European Parliamentary Elections

'As the ballot bundles stacked up high on the table bearing her name, even the frequently verbose Mrs Ewing was momentarily stuck for words as the extent of her majority started to be come clear.' Alex Main in the Scotsman, 20th June 1989.

Highlands & Islands

7 June 1979

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Winnie Ewing	39,991	33.97 %
	Liberal	Russell Johnson MP	36,109	30.67 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Michael Joughin	30,776	26.14 %
	Labour	J. Watson	10,846	9.21 %
	Scottish National Party win	Scottish National Party majority	3,882	3.30 %

14 June 1984

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Winnie Ewing MEP	49,410	41.85 %	+ 7.88 %
	Lib/Alliance	Russell Johnson MP	33,133	28.07 %	- 2.60 %
	Conservative & Unionist	D. Webster	18,847	15.96 %	- 10.18 %
	Labour	Rev J. MacArthur	16,664	14.12 %	- 4.91 %
	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party majority	16,227	13.75 %	+ 10.45 %

15 June 1989

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Winnie Ewing MEP	66,297	51.56 %	+ 9.71 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Albert McQuarrie	21,602	16.80 %	+ 0.84 %
	Labour	N. MacAskill	17,848	13.88 %	- 0.24 %
	Green	M. Gregson	12,199	9.49 %	(+ 9.49 %)
	Democrat	Neil Mitchison	10,644	8.28 %	- 19.79 %
	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party majority	44,695	34.76 %	+ 21.01 %

9 June 1994

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Winnie Ewing MEP	74,872	58.37 %	+ 6.81 %
	Labour	Michael Macmillan	19,956	15.56 %	- 1.68 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Mark Tennant	15,767	12.29 %	- 4.51 %
	Liberal Democrat	Hamish Morrison	12,919	10.07 %	+ 1.79 %
	Green	Eleanor Scott	3,140	2.45 %	- 7.04 %
	UK Independence Party	Mark Carr	1,096	0.85 %	(+ 0.85 %)
	Natural Law Party	Margaret Gilmour	522	0.41 %	(+ 0.41 %)
	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party majority	54,916	42.81 %	+ 8.05 %