European Parliamentary Elections


saltire shield'Europe should be as much about ideals as butter mountains or budget deficits. And that includes a moral obligation to the world's poor.'
George Leslie, SNP candidate for Strathclyde East in 1984.
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Strathclyde East

7 June 1979

Logo Party Candidate Vote % % change
Lab Labour Ken Collins 72,263 49.81 %
Con Conservative & Unionist Miss M. Carse 41,482 28.59 %
SNP Scottish National Party Gordon Murray 21,013 14.48 %
Lib Liberal D. Watts 10,325 7.12 %
Con Labour win Labour majority 30,781 21.22 %

14 June 1984

Logo Party Candidate Vote % % change
Lab Labour Ken Collins MEP 90,792 58.63 % + 8.82 %
SNP Scottish National Party George Leslie 27,330 17.65 % +3.17 %
Con Conservative & Unionist P.R. Leckie 24,857 16.05 % - 12.54 %
SDP Liberal/Alliance Ms P. de Seume 11,883 7.67 % + 0.55 %
Lab Labour hold Labour majority 63,462 40.98 % + 19.79 %

15 June 1989

Logo Party Candidate Vote % % change
Lab Labour Ken Collins MEP 109,170 56.19 % - 2.44 %
SNP Scottish National Party George Leslie 48,853 25.15 % + 7.50 %
Con Conservative & Unionist M. Dutt 22,233 11.44 % - 4.61 %
Green Green A. Whitelaw 9,749 5.02 % (+ 5.02 %)
SDP Democrat G. Lait 4,276 2.20 % - 5.47 %
Lab Labour hold Labour majority 60,317 31.05 % -9.93 %

9 June 1994

Logo Party Candidate Vote % % change
Lab Labour Ken Collins MEP 106,476 58.00 % + 1.81 %
SNP Scottish National Party Ian Hamilton 54,136 29.49 % + 4.34 %
Con Conservative & Unionist Brian Cooklin 13,915 7.58 % - 3.86 %
SDP Democrat Robert Stewart 6,383 3.48 % + 1.28 %
Green Green Andrew Whitelaw 1,874 1.02 % - 4.00 %
Nat Law Natural Law Party John Gilmour 787 0.43 % (+ 0.43 %)
Lab Labour hold Labour majority 52,340 28.51 % - 2.54 %


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