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Scotland (European Parliament constituency)



 
 
Scotland constitutes a single constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 of the European Parliament
European Parliament

The European Parliament is the only direct election parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union , it forms the bicameral Institutions of the European Union#Legislature of the Institutions of the European Union and has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world....
. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method
D'Hondt method

The D'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method is named after Belgium mathematician Victor D'Hondt....
 of party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in multiple-winner elections ....
.

constituency corresponds to the boundaries of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.

Candidates, 2009 election
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European Parliament election 2009 — Scotland List
Party Candidates
Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
 
Drew Hendry, Ian Hudghton, Anne McLaughlin, Alieen McLeod, Duncan Ross, Alyn Smith, Grant Thoms
Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 
Struan Stevenson, Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G.






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Scotland constitutes a single constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 of the European Parliament
European Parliament

The European Parliament is the only direct election parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union , it forms the bicameral Institutions of the European Union#Legislature of the Institutions of the European Union and has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world....
. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method
D'Hondt method

The D'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method is named after Belgium mathematician Victor D'Hondt....
 of party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in multiple-winner elections ....
.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the boundaries of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.

Candidates, 2009 election


European Parliament election 2009 — Scotland List
Party Candidates
Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
 
Drew Hendry, Ian Hudghton, Anne McLaughlin, Alieen McLeod, Duncan Ross, Alyn Smith, Grant Thoms
Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 
Struan Stevenson, Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G. MacDonald, Gerald Michaluk, PJ Lewis
Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 
David Martin, Catherine Stihler, Mary Lockhart, Paul McAleavely, Kirsty Connell, Nasim Khan
Liberal Democrats George Lyon, Euan Robson, Robert Aldridge, Patsy Kenton, John Barnett, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon, Ron Aitken
UK Independence Party Peter Adams, Paul Hencke, Phillip Anderson, Matthew Desmond, Donald Mackay, Paul Wiffen, Kathleen Desmond
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Green Party

The Scottish Green Party is the Green party of Scotland. It currently has two Members of the Scottish Parliament in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Robin Harper, representing the Lothians, and Patrick Harvie, for Glasgow....
 
Elaine Morrison, Chas Booth, Kirsten Robb, Alastair Whitelaw, Ruth Cameron, Peter McColl
British National Party
British National Party

The British National Party is a far-right and white people-only Political parties in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom. The party is not represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
 
Gary Raikes, Charlie Baillie, Deborah McKnight, Roy Jones, Max Dunbar, Elise Jones


Members of the European Parliament


2004 - present

  • Elspeth Attwooll
    Elspeth Attwooll

    Elspeth Attwooll is a Scotland Liberal Democrats politician. She is a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland .She has stood as a Parliament of the United Kingdom candidate for Glasgow Maryhill in every United Kingdom general elections from United Kingdom general election, October 1974 to United Kingdom general election, 1997....
    , Liberal Democrat
  • Ian Hudghton
    Ian Hudghton

    Ian Stewart Hudghton is a Scotland politician, and has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Scottish National Party since 1998, when he won his seat in a rare European Parliamentary by-election, after the death of sitting SNP MEP Allan Macartney....
    , Scottish National Party
    Scottish National Party

    The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
  • David Martin
    David Martin (Scottish politician)

    David Martin is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician, and member of the European Parliament for Scotland.He was educated outside of Edinburgh at Liberton High School....
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
  • John Purvis
    John Purvis

    John Purvis is a United Kingdom politician, and a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland for the Conservative Party .His first session in the European Parliament was from 1979 to 1984, for the Mid-Scotland and Fife seat....
    , Conservative and Unionist
    Conservative Party (UK)

    The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
  • Alyn Smith
    Alyn Smith

    Alyn Smith is a Scotland politician. He is a Scottish National Party Member of the European Parliament for Scotland.He contested Edinburgh West for the SNP at the United Kingdom general election, 2001, coming fourth....
    , Scottish National Party
    Scottish National Party

    The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
  • Struan Stevenson
    Struan Stevenson

    Struan Stevenson is a Scottish people politician. He is member of both the Executive and the Shadow Cabinet of the Scottish Conservative Party party....
    , Conservative and Unionist
    Conservative Party (UK)

    The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
  • Catherine Stihler
    Catherine Stihler

    Catherine Stihler is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician. She has been a member of the European Parliament for Scotland since 1999. She was the unsuccessful Labour Party candidate in the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006 held on February 9 2006, in what had been regarded as a safe Labour seat....
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....


