Scotland (European Parliament constituency)

Scotland
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Shown in the United Kingdom
Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1999
MEPs	8 (1999 - 2004) 7 (2004 - 2009) 6 (2009 - present)
Sources

Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament. In 2014 it elected six MEPs, using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Boundaries

The constituency's boundaries are the same as those of Scotland, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, Lothians, Mid Scotland and Fife, North East Scotland, South of Scotland, Strathclyde East, and Strathclyde West.

The number of MEPs returned by the constituency was eight in 1999, seven in 2004, and six in 2009 and 2014.

MEPs for former Scottish constituencies, 1979-1999[1]
Election		1979 – 1984		1984 – 1989		1989 – 1994		1994 – 1999
Highlands and Islands		Winnie Ewing SNP
North East Scotland		James Provan Conservative				Henry McCubbin Labour		Allan Macartney SNP to August 1998		Ian Hudghton SNP from November 1998
South of Scotland		Alasdair Hutton Conservative						Alex Smith Labour
Lothians		Ian Dalziel Conservative		David Martin Labour
Mid Scotland and Fife		John Purvis Conservative		Alex Falconer Labour
Strathclyde West		Adam Fergusson Conservative		Hugh McMahon Labour
Strathclyde East		Ken Collins Labour
Glasgow		Janey Buchan Labour						Bill Miller Labour

Returned members

MEPs for Scotland, 1999 onwards
Election		1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)		2009 (7th parliament)		2014 (8th parliament)
MEP Party		John Purvis Conservative			Seat abolished
MEP Party		Struan Stevenson Conservative						Ian Duncan Conservative
MEP Party		Ian Hudghton SNP
MEP Party		Neil MacCormick SNP		Alyn Smith SNP
MEP Party		Elspeth Attwooll Liberal Democrat				George Lyon Liberal Democrat		David Coburn UKIP
MEP Party		David Martin Labour
MEP Party		Catherine Stihler[2] Labour
MEP Party		Bill Miller Labour	Seat abolished

Election results

Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

2014

Map of highest polling party in each Scottish council area;

  SNP

  Labour

  Conservatives

  Liberal Democrats

European Election 2014: Scotland[3][4]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith, Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Stephen Gethins, Toni Giugliano, Chris Stephens[5][6]	389,503 (194,751.5)	29.0	−0.1
	Labour	David Martin, Catherine Stihler, Derek Munn, Katrina Murray, Asim Khan, Kirsty O'Brien[7]	348,219 (174,109.5)	25.9	+5.1
	Conservative	Ian Duncan, Belinda Don, Nosheena Mobarik, Jamie Gardiner, Iain McGill, Stuart Mcintyre[6][8]	231,330	17.2	+0.4
	UKIP	David Coburn, Kevin Newton, Otto Inglis, Denise Baykal, Hugh Hatrick, Malcolm Mackay[9][10]	140,534	10.5	+5.2
	Scottish Green	Maggie Chapman, Chas Booth, Grace Murray, Alastair Whitelaw, Anne Thomas, Steen Parish[11]	108,305	8.1	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	George Lyon, Christine Jardine, Lisa Strachan, Richard Brodie, Jade Holden, Euan Davidson[11]	95,319	7.1	−4.4
	Britain First	James Dowson, John Arthur Randall, Jayda Kaleigh Fransen, Geoffrey Clynch, Margaret Dorothy Clynch, Jane Susan Shepherd	13,639	1.0	N/A
	BNP	Kenneth McDonald, David James Orr, Victoria McKenzie, Angus Jim Mathys, Paul Brandy Stafford, Stacey Jayne Fleming	10,216	0.8	−1.7
	NO2EU	John Odell Foster, Andrew Elliott, Murdo Maclean, Gail Morrow, Brian Smith, Richard Edward Veitch	6,418	0.5	−0.4
Turnout			1,343,483	33.5	+5.0

2009

Map of the highest polling parties in each Scottish council area;

  SNP

  Labour

  Conservatives

  Liberal Democrats

European Election 2009: Scotland[12][13][14]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith Aileen McLeod, Drew Hendry, Duncan Ross, Gordon Archer	321,007 (160,503.5)	29.1	+9.4
	Labour	David Martin, Catherine Stihler Mary Lockhart, Paul McAleavely, Kirsty Connell, Nasim Khan[15]	229,853 (114,926.5)	20.8	−5.6
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G. MacDonald, Gerald Michaluk, PJ Lewis[16]	185,794	16.8	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	George Lyon Euan Robson, Robert Aldridge, Patsy Kenton, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon[17]	127,038	11.5	−1.6
	Scottish Green	Elaine Morrison, Chas Booth, Kirsten Robb, Alastair Whitelaw, Ruth Dawkins, Peter McColl	80,442	7.3	+0.5
	UKIP	Peter Adams, Paul Hencke, Phillip Anderson, Matthew Desmond, Donald Mackay, Paul Wiffen, Kathleen Desmond [18]	57,788	5.2	−1.5
	BNP	Gary Raikes, Charlie Baillie, Deborah McKnight, Roy Jones, Max Dunbar, Elise Jones [19]	27,174	2.5	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid, David Jacobsen, Katherine McGavigan, James Berrington, Claire Watt, James McDaid	22,135	2.0	+2.0
	Scottish Christian	Sheila McLaughlan, John Smart, Brian Ross, Archie Linnegan, Christine Cormack, Isobel Anne Macleod	16,738	1.5	+1.5
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox, Angela Gorrie, Johanna Dind, Nick McKerrell, Raphie de Santos, Felicity Garvie	10,404	0.9	-4.3
	Independent	Duncan Robertson	10,189	0.9	+0.9
	NO2EU	John Foster, Tommy Sheridan, Leah Ganley, Stuart Hyslop, Ajit Singh Uppal, Tom Morrison	9,693	0.9	+0.9
	Jury Team	Alan Wallace, John O'Callaghan, Stuart Brown, Kenneth Lees, Mev Brown, Austin Compson-Bradford[20]	6,257	0.6	+0.6
Turnout			1,104,512	28.5	−2.4

