adam Fergusson | Conservative | |
| 1984 | Hugh McMahon | Labour | |
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Adam Fergusson | 65,608 | 37.2 | ||
| Labour | Miss V. A. Friel | 63,781 | 36.1 | ||
| SNP | C. G. M. Slesser | 29,115 | 16.5 | ||
| Liberal | T. R. L. Fraser | 17,955 | 10.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,827 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 176,459 | 35.6 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh McMahon | 70,234 | 40.8 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | Miss J. A. H. Lait | 47,196 | 27.4 | -9.8 | |
| SNP | Mrs. Jenny M. Herriot | 28,866 | 16.7 | +0.2 | |
| SDP | Douglas J. Herbison | 25,955 | 15.1 | +4.9 | |
| Majority | 23,038 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 172,251 | 34.5 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh McMahon | 89,627 | 42.7 | +1.9 | |
| SNP | Colin Campbell | 50,036 | 23.8 | +7.1 | |
| Conservative | Stephen J. Robin | 45,872 | 21.8 | -5.6 | |
| Green | George Campbell | 16,461 | 7.8 | New | |
| SLD | Douglas J. Herbison | 8,098 | 3.9 | -11.2 | |
| Majority | 39,591 | 18.9 | +5.5 | ||
| Turnout | 210,094 | 42.6 | +8.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh McMahon | 86,957 | 44.4 | +1.7 | |
| SNP | Colin Campbell | 61,934 | 31.6 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | John P. Godfrey | 28,414 | 14.5 | -7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas J. Herbison | 14,772 | 7.5 | +3.6 | |
| Scottish Green | Mrs. Kathleen M. Allan | 2,886 | 1.5 | -6.3[a] | |
| Natural Law | Mrs. Sarah J. Gilmour | 918 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 25,023 | 12.8 | -6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 195,881 | 40.0 | -2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)
References edit
- ^ a b c d Boothroyd, David (14 October 2004). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Scotland". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 14 October 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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