Mid Scotland and Fife (European Parliament constituency)

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Mid Scotland and Fife
European Parliament constituency
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Mid Scotland and Fife's location within Scotland (1979-1984)
Member state United Kingdom
Electorate546,060
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
Sources
[1] [2]

Mid Scotland and Fife was a European Parliament constituency in the United Kingdom prior to the uniform adoption of proportional representation in the UK in 1999. The United Kingdom had previously 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.

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Boundary within Scotland (1984-1999) MidScotlandandFife1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within Scotland (1984-1999)

Boundaries

1979-1984: Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire, Dunfermline, Fife Central, Fife East, Kinross and West Perthshire, Kirkcaldy, Perth and East Perthshire, Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth, Stirlingshire West. [3]
1984-1999: Central Fife, Clackmannan, Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Kirkcaldy, North East Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling. [4]

The 1979-1984 boundaries exactly mirror the boundaries of the present-day Scottish Parliament electoral region of the same name.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMemberParty
1979 John Purvis Conservative
1984 Alex Falconer Labour
1989
1994

Election results

European elections 1994: Mid Scotland and Fife [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Falconer 95,667 45.8 –0.3
SNP Dick Douglas 64,25430.8+8.2
Conservative Peter W.B. Page28,19213.5–7.4
Liberal Democrats Heather S. Lyall17,1928.2+4.2
Scottish Green Mark J. Johnston3,0151.4−5.0
Natural Law Tom J. Pringle5320.3New
Majority31,41315.0–8.5
Turnout 208,85238.2–3.3
Labour hold Swing –4.3
European elections 1989: Mid Scotland and Fife [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Falconer 102,246 46.1 +3.5
SNP Kenny MacAskill 50,08922.6+6.3
Conservative Alan F. Christie46,50520.9–7.3
Green George C. Morton14,1656.4New
SLD Malcolm Black8,8574.0−8.9
Majority52,15723.5+9.1
Turnout 221,86241.5+6.0
Labour hold Swing –1.4
European elections 1984: Mid Scotland and Fife [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Falconer 80,038 42.6 +11.4
Conservative John Purvis 52,87228.2–6.9
SNP Janette Jones 30,51116.3–7.8
SDP Alexander A.I. Wedderburn24,22012.9+3.3
Majority27,16614.4N/A
Turnout 187,64135.5+0.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.2
European elections 1979: Mid Scotland and Fife [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Purvis 66,255 35.1
Labour Mary Panko58,76831.2
SNP Robert McIntyre 45,42624.1
Liberal J.M. Calder18,1129.6
Majority7,4873.9
Turnout 188,56135.0
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ "European Parliament | the Boundary Commission for Scotland".
  2. ↑ "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Scotland". Archived from the original on 1 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "European Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries". Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. 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.



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