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
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politics and government of
Scotland

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
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
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

References

  1. ↑ "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Scotland".
  2. ↑ neé Taylor
  3. ↑ STATEMENT OF PARTIES AND INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES NOMINATED - ELECTIONS SCOTLAND (http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/1523/nominations_close_in_european_parliament_elections)
  4. ↑ "Scotland (European Parliament constituency)". BBC News Online. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hudghton and Smith to stand for SNP at European Parliament elections". STV News. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. 1 2 "UK Polling Report".
  7. ↑ "Scottish Labour chooses candidates for European election". BBC News. 2 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "MEP selections start with Scotland".
  9. ↑ http://www.ukip.org/newsroom/news/919-we-announce-regional-mep-candidates-for-the-euro-elections-in-may
  10. ↑ "Ukip unveils Scottish european "shock troops"". Scotsman. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  11. 1 2 "SCOTLAND EURO CANDIDATES 2014". UKpollingreport. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "European election candidates: Scotland". BBC News. 2 June 2009.
  13. ↑ City of Edinburgh Council
  14. ↑ "BBC NEWS - European Election 2009 - UK Results - Scotland".
  15. ↑ "Labour's 2009 EP candidates – Jon Worth".
  16. ↑ Conservative Party website, accessed 17 July 2008
  17. ↑ CIX ONLINE, accessed 17 July 2008
  18. ↑ UK Independence Party accessed 28 August 2008
  19. ↑ "British National Party Scotland accessed 6 March 2009".
  20. ↑ "Carbase".
  21. ↑ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  22. ↑ "scotcand". 3 June 2004.
  23. ↑ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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