Lothians (European Parliament constituency)

Lothians
European Parliament constituency
Boundary within Scotland (1979-1984)
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

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 Lothians was one of them.

Boundary within Scotland (1984-1994)

Boundaries

1979–1984: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh North, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Midlothian, West Lothian.

1984–1999: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow, Livingston, Midlothian.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Member Party
1979 Ian Dalziel Conservative
1984 David Martin Labour
1989
1994

Election results

European elections 1994: Lothians[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Martin 90,531 44.9 +3.6
SNP Keith Brown 53,324 26.5 +6.1
Conservative Patrick McNally 33,526 16.6 –7.0
Liberal Democrats Hilary C. Campbell 17,883 8.9 +4.7
Scottish Green Robin Harper 5,149 2.6 –7.9
Socialist (GB) John McGregor 637 0.3 New
Natural Law Michael Siebert 500 0.2 New
Majority 37,207 18.4 +0.7
Turnout 201,550 38.7 –3.3
Labour hold Swing –1.3
European elections 1989: Lothians[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Martin 90,840 41.3 +0.9
Conservative Catherine M. Blight 52,014 23.6 –2.9
SNP Jay Smith 44,935 20.4 +8.4
Green Robin Harper 22,983 10.5 +9.1
SLD Keith Leadbetter 9,222 4.2 −15.5
Majority 38,826 17.7 +3.8
Turnout 219,994 42.0 +6.7
Labour hold Swing +1.9
European elections 1984: Lothians[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Martin 74,989 40.4 +7.8
Conservative Iain J. Henderson 49,065 26.5 –9.1
SDP Dickson Mabon 36,636 19.7 +3.9
SNP David J.D. Stevenson 22,331 12.0 –4.0
Ecology Linda M. Hendry 2,560 1.4 New
Majority 25,924 13.9 N/A
Turnout 185,581 35.3 +0.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +8.5
European elections 1979: Lothians[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Dalziel 66,761 35.6
Labour A.A. Mackie 61,180 32.6
SNP D.J.D. Stevenson 29,935 16.0
Liberal Robert L. Smith 29,518 15.8
Majority 5,581 3.0
Turnout 187,394 34.9
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Scotland". www.election.demon.co.uk.


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