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Scotland European Parliament constituency

Location amongst the 2007 constituencies

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Created	1999
MEP(s)	8 (1999 - 2004) 7 (2004 - 2009) 6 (2009 - present)
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1][2]

Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the boundaries of Scotland, one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom.

[edit] History

The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, Lothians, Mid Scotland and Fife, North East Scotland, South of Scotland, Strathclyde East, and Strathclyde West.

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

[edit] 1999 - 2004

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Elspeth Attwooll	Liberal Democrat
	Ian Hudghton	Scottish National Party
	Neil MacCormick	Scottish National Party
	David Martin	Labour
	Bill Miller	Labour
	John Purvis	Scottish Conservative and Unionist
	Struan Stevenson	Scottish Conservative and Unionist
	Catherine Taylor	Labour

[edit] 2004 - 2009

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Elspeth Attwooll	Liberal Democrat
	Ian Hudghton	Scottish National Party
	David Martin	Labour
	John Purvis	Conservative and Unionist
	Alyn Smith	Scottish National Party
	Struan Stevenson	Conservative and Unionist
	Catherine Stihler	Labour

[edit] 2009 - 2014

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Ian Hudghton	Scottish National Party
	George Lyon	Liberal Democrat
	David Martin	Labour
	Alyn Smith	Scottish National Party
	Struan Stevenson	Scottish Conservative and Unionist
	Catherine Stihler	Labour

[edit] Election results

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

European Election 2009: Scotland^[1]^[2]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith, Alieen McLeod, Drew Hendry, Duncan Ross, Gordon Archer	321,007 (160,503.5)	29.1	+9.4
	Labour	David Martin, Catherine Stihler, Mary Lockhart, Paul McAleavely, Kirsty Connell, Nasim Khan^[3]	229,853 (114,926.5)	20.8	-5.6
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson, Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G. MacDonald, Gerald Michaluk, PJ Lewis^[4]	185,794	16.8	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	George Lyon, Euan Robson, Robert Aldridge, Patsy Kenton, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon^[5]	127,038	11.5	-1.6
	Scottish Green	Elaine Morrison, Chas Booth, Kirsten Robb, Alastair Whitelaw, Ruth Dawkins, Peter McColl	80,442	7.3	+0.5
	UKIP	Peter Adams, Paul Hencke, Phillip Anderson, Matthew Desmond, Donald Mackay, Paul Wiffen, Kathleen Desmond ^[6]	57,788	5.2	-1.5
	BNP	Gary Raikes, Charlie Baillie, Deborah McKnight, Roy Jones, Max Dunbar, Elise Jones ^[7]	27,174	2.5	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid, David Jacobsen, Katherine McGavigan, James Berrington, Claire Watt, James McDaid	22,135	2.0	+2.0
	Scottish Christian	Sheila McLaughlan, John Smart, Brian Ross, Archie Linnegan, Christine Cormack, Isobel Anne Macleod	16,738	1.5	+1.5
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox, Angela Gorrie, Johanna Dind, Nick McKerrell, Raphie de Santos, Felicity Garvie	10,404	0.9	-4.3
	Independent	Duncan Robertson	10,189	0.9	+0.9
	NO2EU	John Foster, Tommy Sheridan, Leah Ganley, Stuart Hyslop, Ajit Singh Uppal, Tom Morrison	9,693	0.9	+0.9
	Jury Team	Alan Wallace, John O'Callaghan, Stuart Brown, Kenneth Lees, Mev Brown, Austin Compson-Bradford^[8]	6,257	0.6	+0.6
Turnout			1,104,512	28.5	−2.4

