Mid Scotland and Fife (European Parliament constituency)

Mid Scotland and Fife
Mid Scotland and Fife
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
	Election Demon

Last updated November 01, 2023

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.

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,^[1]
1984-1999: Central Fife, Clackmannan, Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Kirkcaldy, North East Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling ^[2]

Members of the European Parliament

	Member	Party
1979	John Purvis	Conservative
1984	Alex Falconer	Labour
1989
1994

Election results

European elections 1994: Mid Scotland and Fife^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Falconer	95,667	45.8	–0.3
	SNP	Dick Douglas	64,254	30.8	+8.2
	Conservative	Peter W.B. Page	28,192	13.5	–7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Heather S. Lyall	17,192	8.2	+4.2
	Scottish Green	Mark J. Johnston	3,015	1.4	-5.0
	Natural Law	Tom J. Pringle	532	0.3	New
Majority			31,413	15.0	–8.5
Turnout			208,852	38.2	–3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	–4.3

European elections 1989: Mid Scotland and Fife^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Falconer	102,246	46.1	+3.5
	SNP	Kenny MacAskill	50,089	22.6	+6.3
	Conservative	Alan F. Christie	46,505	20.9	–7.3
	Green	George C. Morton	14,165	6.4	New
	SLD	Malcolm Black	8,857	4.0	-8.9
Majority			52,157	23.5	+9.1
Turnout			221,862	41.5	+6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	–1.4

European elections 1984: Mid Scotland and Fife^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Falconer	80,038	42.6	+11.4
	Conservative	John Purvis	52,872	28.2	–6.9
	SNP	Janette Jones	30,511	16.3	–7.8
	SDP	Alexander A.I. Wedderburn	24,220	12.9	New
Majority			27,166	14.4	+10.5
Turnout			187,641	35.5	+0.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.2

European elections 1979: Mid Scotland and Fife^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Purvis	66,255	35.1
	Labour	Mary Panko	58,768	31.2
	SNP	Robert McIntyre	45,426	24.1
	Liberal	J.M. Calder	18,112	9.6
Majority			7,487	3.9
Turnout			188,561	35.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

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References

↑ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
↑ "European Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries". Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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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[1] "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.

[2] "European Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries". Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[epscot-3] 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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