Strathclyde East (European Parliament constituency)

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Strathclyde East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
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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.

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The constituency of Strathclyde East was one of them.

When it was created in Scotland in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bothwell, Coatbridge and Airdrie, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire North, Motherwell and Wishaw, and Rutherglen. [1] From 1984 until 1999 it consisted of the constituencies of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Glasgow Rutherglen, Hamilton, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Monklands East, Monklands West, Motherwell North, and Motherwell South. [2]

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMemberParty
1979 Ken Collins Labour
1984
1989
1994

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Strathclyde East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Collins 72,263 49.8
Conservative Miss M. A. Carse41,48228.6
SNP G. S. Murray21,01314.5
Liberal Dr. J. D. Watts10,3257.1
Majority30,78121.2
Turnout 145,08331.3
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Strathclyde East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Collins 90,792 58.6 +8.8
SNP George A. Leslie 27,33017.6+3.1
Conservative P. R. (Ross) Leckie24,85716.1-12.5
Liberal Mrs. Patricia de Seume11,8837.7+0.6
Majority63,46241.0
Turnout 154,86231.1
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Strathclyde East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Collins 109,170 56.2 -2.4
SNP George A. Leslie 48,85325.2+7.6
Conservative Dr. Michael K. Dutt22,23311.4-4.7
Green Alastair Whitelaw9,7495.0New
SLD Graham C. H. Lait4,2762.2New
Majority60,31731.0-10.0
Turnout 194,28139.3+8.2
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Strathclyde East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Collins 106,476 58.0 +1.8
SNP Ian Hamilton54,13629.5+4.3
Conservative Brian D. Cooklin13,9157.6-3.8
Liberal Democrats R. (Bob) Stewart6,3833.5+1.3
Scottish Green Alistair Whitelaw1,8741.0-4.0 [lower-alpha 1]
Natural Law J. D. (Dobie) Gilmour7870.4New
Majority52,34028.5-2.5
Turnout 183,57137.3-2.0
Labour hold Swing
  1. Compared with Green Party (UK)

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References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. "Boundary Commission for Scotland - Maps - European Parliament constituencies 1984 - 1999". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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.