North East Scotland | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
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Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
The constituency of North East Scotland was one of them.
Boundaries
1979-1984: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Dundee East, Dundee West,[1]
1984-1999: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus East, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon, Kincardine and Deeside, North Tayside[2]
Members of the European Parliament
Elected | Member | Party | |
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1979 | James Provan | Conservative | |
1984 | |||
1989 | Henry McCubbin | Labour | |
1994 | Allan Macartney | SNP | |
1998 (b) | Ian Hudghton | SNP |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Ian Hudghton | 57,445 | 48.0 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Struan Stevenson | 23,744 | 19.9 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Kathleen Walker-Shaw | 22,086 | 18.5 | –9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Raffan | 11,753 | 9.8 | +1.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | Harvey Duke | 2,510 | 2.1 | New | |
Scottish Green | Robin Harper | 2,067 | 1.7 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 33,701 | 28.1 | +13.7 | ||
Turnout | 119,605 | 20.5 | –17.2 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Allan Macartney | 92,892 | 42.8 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Henry McCubbin | 61,665 | 28.4 | –2.2 | |
Conservative | Ronald O. Harris | 40,372 | 18.6 | –8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon A. Horner | 18,008 | 8.3 | +2.3 | |
Scottish Green | Keith D. Farnsworth | 2,559 | 1.2 | –6.1 | |
Communist | Mary M. Ward | 689 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Lewis R. Mair | 584 | 0.2 | New | |
Natural Law | Duncan J. Paterson | 371 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 31,227 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 217,140 | 37.7 | –0.7 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Henry McCubbin | 65,348 | 30.6 | +2.2 | |
SNP | Allan Macartney | 62,735 | 29.4 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | James Provan | 56,835 | 26.7 | –7.5 | |
Green | E.M. (Mark) Hill | 15,584 | 7.3 | New | |
SLD | Simon A. Horner | 12,704 | 6.0 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 2,613 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 213,206 | 38.4 | +9.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Provan | 53,809 | 34.2 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Frank Doran | 44,648 | 28.4 | +4.2 | |
SNP | Daniel Hood | 33,448 | 21.2 | +2.9 | |
SDP | Ian G. Philip | 25,490 | 16.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,161 | 5.8 | –2.7 | ||
Turnout | 157,395 | 28.7 | –4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Provan | 51,930 | 33.0 | ||
Liberal | Lord Mackie of Benshie | 38,516 | 24.5 | ||
Labour | D.E. Clyne | 38,139 | 24.2 | ||
SNP | Colin Bell | 28,886 | 18.3 | ||
Majority | 13,414 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 157,471 | 32.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries". Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ Grice, Andrew (28 November 1998). "Politics: Euro Election: Woofie factor sees off Labour in Scots poll". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99: Scotland". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2009.