# North East Scotland (European Parliament constituency)

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.

## Boundaries

1979-1984: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Dundee East, Dundee West, 1984-1999: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus East, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon, Kincardine and Deeside, North Tayside

## Members of the European Parliament

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

## Election results

1998 By-election: North East Scotland :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 33,701 | 28.1 | +13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 119,605 | 20.5 | –17.2 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | +7.6 | |
European elections 1994: North East Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 31,227 | 14.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 217,140 | 37.7 | –0.7 |
| | SNP gain from Labour | SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +7.7 | |
European elections 1989: North East Scotland :
| Party | 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. (Mark) Hill | 15,584 | 7.3 | New |
| | SLD | Simon A. Horner | 12,704 | 6.0 | −10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,613 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 213,206 | 38.4 | +9.7 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.9 | |
European elections 1984: North East Scotland :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 9,161 | 5.8 | –2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,395 | 28.7 | –4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | –1.5 | |
European elections 1979: North East Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 13,414 | 8.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,471 | 32.7 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |