Highlands and Islands (European Parliament constituency)

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Highlands and Islands
European Parliament constituency
HighlandsandIslands1979EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within Scotland (1979-1984)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
Sources

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.

Contents

Created for the 1979 European Parliament elections in 1979, Highlands and Islands was a single-member constituency formed from the grouping of numerous neighbouring Scottish constituencies of the UK Parliament.

Boundary within Scotland (1984-1999) HighlandsandIslands1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within Scotland (1984-1999)

Boundaries

1979–1984: Argyll; Banff; Caithness and Sutherland; Inverness; Moray and Nairn; Orkney and Shetland; Ross and Cromarty; Western Isles

1984–1999: Argyll and Bute; Caithness and Sutherland; Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber; Moray; Orkney and Shetland; Ross, Cromarty and Skye; Western Isles

Members of the European Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1979 Winnie Ewing SNP
1984
1989
1994

Election results

European elections 1994: Highlands and Islands [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 74,872 58.4 +6.9
Labour Michael M. Macmillan19,95615.6+1.7
Conservative Mark E. Tennant15,76712.3–4.5
Liberal Democrats Hamish R. Morrison12,91910.1+1.8
Scottish Green Eleanor Scott 3,1402.4–7.1
UKIP Martin B.N. Carr1,0960.8New
Natural Law Margaret F. Gilmour5220.4New
Majority 54,91642.8+8.1
Turnout 128,27239.1–1.9
SNP hold Swing +2.6
European elections 1989: Highlands and Islands [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 66,297 51.5 +9.7
Conservative Albert McQuarrie 21,60216.8+0.8
Labour N.L. MacAskill17,84813.9–0.2
Green M.A.O. Gregson12,1999.5New
SLD Neil Mitchison10,6448.3−19.8
Majority 44,69534.7+21.0
Turnout 128,59041.0+2.6
SNP hold Swing +4.5
European elections 1984: Highlands and Islands [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 49,410 41.8 +7.8
Liberal D.R. Johnston 33,13328.1–2.6
Conservative David Webster18,84716.0–10.1
Labour John M.M. MacArthur16,64414.1+4.9
Majority 16,27713.7+10.4
Turnout 118,03438.4–1.0
SNP hold Swing +5.2
European elections 1979: Highlands and Islands [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Winnie Ewing 39,991 34.0
Liberal D.R. Johnston 36,10930.7
Conservative M. Joughin30,77626.1
Labour J.G. Watson10,8469.2
Majority 3,8823.3
Turnout 117,72239.4
SNP win (new seat)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99: Scotland". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2009.