Strathclyde East (European Parliament constituency)
| Strathclyde East | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
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 Strathclyde East was one of them.
When it was created in Scotland in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bothwell, Coatbridge and Airdrie, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire North, Motherwell and Wishaw, and Rutherglen,[1] although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.
Members of the European Parliament
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Ken Collins | Labour | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
References
- ↑ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.