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Scotland (European Parliament constituency)

Former European Parliament constituency

Summary

Former European Parliament constituency

Field	Value
title	Scotland
Alba
locationmap2014	UK-sco
coordinates
created	1999
dissolved	2020
meps	8 (1999–2004)
7 (2004–2009)
6 (2009–2020)
memberstate	United Kingdom
memberstatelink2	the United Kingdom
sources	http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/newep/en/pptsuk.shtm http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/uk/law.html

Alba 7 (2004–2009) 6 (2009–2020) 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.

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

Returned members

MEPs for Scotland, 1999 onwards	Election	MEP
Party	MEP
Party	MEP
Party	MEP
Party	MEP
Party	MEP
Party	Vacant	MEP
Party	Seat abolished	MEP
Party	Seat abolished
	1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)	2009 (7th parliament)	2014 (8th parliament)	2019 (9th parliament)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Struan Stevenson
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Ian Duncan
*Conservative
to September 2017*	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Nosheena Mobarik
*Conservative
from September 2017*	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Elspeth Attwooll
Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		George Lyon
Liberal Democrat	UK Independence Party}}"		David Coburn
UKIP (2014–2018)
*Independent (2018–2019)
Brexit Party (2019)*	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Sheila Ritchie
Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Scottish National Party}}"		Neil MacCormick
SNP	Scottish National Party}}"		Alyn Smith
*SNP
to December 2019*	Scottish National Party}}"		Heather Anderson
*SNP
in January 2020*	Scottish National Party}}"
Scottish National Party}}"		Ian Hudghton
SNP	Scottish National Party}}"		Christian Allard
SNP	Scottish National Party}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"		David Martin
Labour	Scottish National Party}}"		Aileen McLeod
SNP	Scottish National Party}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Catherine Stihler
*Labour
to January 2019 *	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Brexit Party}}"	Louis Stedman-Bryce
Brexit Party (2019)
Independent (2019)	Independent}}"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		John Purvis
Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Bill Miller
Labour

Election results

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

2019

Map of highest polling party in each Scottish council area;

]]

1 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.

2 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

Map of highest polling party in each Scottish council area;

]] Alyn Smith (4) Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Stephen Gethins, Toni Giugliano, Chris Stephens (194,751.5) Catherine Stihler (5) Derek Munn, Katrina Murray, Asim Khan, Kirsty O'Brien (174,109.5) Belinda Don, Nosheena Mobarik, Jamie Gardiner, Iain McGill, Stuart Mcintyre Kevin Newton, Otto Inglis, Denise Baykal, Hugh Hatrick, Malcolm Mackay † 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

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

]] Alyn Smith (4) Aileen McLeod, Drew Hendry, Duncan Ross, Gordon Archer (160,503.5) Catherine Stihler (6) Mary Lockhart, Paul McAleavely, Kirsty Connell, Nasim Khan (114,926.5) Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G. MacDonald, Gerald Michaluk, PJ Lewis Euan Robson, Robert Aldridge, Patsy Kenton, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon

2004

Liberal Democrats]] in orange.

Catherine Stihler (4) Bill Miller, Kirsty O'Brien, Colin Smyth, Catriona Renton, Gemma Doyle (155,432.5) Alyn Smith (6) Kenneth Gibson, Douglas Henderson, Alexander Nicholson, Alex Orr, Janet Law, Duncan Ross (115,752.5) John Purvis (7) Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Anne Harper, Paul Nelson, Douglas Taylor (104,514) Robert Aldridge, Alex Bruce, Karen Freel, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon, Christine James, Jermaine Allison

1999

Liberal Democrats]] in orange.

Bill Miller (4) Catherine Taylor (8) Christine May, Hugh McMahon, James Paton, John Clifford, Jeanette Bradley (94,496.67) Neil MacCormick (5) Anne Gillies, Gordon Wilson, Janet Law, Kris Browne, Ian Goldie, Josephine Docherty (134,264) John Purvis (6) Anne Harper, Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Iain Mitchell, Peter Ramsay, Anthony Gilbey (97,648) Robert Aldridge, Neil Mitchison, Heather Lyall, Clive Sneddon, Danus Skene, Karen Freel, Jayne Struthers

Notes

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