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 state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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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

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Adam Fergusson	Conservative
	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	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

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'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000018−QINU`"'
	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

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.

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results