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
Boundary within Scotland (1979-1984)
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] 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]

Boundary within Scotland (1984-1999)

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Ken Collins	Labour
	1984
	1989
	1994

Election Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Strathclyde East^[3]

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)

European Parliament election, 1984: Strathclyde East^[3]

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

European Parliament election, 1989: Strathclyde East^[3]

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	Alastair Whitelaw	9,749	5.0	New
	SLD	Graham C. H. Lait	4,276	2.2	−5.5
Majority			60,317	31.0	−10.0
Turnout			194,281	39.3	+8.2
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Strathclyde East^[3]

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'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001C−QINU`"'
	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