Strathclyde East (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.
| Strathclyde East | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
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| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
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] In 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]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ken Collins | 72,263 | 49.8 | ||
| Conservative | Miss M. A. Carse | 41,482 | 28.6 | ||
| SNP | G. S. Murray | 21,013 | 14.5 | ||
| Liberal | Dr. J. D. Watts | 10,325 | 7.1 | ||
| Majority | 30,781 | 21.2 | |||
| Turnout | 145,083 | 31.3 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ken Collins | 90,792 | 58.6 | +8.8 | |
| SNP | George A. Leslie | 27,330 | 17.6 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | P. R. (Ross) Leckie | 24,857 | 16.1 | -12.5 | |
| Liberal | Mrs. Patricia de Seume | 11,883 | 7.7 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 63,462 | 41.0 | |||
| Turnout | 154,862 | 31.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ken Collins | 109,170 | 56.2 | -2.4 | |
| SNP | George A. Leslie | 48,853 | 25.2 | +7.6 | |
| Conservative | Dr. Michael K. Dutt | 22,233 | 11.4 | -4.7 | |
| Green | A. Whitelaw | 9,749 | 5.0 | New | |
| SLD | G. C. H. Lait | 4,276 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 60,317 | 31.0 | -10.0 | ||
| Turnout | 194,281 | 39.3 | +8.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ken Collins | 106,476 | 58.0 | +1.8 | |
| SNP | Ian Hamilton | 54,136 | 29.5 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Brian D. Cooklin | 13,915 | 7.6 | -3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R. (Bob) Stewart | 6,383 | 3.5 | +1.3 | |
| Scottish Green | Alistair Whitelaw | 1,874 | 1.0 | -4.0[lower-alpha 1] | |
| Natural Law | J. D. (Dobie) Gilmour | 787 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 52,340 | 28.5 | -2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 183,571 | 37.3 | -2.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
- Compared with Green Party (UK)
References
- "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- "Boundary Commission for Scotland - Maps - European Parliament constituencies 1984 - 1999". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- 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.