# Glasgow (European Parliament constituency)

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 |
| 1979 | Janey Buchan | Labour |
| 1984 | Janey Buchan | Labour |
| 1989 | Janey Buchan | Labour |
| 1994 | Bill Miller | Labour |

## Election results

European elections 1994: Glasgow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Miller | 83,953 | 52.6 | –2.8 |
| | SNP | Tom Chalmers | 40,795 | 25.6 | +0.7 |
| | Scottish Militant Labour | Tommy Sheridan | 12,113 | 7.6 | New |
| | Conservative | Richard M. Wilkinson | 10,888 | 6.8 | –3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Money | 7,291 | 4.6 | +2.6 |
| | Scottish Green | Phil J. O'Brien | 2,252 | 1.4 | –4.9 |
| | Socialist (GB) | James Fleming | 1,195 | 0.7 | New |
| | Natural Law | Marc R. Wilkinson | 868 | 0.5 | New |
| | International Communist | Christopher H. Marsden | 381 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43,158 | 27.0 | –3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 159,736 | 34.5 | –5.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | –1.8 | |
European elections 1989: Glasgow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janey Buchan | 107,818 | 55.4 | –3.8 |
| | SNP | A. Brophy | 48,586 | 24.9 | +14.2 |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Aileen K. Bates | 20,761 | 10.7 | –5.8 |
| | Green | David L. Spaven | 12,229 | 6.3 | New |
| | SLD | John Morrison | 3,887 | 2.0 | New |
| | Communist | D. Chalmers | 1,164 | 0.6 | New |
| | International Communist | J. Simons | 193 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59,232 | 30.5 | –2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 194,638 | 39.9 | +10.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | –9.0 | |
European elections 1984: Glasgow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janey Buchan | 91,015 | 59.2 | +10.2 |
| | Conservative | Miss Sally C. Chadd | 25,282 | 16.5 | –10.8 |
| | Liberal | Christopher M. Mason | 20,867 | 13.6 | +6.3 |
| | SNP | Norman M.T.M. MacLeod | 16,456 | 10.7 | –5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65,733 | 32.7 | +11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 153,620 | 29.6 | +1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.5 | |
European elections 1979: Glasgow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janey Buchan | 73,846 | 49.0 | |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Barbara Vaughan | 41,144 | 27.3 | |
| | SNP | George Leslie | 24,776 | 16.4 | |
| | Liberal | Elspeth Attwooll | 11,073 | 7.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32,702 | 21.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,704 | 28.2 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |