Scotland (European Parliament constituency)

Scotland
European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Shown in the United Kingdom
Created 1999
MEP(s) 8 (1999 - 2004)
7 (2004 - 2009)
6 (2009 - present)
Member State United Kingdom
Source(s) [1][2]

Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the boundaries 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.

MEPs for former Scottish constituencies, 1979-1999[1]
Election 1979 – 1984 1984 – 1989 1989 – 1994 1994 – 1999
Highlands
and Islands		 Winnie Ewing
Scottish National
North East
Scotland		 James Provan
Conservative		 Henry McCubbin
Labour		 Allan Macartney
Scottish National
to August 1998		 Ian Hudghton
Scottish National
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		 Kenneth Darlingston 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)
MEP
Party		 Ian Hudghton
Scottish National
MEP
Party		 Neil MacCormick
Scottish National		 Alyn Smith
Scottish National
MEP
Party		 Elspeth Attwooll
Liberal Democrat		 George Lyon
Liberal Democrat
MEP
Party		 Struan Stevenson
Conservative
MEP
Party		 John Purvis
Conservative		 Seat abolished
MEP
Party		 David Martin
Labour
MEP
Party		 Catherine Stihler[2]
Labour
MEP
Party		 Bill Miller
Labour		 Seat abolished
Key to European parties (UK)[3] (v.d.e)
British party Seats/72 EP group Seats/736
Conservative 24   Conservatives & Reformists 55
Labour 13   Socialists & Democrats 183
Liberal Democrat 12   Liberals & Democrats 84
UKIP 10 Freedom & Democracy 28
British National 2 None
Green 2   Greens & Free Alliance 55
Scottish National 2   Greens & Free Alliance 55
Democratic Unionist 1 None
Plaid Cymru 1   Greens & Free Alliance 55
Sinn Féin 1   EUL-NGL 35
UCUNF 1   Conservatives & Reformists 55
None (Ex-UKIP) 3 None

Election results

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

European Election 2009: Scotland[3][4]
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[5]		 229,853
(114,926.5)		 20.8 -5.6
Conservative Struan Stevenson
Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G. MacDonald, Gerald Michaluk, PJ Lewis[6]		 185,794 16.8 -0.9
Liberal Democrat George Lyon
Euan Robson, Robert Aldridge, Patsy Kenton, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon[7]		 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 [8] 57,788 5.2 -1.5
BNP Gary Raikes, Charlie Baillie, Deborah McKnight, Roy Jones, Max Dunbar, Elise Jones [9] 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[10] 6,257 0.6 +0.6
Turnout 1,104,512 28.5 −2.4
European Election 2004: Scotland[11]
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[12] 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
European Election 1999: Scotland[13]
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,[14] Russell Bradley, Mark Allen, Paul Wilkinson, Robert Currie, David Kerr,[15] 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. ^ http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epscot.html
  2. ^ neé Taylor
  3. ^ City of Edinburgh Council
  4. ^ European Election 2009: Scotland
  5. ^ Jon Worth website, accessed 17 July 2008
  6. ^ Conservative Party website, accessed 17 July 2008
  7. ^ CIX ONLINE, accessed 17 July 2008
  8. ^ UK Independence Party accessed 28 August 2008
  9. ^ British National Party Scotland accessed 6th March 2009
  10. ^ http://www.juryteam.org/region.php?select=scotland
  11. ^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/2004/2004-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 
  12. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20040603080807/www.bnp.org.uk/freedom/regions/scotcand.html
  13. ^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 
  14. ^ BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/advisory/scott_mclean.stm. 
  15. ^ BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/other/david_kerr.stm. 

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