2004

Map of the highest polling parties in each Scottish Westminster constituency; SNP in yellow, Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Liberal Democrats in orange.

European Election 2004: Scotland[21]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Martin, Catherine Stihler Bill Miller, Kirsty O'Brien, Colin Smyth, Catriona Renton, Gemma Doyle	310,865 (155,432.5)	26.4	−2.3
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith Kenneth Gibson, Douglas Henderson, Alexander Nicholson, Alex Orr, Janet Law, Duncan Ross	231,505 (115,752.5)	19.7	−7.5
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson, John Purvis Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Anne Harper, Paul Nelson, Douglas Taylor	209,028 (104,514)	17.8	−2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Elspeth Attwooll Robert Aldridge, Alex Bruce, Karen Freel, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon, Christine James, Jermaine Allison	154,178	13.1	+3.3
	Scottish Green	Chas Booth, Tara O'Leary, Martin Bartos, Moira Dunworth, Alastair Whitelaw, Katherine Joester, James Park	79,695	6.8	+1.0
	UKIP	Peter Troy, Philip Anderson, George Cormack, Michael Phillips, Janice Murdock, Donald Mackay, Peter Nielson	78,828	6.7	+5.4
	Scottish Socialist	Felicity Garvie, Nick McKerrel, Hugh Kerr, Catriona Grant, Lynn Sheridan, John Sangster, Andrew Rossiter	61,356	5.2	+1.2
	Christian Vote	George Hargreaves, William Thompson, Richard Russell, David Braid, Marion McNeill, Mary Hay, Rose Irtwange	21,056	1.8	N/A
	BNP	Steven Blake, Scott McLean, David Kerr, Stephen Burns, Bryan Dickson, Craig McComb, John Bean[22]	19,427	1.7	+1.3
	Scottish Wind Watch	Brendan Hamill, Sylvia Thorne, Charles Bennie, Jennifer Scobie, Bennie Palmer, Helen Pass, Richard Hammock	7,255	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Fergus Tait	3,624	0.3	N/A
Turnout			1,176,817	30.9	+6.2

1999

Map of the highest polling parties in each Scottish Westminster constituency; SNP in yellow, Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Liberal Democrats in orange.

European Election 1999: Scotland[23]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Martin, Bill Miller, Catherine Taylor Christine May, Hugh McMahon, James Paton, John Clifford, Jeanette Bradley	283,490 (94,496.67)	28.7	N/A
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Neil MacCormick Anne Gillies, Gordon Wilson, Janet Law, Kris Browne, Ian Goldie, Josephine Docherty	268,528 (134,264)	27.2	N/A
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson, John Purvis Anne Harper, Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Iain Mitchell, Peter Ramsay, Anthony Gilbey	195,296 (97,648)	19.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Elspeth Attwooll Robert Aldridge, Neil Mitchison, Heather Lyall, Clive Sneddon, Danus Skene, Karen Freel, Jayne Struthers	96,971	9.8	N/A
	Scottish Green	Marion Coyne, Eleanor Scott, Phil O'Brien, Graeme Farmer, Linda Hendry, Chris Ballance, Kay Allan, Alastair Whitelaw	57,142	5.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Hugh Kerr, Rosie Kane, Harvey Duke, Catherine Stewart, Colin Fox, Shareen Blackall, Steve Arnott, Frances Curran	39,720	4.0	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	Paul Dwyer, Joanna Lavender, Douglas McConchie, Richard Ashurst, Neasa MacEarlean, Oliver Grant, Alexander Skinner, James Waters	17,781	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Alistair McConnachie, Donald Mackay, James McKenna, Stuart Brown, Matthew Henderson, Joseph Smith, Peter Nielson, John Mumford	12,459	1.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid, Christopher Herriot, Katharine McGavigan, Stephen Mayes, Patricia Graham, Colin Turbett, Margaret Stead, James Galloway	9,385	1.0	N/A
	BNP	Kenneth Smith, Scott McLean, Russell Bradley, Mark Allen, Paul Wilkinson, Robert Currie, David Kerr, James Mills	3,729	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	James McKissock, George Stidolph, Diana Kras, Kenneth Blair, David Pettigrew, Iain Petrie, Anna Rawlinson, Thomas Pringle	2,087	0.2	N/A
	Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes	Charles Lawson	1,632	0.2	N/A
Turnout			988,310	24.7	N/A

See also

• Elections in Scotland

References

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2. neé Taylor
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13. City of Edinburgh Council
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21. "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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23. "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

External links

• Scottish Elections Between 1997 and present