1999 - 2004

  • Elspeth Attwooll
    Elspeth Attwooll

    Elspeth Attwooll is a Scotland Liberal Democrats politician. She is a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland .She has stood as a Parliament of the United Kingdom candidate for Glasgow Maryhill in every United Kingdom general elections from United Kingdom general election, October 1974 to United Kingdom general election, 1997....
    , Liberal Democrat
  • Ian Hudghton
    Ian Hudghton

    Ian Stewart Hudghton is a Scotland politician, and has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Scottish National Party since 1998, when he won his seat in a rare European Parliamentary by-election, after the death of sitting SNP MEP Allan Macartney....
    , Scottish National Party
    Scottish National Party

    The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
  • Neil MacCormick
    Neil MacCormick

    Professor Sir Neil MacCormick Queen's Counsel , Fellow of the British Academy, Royal Society of Edinburgh a renowned philosophy of law and Scottish politician....
    , Scottish National Party
    Scottish National Party

    The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
  • David Martin
    David Martin

    David Martin or Dave Martin may refer to:...
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
  • Bill Miller
    Bill Miller (Scotland)

    Bill Miller , is a former Labour Party Member of the European Parliament representing Scotland ....
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
  • John Purvis
    John Purvis

    John Purvis is a United Kingdom politician, and a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland for the Conservative Party .His first session in the European Parliament was from 1979 to 1984, for the Mid-Scotland and Fife seat....
    , Scottish Conservative and Unionist
    Conservative Party (UK)

    The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
  • Struan Stevenson
    Struan Stevenson

    Struan Stevenson is a Scottish people politician. He is member of both the Executive and the Shadow Cabinet of the Scottish Conservative Party party....
    , Scottish Conservative and Unionist
    Conservative Party (UK)

    The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
  • Catherine Taylor
    Catherine Stihler

    Catherine Stihler is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician. She has been a member of the European Parliament for Scotland since 1999. She was the unsuccessful Labour Party candidate in the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006 held on February 9 2006, in what had been regarded as a safe Labour seat....
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....


Election results

See also

  • Elections in Scotland
    Elections in Scotland

    Scotland has elections to several bodies: the Scottish Parliament, the United Kingdom Parliament, the European Parliament, Local government of Scotland and community councils....
  • Glasgow (European Parliament constituency)
    Glasgow (European Parliament constituency)

    Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system for the Elections in the European Union in England, Scotland and Wales....
  • Highlands and Islands (European Parliament constituency)
    Highlands and Islands (European Parliament constituency)

    Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system for the Elections in the European Union in England, Scotland and Wales....
  • Lothians (European Parliament constituency)
    Lothians (European Parliament constituency)

    Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system for the Elections in the European Union in England, Scotland and Wales....
  • Mid Scotland and Fife (European Parliament constituency)
    Mid Scotland and Fife (European Parliament constituency)

    Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system for the Elections in the European Union in England, Scotland and Wales....
  • North East Scotland (European Parliament constituency)
    North East Scotland (European Parliament constituency)

    Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system for the Elections in the European Union in England, Scotland and Wales....
  • South of Scotland (European Parliament constituency)
    South of Scotland (European Parliament constituency)

    Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system for the Elections in the European Union in England, Scotland and Wales....
  • Strathclyde East (European Parliament constituency)
    Strathclyde East (European Parliament constituency)

    Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system for the Elections in the European Union in England, Scotland and Wales....
  • Strathclyde West (European Parliament constituency)
    Strathclyde West (European Parliament constituency)

    Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system for the Elections in the European Union in England, Scotland and Wales....