Glasgow (European Parliament constituency)

Glasgow
Glasgow
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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Last updated June 17, 2023

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 Glasgow was one of them.

Boundaries

1979-1984: Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Craigton, Glasgow Garscadden, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Hillhead, Glasgow Kelvingrove, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Queen's Park, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Springburn.

1984-1999: Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Garscadden, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Hillhead, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Springburn.

Members of the European Parliament

	Member	Party
1979	Janey Buchan	Labour
1984
1989
1994	Bill Miller	Labour

Election results

European elections 1994: Glasgow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Miller	83,953	52.6	–2.8
	SNP	Tom Chalmers	40,795	25.6	+0.7
	Scottish Militant Labour	Tommy Sheridan	12,113	7.6	New
	Conservative	Richard M. Wilkinson	10,888	6.8	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Money	7,291	4.6	+2.6
	Scottish Green	Phil J. O'Brien	2,252	1.4	–4.9
	Socialist (GB)	James Fleming	1,195	0.7	New
	Natural Law	Marc R. Wilkinson	868	0.5	New
	International Communist	Christopher H. Marsden	381	0.2	+0.1
Majority			43,158	27.0	–3.5
Turnout			159,736	34.5	–5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	–1.8

European elections 1989: Glasgow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janey Buchan	107,818	55.4	–3.8
	SNP	A. Brophy	48,586	24.9	+14.2
	Conservative	Mrs. Aileen K. Bates	20,761	10.7	–5.8
	Green	David L. Spaven	12,229	6.3	New
	SLD	John Morrison	3,887	2.0	New
	Communist	D. Chalmers	1,164	0.6	New
	International Communist	J. Simons	193	0.1	New
Majority			59,232	30.5	–2.2
Turnout			194,638	39.9	+10.3
	Labour hold		Swing	–9.0

European elections 1984: Glasgow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janey Buchan	91,015	59.2	+10.2
	Conservative	Miss Sally C. Chadd	25,282	16.5	–10.8
	Liberal	Christopher M. Mason	20,867	13.6	+6.3
	SNP	Norman M.T.M. MacLeod	16,456	10.7	–5.7
Majority			65,733	32.7	+11.0
Turnout			153,620	29.6	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.5

European elections 1979: Glasgow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janey Buchan	73,846	49.0
	Conservative	Mrs. Barbara Vaughan	41,144	27.3
	SNP	George Leslie	24,776	16.4
	Liberal	Elspeth Attwooll	11,073	7.3
Majority			32,702	21.7
Turnout			150,704	28.2
	Labour win (new seat)

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References

1 2 3 4 "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99: Scotland". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

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David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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[epscot-1] 1 2 3 4 "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99: Scotland". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

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