European Parliamentary Elections

'The most extraordinary result among several surprising ones in the UK came in Strathclyde West. It should have been an easy win for Miss Valerie Friel, the Labour candidate, but Mr Adam Ferguson, the Conservative candidate emerged with a majority of 1827 after a recount.' Tom James, Chief Political Correspondent in the Scotsman, 11 th June 1979.

Strathclyde West

7 June 1979

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Conservative & Unionist	Adam Ferguson	65,608	38.85 %
	Labour	Mrs V. Friel	63,781	37.77 %
	Scottish National Party	M. Slesser	29,155	17.26 %
	Liberal	T.R.L. Fraser	10,325	6.11 %
	Conservative & Unionist win	Conservative & Unionist majority	1,827	1.08 %

14 June 1984

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Labour	Hugh McMahon	70,234	40.77 %	+ 3.00 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Jacqui Lait	47,196	27.40 %	- 11.45 %
	Scottish National Party	Jenny Herriot	28,866	16.76 %	- 0.50 %
	SDP/Alliance	Douglas Herbison	25,955	15.07 %	+ 8.96 %
	Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist	Labour majority	23,038	13.37 %

15 June 1989

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Labour	Hugh McMahon MEP	89,627	42.66 %	+ 1.89 %
	Scottish National Party	Colin Campbell	50,036	23.82 %	+ 7.06 %
	Conservative & Unionist	S. Robin	45,872	21.83 %	- 5.57 %
	Green	G. Campbell	16,461	7.84 %	(+ 7.84 %)
	Democrat	Douglas Herbison	8,098	3.85 %	- 11.22 %
	Labour hold	Labour majority	39,591	18.84 %	+ 5.47 %

9 June 1994

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Labour	Hugh McMahon MEP	86,957	44.39 %	+ 1.73 %
	Scottish National Party	Colin Campbell	61,934	31.62 %	+ 7.80 %
	Conservative & Unionist	John Godfrey	28,414	14.50 %	- 7.33 %
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Herbison	14,772	7.54 %	+ 3.69 %
	Green	Kathleen Allan	2,886	1.47 %	- 6.37 %
	Natural Law Party	Sarah Gilmour	918	0.47 %	(+ 0.47 %)
	Labour hold	Labour majority	25,023	12.77 %	- 6.07 %