Strathclyde East (European Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Former European Parliament constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
|title = Strathclyde East
|map = File:StrathclydeEast1979EUConstituency.svg
|mapcaption = Boundary within Scotland (1979-1984)
|created = 1979
|dissolved = 1999
|meps = 1
|memberstate = United Kingdom
|memberstatelink2 = the United Kingdom
|sources = [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/]
}}
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 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ |title=David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results |access-date=2008-01-20}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/maps/european/1984/|title=Boundary Commission for Scotland - Maps - European Parliament constituencies 1984 - 1999|website=www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk|access-date=2018-02-10}}
Members of the European Parliament
Election Results
{{Election box begin|
|title=European Parliament election, 1979: Strathclyde East{{cite web |last1=Boothroyd |first1=David |title=United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Scotland |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epscot.html |website=Election Demon |access-date=4 March 2022 |date=14 October 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014145216/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epscot.html |archive-date=14 October 2004 |url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ken Collins
|votes = 72,263
|percentage = 49.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Miss M. A. Carse
|votes = 41,482
|percentage = 28.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = G. S. Murray
|votes = 21,013
|percentage = 14.5
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Dr. J. D. Watts
|votes = 10,325
|percentage = 7.1
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 30,781
|percentage = 21.2
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 145,083
|percentage = 31.3
|change =
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{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=European Parliament election, 1984: Strathclyde East
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ken Collins
|votes = 90,792
|percentage = 58.6
|change = +8.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = George A. Leslie
|votes = 27,330
|percentage = 17.6
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = P. R. (Ross) Leckie
|votes = 24,857
|percentage = 16.1
|change = -12.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Mrs. Patricia de Seume
|votes = 11,883
|percentage = 7.7
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 63,462
|percentage = 41.0
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 154,862
|percentage = 31.1
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=European Parliament election, 1989: Strathclyde East
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ken Collins
|votes = 109,170
|percentage = 56.2
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = George A. Leslie
|votes = 48,853
|percentage = 25.2
|change = +7.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dr. Michael K. Dutt
|votes = 22,233
|percentage = 11.4
|change = -4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = Alastair Whitelaw
|votes = 9,749
|percentage = 5.0
|change = New
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social and Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Graham C. H. Lait
|votes = 4,276
|percentage = 2.2
|change = -5.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 60,317
|percentage = 31.0
|change = -10.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 194,281
|percentage = 39.3
|change = +8.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=European Parliament election, 1994: Strathclyde East
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ken Collins
|votes = 106,476
|percentage = 58.0
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Ian Hamilton
|votes = 54,136
|percentage = 29.5
|change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian D. Cooklin
|votes = 13,915
|percentage = 7.6
|change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = R. (Bob) Stewart
|votes = 6,383
|percentage = 3.5
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Greens
|candidate = Alistair Whitelaw
|votes = 1,874
|percentage = 1.0
|change = -4.0{{efn|Compared with Green Party (UK)}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = J. D. (Dobie) Gilmour
|votes = 787
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 52,340
|percentage = 28.5
|change = -2.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 183,571
|percentage = 37.3
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results]
{{Former European Parliament constituencies}}
Category:European Parliament constituencies in Scotland (1979–1999)
Category:1979 establishments in Scotland
Category:1999 disestablishments in Scotland
Category:Constituencies established in 1979
Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1999
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