Lothians (European Parliament constituency)

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Lothians
European Parliament constituency
Lothians1979EUConstituency.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

The constituency of Lothians was one of them.

Boundary within Scotland (1984-1999) Lothians1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within Scotland (1984-1999)

Boundaries

1979–1984: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh North, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Midlothian, West Lothian.

1984–1999: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow, Livingston, Midlothian.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMemberParty
1979 Ian Dalziel Conservative
1984 David Martin Labour
1989
1994

Election results

European elections 1994: Lothians [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Martin 90,531 44.9 +3.6
SNP Keith Brown 53,32426.5+6.1
Conservative Patrick McNally33,52616.6–7.0
Liberal Democrats Hilary C. Campbell17,8838.9+4.7
Scottish Green Robin Harper 5,1492.6–7.9
Socialist (GB) John McGregor6370.3New
Natural Law Michael Siebert5000.2New
Majority 37,20718.4+0.7
Turnout 201,55038.7–3.3
Labour hold Swing –1.3
European elections 1989: Lothians [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Martin 90,840 41.3 +0.9
Conservative Catherine M. Blight52,01423.6–2.9
SNP Jay Smith44,93520.4+8.4
Green Robin Harper 22,98310.5+9.1
SLD Keith Leadbetter9,2224.2−15.5
Majority 38,82617.7+3.8
Turnout 219,99442.0+6.7
Labour hold Swing +1.9
European elections 1984: Lothians [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Martin 74,989 40.4 +7.8
Conservative Iain J. Henderson49,06526.5–9.1
SDP Dickson Mabon 36,63619.7+3.9
SNP David J.D. Stevenson22,33112.0–4.0
Ecology Linda M. Hendry2,5601.4New
Majority 25,92413.9N/A
Turnout 185,58135.3+0.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +8.5
European elections 1979: Lothians [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Dalziel 66,761 35.6
Labour A.A. Mackie61,18032.6
SNP D.J.D. Stevenson29,93516.0
Liberal Robert L. Smith29,51815.8
Majority 5,5813.0
Turnout 187,39434.9
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Scotland". www.election.demon.co.uk.