Glasgow (European Parliament constituency)

Glasgow
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
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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 Glasgow was one of them.

Boundaries

1979-1984: Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Craigton, Glasgow Garscadden, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Hillhead, Glasgow Kelvingrove, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Queen’s Park, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Springburn.

1984-1999: Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Garscadden, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Hillhead, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Springburn.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Member	Party
rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1979	Janey Buchan	Labour
1984
1989
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1994	Bill Miller	Labour

Election results

European elections 1994: Glasgow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Miller	83,953	52.6	–2.8
	SNP	A. Brophy	40,795	25.6	+0.7
	Scottish Militant Labour	Tommy Sheridan	12,113	7.6	N/A
	Conservative	R.M. Wilkinson	10,888	6.8	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	J. Money	7,291	4.6	+2.6
	Scottish Green	P.J. O'Brien	2,252	1.4	–4.9
	Socialist (GB)	J. Fleming	1,195	0.7	N/A
	Natural Law	M.R. Wilkinson	868	0.5	N/A
	International Communist	C. H. Marsden	381	0.2	+0.1
Majority			43,158	27.0	–3.5
Turnout			159,736	34.5	–5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	–1.8

European elections 1989: Glasgow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janey Buchan	107,818	55.4	–3.8
	SNP	A. Brophy	48,586	24.9	+14.2
	Conservative	A.K. Bates	20,761	10.7	–5.8
	Green	D. L. Spaven	12,229	6.3	N/A
	SLD	J. Morrison	3,887	2.0	N/A
	Communist	D. Chalmers	1,164	0.6	N/A
	International Communist	J. Simons	193	0.1	N/A
Majority			59,232	30.5	–2.2
Turnout			194,638	39.9	+10.3
	Labour hold		Swing	–9.0

European elections 1984: Glasgow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janey Buchan	91,015	59.2	+10.2
	Conservative	S.C. Chadd	25,282	16.5	–10.8
	Liberal	C.M. Mason	20,867	13.6	+6.3
	SNP	N.M.T.M. MacLeod	16,456	10.7	–5.7
Majority			65,733	32.7	+11.0
Turnout			153,620	29.6	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.5

European elections 1979: Glasgow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janey Buchan	73,846	49.0
	Conservative	B. Vaughan	41,144	27.3
	SNP	George Leslie	24,776	16.4
	Liberal	Elspeth Attwooll	11,073	7.3
Majority			32,702	21.7
Turnout			150,704	28.2
	Labour win (new seat)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results