European Election 2004: Scotland^[9]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Martin, Catherine Stihler, Bill Miller, Kirsty O'Brien, Colin Smyth, Catriona Renton, Gemma Doyle	310,865 (155,432.5)	26.4	-2.3
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith, Kenneth Gibson, Douglas Henderson, Alexander Nicholson, Alex Orr, Janet Law, Duncan Ross	231,505 (115,752.5)	19.7	-7.5
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson, John Purvis, Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Anne Harper, Paul Nelson, Douglas Taylor	209,028 (104,514)	17.8	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Elspeth Attwooll, Robert Aldridge, Alex Bruce, Karen Freel, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon, Christine James, Jermaine Allison	154,178	13.1	+3.3
	Scottish Green	Chas Booth, Tara O'Leary, Martin Bartos, Moira Dunworth, Alastair Whitelaw Katherine Joester, James Park	79,695	6.8	+1.0
	UKIP	Peter Troy, Philip Anderson, George Cormack, Michael Phillips, Janice Murdock, Donald Mackay, Peter Nielson	78,828	6.7	+5.4
	Scottish Socialist	Felicity Garvie, Nick McKerrel, Hugh Kerr, Catriona Grant, Lynn Sheridan, John Sangster, Andrew Rossiter	61,356	5.2	+1.2
	Christian Vote	George Hargreaves, William Thompson, Richard Russell, David Braid, Marion McNeill, Mary Hay, Rose Irtwange	21,056	1.8	N/A
	BNP	Steven Blake, Scott McLean, David Kerr, Stephen Burns, Bryan Dickson, Craig McComb, John Bean^[10]	19,427	1.7	+1.3
	Scottish Wind Watch	Brendan Hamill, Sylvia Thorne, Charles Bennie, Jennifer Scobie, Bennie Palmer, Helen Pass, Richard Hammock	7,255	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Fergus Tait	3,624	0.3	N/A
Turnout			1,176,817	30.9	+6.2

European Election 1999: Scotland^[11]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Martin, Bill Miller, Catherine Taylor, Christine May, Hugh McMahon, James Paton, John Clifford, Jeanette Bradley	283,490 (94,496.67)	28.7	N/A
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Neil MacCormick, Anne Gillies, Gordon Wilson, Janet Law, Kris Browne, Ian Goldie, Josephine Docherty	268,528 (134,264)	27.2	N/A
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson, John Purvis, Anne Harper, Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Iain Mitchell, Peter Ramsay, Anthony Gilbey	195,296 (97,648)	19.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Elspeth Attwooll, Robert Aldridge, Neil Mitchison, Heather Lyall, Clive Sneddon, Danus Skene, Karen Freel, Jayne Struthers	96,971	9.8	N/A
	Scottish Green	Marion Coyne, Eleanor Scott, Phil O'Brien, Graeme Farmer, Linda Hendry, Chris Ballance, Kay Allan, Alastair Whitelaw	57,142	5.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Hugh Kerr, Rosie Kane, Harvey Duke, Catherine Stewart, Colin Fox, Shareen Blackall, Steve Arnott, Frances Curran	39,720	4.0	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	Paul Dwyer, Joanna Lavender, Douglas McConchie, Richard Ashurst, Neasa MacEarlean, Oliver Grant, Alexander Skinner, James Waters	17,781	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Alistair McConnachie, Donald Mackay, James McKenna, Stuart Brown, Matthew Henderson, Joseph Smith, Peter Nielson, John Mumford	12,459	1.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid, Christopher Herriot, Katharine McGavigan, Stephen Mayes, Patricia Graham, Colin Turbett, Margaret Stead, James Galloway	9,385	1.0	N/A
	BNP	Kenneth Smith, Scott McLean^[12], Russell Bradley, Mark Allen, Paul Wilkinson, Robert Currie, David Kerr^[13], James Mills	3,729	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	James McKissock, George Stidolph, Diana Kras, Kenneth Blair, David Pettigrew, Iain Petrie, Anna Rawlinson, Thomas Pringle	2,087	0.2	N/A
	Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes	Charles Lawson	1,632	0.2	N/A
Turnout			988,310	24.7	N/A

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ City of Edinburgh Council
^ European Election 2009: Scotland
^ Jon Worth website, accessed 17 July 2008
^ Conservative Party website, accessed 17 July 2008
^ CIX ONLINE, accessed 17 July 2008
^ UK Independence Party accessed 28 August 2008
^ British National Party Scotland accessed 6th March 2009
^ http://www.juryteam.org/region.php?select=scotland
^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/2004/2004-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ http://web.archive.org/web/20040603080807/www.bnp.org.uk/freedom/regions/scotcand.html
^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/advisory/scott_mclean.stm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/other/david_kerr.stm

[edit] External links

Scottish Elections Between 1997 and present

[0] City of Edinburgh Council

[1] European Election 2009: Scotland

[2] Jon Worth website, accessed 17 July 2008

[3] Conservative Party website, accessed 17 July 2008

[4] CIX ONLINE, accessed 17 July 2008

[5] UK Independence Party accessed 28 August 2008

[6] British National Party Scotland accessed 6th March 2009

[7] ttp://www.juryteam.org/region.php?select=scotland

[8] "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/2004/2004-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[9] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20040603080807/www.bnp.org.uk/freedom/regions/scotcand.html

[10] "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[11] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/advisory/scott_mclean.stm

[12] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/other/david_kerr.stm

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