Scotland (, ) was a constituency of the European Parliament created in 1999. It elected between eight and six MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation every five years from 1999 until 2020. The constituency was abolished after the United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Boundaries
The constituency's boundaries were 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, 2014 and 2019.
After the result of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum vote to leave the European Union in 2016, this constituency was abolished on 31 January 2020 following completion of the Article 50 withdrawal process.
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan = 12 | MEPs for former Scottish constituencies, 1979–1999
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! Election
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! 1979 – 1984
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! 1984 – 1989
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! 1989 – 1994
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! colspan= 3 | 1994 – 1999
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! Highlands<br />and Islands
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| colspan = 9 | Winnie Ewing<br />SNP
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|-
! North East<br />Scotland
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| colspan = 3 | James Provan<br />Conservative
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Henry McCubbin<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Allan Macartney<br />SNP<br /><small>to August 1998</small>
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Ian Hudghton<br />SNP<br /><small>from November 1998</small>
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|-
! South of<br />Scotland
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| colspan = 3 | Alasdair Hutton<br />Conservative
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 5 | Alex Smith<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|-
! Lothians
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Ian Dalziel<br />Conservative
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 7 | David Martin<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|-
! Mid Scotland<br />and Fife
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| John Purvis<br />Conservative
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 7 | Alex Falconer<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|-
! Strathclyde<br />West
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| Adam Fergusson<br />Conservative
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 7 | Hugh McMahon<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|-
! Strathclyde<br />East
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 9 | Ken Collins<br />Labour
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|-
! Glasgow
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| colspan = 5 | Janey Buchan<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 3 | Bill Miller<br />Labour
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|}
Returned members
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan = 17 | MEPs for Scotland, 1999 onwards
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! Election
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|
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|
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| colspan = 5 |
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| colspan = 2 |
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 5 | Struan Stevenson<br>Conservative
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| Ian Duncan<br>Conservative<br><small>to September 2017</small>
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 6 | Nosheena Mobarik<br>Conservative<br><small>from September 2017</small>
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|-
! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 3 | Elspeth Attwooll<br>Liberal Democrat
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| George Lyon<br>Liberal Democrat
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 5 | David Coburn<br>UKIP (2014–2018)<br> Independent (2018–2019)<br>Brexit Party (2019)
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 2 |Sheila Ritchie<br>Liberal Democrat
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|-
! MEP<br />Party
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| Neil MacCormick<br>SNP
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| colspan = 10 | Alyn Smith<br>SNP<br><small>to December 2019</small>
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| colspan = 1 | Heather Anderson<br>SNP<br><small>in January 2020</small>
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|-
! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 11 | Ian Hudghton<br>SNP
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 2 | Christian Allard<br>SNP
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|-
! MEP<br />Party
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 11 | David Martin<br>Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 2 | Aileen McLeod<br>SNP
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|-
! MEP<br />Party
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 9 | Catherine Stihler<br>Labour<br><small>to January 2019 </small>
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
! Vacant
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| colspan = 2 | Louis Stedman-Bryce<br>Brexit Party (2019)<br>Independent (2019)
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|-
! MEP<br />Party
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 3 | John Purvis<br>Conservative
! colspan = 12 | Seat abolished
|-
! MEP<br />Party
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| Bill Miller<br>Labour
! colspan = 14 | Seat abolished
|}
Election results
Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
2019
[[File:2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom area results (Scotland).svg|thumb|right|300px|Map of highest polling party in each Scottish council area;
]]
<sup>1</sup> On 15 May, David Macdonald, the lead candidate for Change UK in Scotland, switched to endorsing the Liberal Democrats in order not to split the pro-Remain vote.
<sup>2</sup> Alyn Smith resigned his seat following his election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, alongside Margaret Ferrier. He was replaced by Heather Anderson in January 2020.
2014
[[File:European Parliament election results, 2014 (Scotland by council areas).svg|thumb|300px|right|Map of highest polling party in each Scottish council area;
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† Ian Duncan resigned his seat in September 2017, to take up a seat in the House of Lords and be appointed as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland. He was replaced by Nosheena Mobarik later in the month.
2009
[[File:European Parliament election results, 2009 (Scotland by council areas).svg|thumb|300px|right|Map of the highest polling parties in each Scottish council area;
]]
2004
thumb|300px|right|Map of the highest polling parties in each Scottish Westminster constituency; [[Scottish National Party|SNP in yellow, Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Liberal Democrats in orange.]]
1999
thumb|300px|right|Map of the highest polling parties in each Scottish Westminster constituency; [[Scottish National Party|SNP in yellow, Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Liberal Democrats in orange.]]
See also
- Elections in Scotland
Notes
References
External links
- Scottish Elections Between 1997 and present