European Parliamentary Elections

'I would think that the Labour party will have to seriously consider whether it will be worth contesting the European Elections in future.' James Allison, Scottish organiser for the Labour Party, June 1979 after Labour won only two of the eight Scottish seats.

Mid Scotland & Fife

7 June 1979

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Conservative & Unionist	John Purves	66,255	35.14 %
	Labour	Mrs M. Panko	58,768	31.17 %
	Scottish National Party	Dr Robert McIntyre	45,426	24.09 %
	Liberal	J. Calder	18,112	9.61 %
	Conservative & Unionist win	Conservative & Unionist majority	7,487	3.97 %

14 June 1984

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Labour	Alex Falconer	80,038	42.65 %	+ 11.48 %
	Conservative & Unionist	John Purves MEP	52,872	28.18 %	- 6.96 %
	Scottish National Party	Janette T. Jones	30,511	16.26 %	- 7.83 %
	SDP/Alliance	A.A.I. Wedderburn	24,220	12.91 %	+ 3.30 %
	Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist	Labour majority	27,166	14.48 %

15 June 1989

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Labour	Alex Falconer MEP	102,246	46.09 %	+ 3.44 %
	Scottish National Party	Kenny MacAskill	50,089	22.58 %	+ 6.32 %
	Conservative & Unionist	A. Christie	46,505	20.96 %	- 7.22 %
	Green	G. Morton	14,165	6.38 %	(+ 6.38 %)
	Liberal Democrat	M. Black	8,857	3.99 %	- 8.92 %
	Labour hold	Labour majority	52,157	23.51 %	+ 9.03 %

9 June 1994

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%	% change
	Labour	Alex Falconer MEP	95,667	45.81 %	- 0.28 %
	Scottish National Party	Dick Douglas	64,254	30.77 %	+ 8.19 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Peter Page	28,192	13.50 %	- 7.46 %
	Democrat	Heather Lyall	17,192	8.23 %	+ 4.24 %
	Green	Mark Johnson	3,015	1.44 %	- 4.94 %
	Natural Law Party	Thomas Pringle	532	0.25 %	(+ 0.25 %)
	Labour hold	Labour majority	31,413	15.04 %	- 8.47 %