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.
North East Scotland | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
[1] |
The constituency of North East Scotland was one of them.
1979-1984: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Dundee East, Dundee West,[1]
1984-1999: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus East, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon, Kincardine and Deeside, North Tayside[2]
Elected | Member | Party | |
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1979 | James Provan | Conservative | |
1984 | |||
1989 | Henry McCubbin | Labour | |
1994 | Allan Macartney | SNP | |
1998 (b) | Ian Hudghton | SNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Ian Hudghton | 57,445 | 48.0 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Struan Stevenson | 23,744 | 19.9 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Kathleen Walker-Shaw | 22,086 | 18.5 | –9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Raffan | 11,753 | 9.8 | +1.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | Harvey Duke | 2,510 | 2.1 | New | |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Allan Macartney | 92,892 | 42.8 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Henry McCubbin | 61,665 | 28.4 | –2.2 | |
Conservative | Ronald O. Harris | 40,372 | 18.6 | –8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon A. Horner | 18,008 | 8.3 | +2.3 | |
Scottish Green | Keith D. Farnsworth | 2,559 | 1.2 | –6.1 | |
Communist | Mary M. Ward | 689 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Lewis R. Mair | 584 | 0.2 | New | |
Natural Law | Duncan J. Paterson | 371 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 31,227 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 217,140 | 37.7 | –0.7 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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. (Mark) Hill | 15,584 | 7.3 | New | |
SLD | Simon A. Horner | 12,704 | 6.0 | -10.2 | |
Majority | 2,613 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 213,206 | 38.4 | +9.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Provan | 53,809 | 34.2 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Frank Doran | 44,648 | 28.4 | +4.2 | |
SNP | Daniel Hood | 33,448 | 21.2 | +2.9 | |
SDP | Ian G. Philip | 25,490 | 16.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,161 | 5.8 | –2.7 | ||
Turnout | 157,395 | 28.7 | –4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Provan | 51,930 | 33.0 | ||
Liberal | Lord Mackie of Benshie | 38,516 | 24.5 | ||
Labour | D.E. Clyne | 38,139 | 24.2 | ||
SNP | Colin Bell | 28,886 | 18.3 | ||
Majority | 13,414 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 157,471 | 32.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |