Strathclyde West (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 Strathclyde West was one of them.

Strathclyde West
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources

Boundaries

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
ElectedMemberParty
1979 Adam FergussonConservative
1984 Hugh McMahon Labour
1989
1994

Results
European Parliament election, 1979: Strathclyde West[1]
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)
European Parliament election, 1984: Strathclyde West[1]
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
European Parliament election, 1989: Strathclyde West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh McMahon 89,627 42.7 +1.9
SNP Colin Campbell 50,036 23.8 +7.1
Conservative S. J. Robin 45,872 21.8 -5.6
Green G. Campbell 16,461 7.8 New
SLD Douglas J. Herbison 8,098 3.9 New
Majority 39,591 18.9 +5.5
Turnout 210,094 42.6 +8.1
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Strathclyde West[1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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
  1. Compared with Green Party (UK)

References
  1. 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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