North East Scotland (European Parliament constituency)

North East Scotland
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
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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.

The constituency of North East Scotland was one of them.

When it was created in Scotland in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Dundee East, Dundee West, although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	James Provan	Conservative
	1984
	1989	Henry McCubbin	Labour
	1994	Allan Macartney	SNP
	1998 (b)	Ian Hudghton	SNP

Election results

1998 By-election: North East Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Ian Hudghton	57,445	48.0	+5.2
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson	23,744	19.9	+1.3
	Labour	K. Walker-Shaw	22,086	18.5	–9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Raffan	11,753	9.8	+1.5
	Scottish Socialist	H. Duke	2,510	2.1	N/A
	Scottish Green	Robin Harper	2,067	1.7	+0.5
Majority			33,701	28.1	+13.7
Turnout			119,605	20.5	–17.2
	SNP hold		Swing	+7.6

European elections 1994: North East Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Allan Macartney	92,892	42.8	+13.4
	Labour	Henry McCubbin	61,665	28.4	–2.2
	Conservative	R.O. Harris	40,372	18.6	–8.1
	Liberal Democrat	S.A. Horner	18,008	8.3	+2.3
	Scottish Green	K.D. Farnsworth	2,559	1.2	–6.1
	Communist	M.M. Ward	689	0.3	N/A
	Independent	L.R. Mair	584	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	D.J. Paterson	371	0.2	N/A
Majority			31,227	14.4	+13.2
Turnout			217,140	37.7	–0.7
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+7.7

European elections 1989: North East Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry McCubbin	65,348	30.6	+2.2
	SNP	Allan Macartney	62,735	29.4	+8.2
	Conservative	James Provan	56,835	26.7	–7.5
	Green	E.M. Hill	15,584	7.3	N/A
	Social and Liberal Democrats	S.A. Horner	12,704	6.0	-10.2
Majority			2,613	1.2	–4.6
Turnout			213,206	38.4	+9.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.9

European elections 1984: North East Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Provan	53,809	34.2	+1.2
	Labour	Frank Doran	44,648	28.4	+4.2
	SNP	D. Hood	33,448	21.2	+2.9
	Social Democratic	I.G. Phillip	25,490	16.2	N/A
Majority			9,161	5.8	–2.7
Turnout			157,395	28.7	–4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.5

European elections 1979: North East Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Provan	51,930	33.0	N/A
	Liberal	Lord Mackie of Benshie	38,516	24.5	N/A
	Labour	D.E. Clyne	38,139	24.2	N/A
	SNP	Colin Bell	28,886	18.3	N/A
Majority			13,414	8.5	N/A
Turnout			157,471	32.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results