European Parliamentary Elections

'Mr Dalziel claimed that Mr Mackie had twice told him to 'B___ off!' on the platform as he offered to shake hands.' The Scotsman, 11 th June 1979.

Lothians

7 June 1979

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Conservative & Unionist	Ian Dalziel	66,761	35.63 %
	Labour	A. Mackie	61,180	32.65 %
	Scottish National Party	David S. Stevenson	29,935	15.97 %
	Liberal	R. Smith	29,518	15.75 %
	Conservative & Unionist win	Conservative & Unionist majority	5,581	2.98 %

14 June 1984

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Labour	David Martin	74,989	40.41 %	+ 7.76 %
	Conservative & Unionist	I.J. Henderson	49,065	26.44 %	- 9.19 %
	SDP/Alliance	Dr Jesse Dickson Mabon	36,636	19.74 %	+ 3.99 %
	Scottish National Party	David J.D. Stevenson	22,331	12.03 %	- 3.94 %
	Ecology	Ms L. Hendry	2,560	1.38 %	(+ 1.38 %)
	Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist	Labour majority	25,924	13.97 %

15 June 1989

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Labour	David Martin MEP	90,840	41.29 %	+ 0.88 %
	Conservative & Unionist	C. Blight	52,014	23.64 %	- 2.80 %
	Scottish National Party	Jay Smith	44,935	20.43 %	+ 8.40 %
	Green	Robin Harper	22,983	10.45 %	(+ 10.45 %)
	Democrat	K. Leadbetter	9,222	4.19 %	- 15.55 %
	Labour hold	Labour majority	38,831	17.65 %	+ 3.68 %

9 June 1994

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Labour	David Martin MEP	90,531	44.92 %	+ 3.63 %
	Scottish National Party	Keith Brown	53,324	26.46 %	+ 6.03 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Patrick McNally	33,526	16.63 %	- 7.01 %
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Campbell	17,883	8.87 %	+ 4.68 %
	Green	Robin Harper	5,149	2.55 %	- 7.90 %
	Socialist	John McGregor	637	0.32 %	(+ 0.32 %)
	Natural Law Party	Michael Seibert	500	0.25 %	(+ 0.25 %)
	Labour hold	Labour majority	37,207	18.46 %	+0.81 %