# Scotland (European Parliament constituency)

Scotland (Scots: Scotland, Scottish Gaelic: Alba ) was a constituency of the European Parliament created in 1999. It elected between eight and six MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation every five years from 1999 until 2020. The constituency was abolished after the United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

## Boundaries

The constituency's boundaries were the same as those of Scotland, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

## History

The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, Lothians, Mid Scotland and Fife, North East Scotland, South of Scotland, Strathclyde East, and Strathclyde West.
The number of MEPs returned by the constituency was eight in 1999, seven in 2004, and six in 2009, 2014 and 2019.
After the result of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum vote to leave the European Union in 2016, this constituency was abolished on 31 January 2020 following completion of the Article 50 withdrawal process.
MEPs for former Scottish constituencies, 1979–1999 :
| Election | 1979 – 1984 | | 1984 – 1989 | | 1989 – 1994 | | 1994 – 1999 | 1994 – 1999 | 1994 – 1999 |
| Highlands and Islands | Winnie Ewing SNP | Winnie Ewing SNP | Winnie Ewing SNP | Winnie Ewing SNP | Winnie Ewing SNP | Winnie Ewing SNP | Winnie Ewing SNP | Winnie Ewing SNP | Winnie Ewing SNP |
| North East Scotland | James Provan Conservative | James Provan Conservative | James Provan Conservative | | Henry McCubbin Labour | | Allan Macartney SNP to August 1998 | | Ian Hudghton SNP from November 1998 |
| South of Scotland | Alasdair Hutton Conservative | Alasdair Hutton Conservative | Alasdair Hutton Conservative | | Alex Smith Labour | Alex Smith Labour | Alex Smith Labour | Alex Smith Labour | Alex Smith Labour |
| Lothians | Ian Dalziel Conservative | | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour |
| Mid Scotland and Fife | John Purvis Conservative | | Alex Falconer Labour | Alex Falconer Labour | Alex Falconer Labour | Alex Falconer Labour | Alex Falconer Labour | Alex Falconer Labour | Alex Falconer Labour |
| Strathclyde West | Adam Fergusson Conservative | | Hugh McMahon Labour | Hugh McMahon Labour | Hugh McMahon Labour | Hugh McMahon Labour | Hugh McMahon Labour | Hugh McMahon Labour | Hugh McMahon Labour |
| Strathclyde East | Ken Collins Labour | Ken Collins Labour | Ken Collins Labour | Ken Collins Labour | Ken Collins Labour | Ken Collins Labour | Ken Collins Labour | Ken Collins Labour | Ken Collins Labour |
| Glasgow | Janey Buchan Labour | Janey Buchan Labour | Janey Buchan Labour | Janey Buchan Labour | Janey Buchan Labour | | Bill Miller Labour | Bill Miller Labour | Bill Miller Labour |

## Returned members

MEPs for Scotland, 1999 onwards :
| Election | 1999 (5th parliament) | | 2004 (6th parliament) | | 2009 (7th parliament) | | 2014 (8th parliament) | 2014 (8th parliament) | 2014 (8th parliament) | 2014 (8th parliament) | 2014 (8th parliament) | | 2019 (9th parliament) | 2019 (9th parliament) | |
| MEP Party | Struan Stevenson Conservative | Struan Stevenson Conservative | Struan Stevenson Conservative | Struan Stevenson Conservative | Struan Stevenson Conservative | | Ian Duncan Conservative to September 2017 | | Nosheena Mobarik Conservative from September 2017 | Nosheena Mobarik Conservative from September 2017 | Nosheena Mobarik Conservative from September 2017 | Nosheena Mobarik Conservative from September 2017 | Nosheena Mobarik Conservative from September 2017 | Nosheena Mobarik Conservative from September 2017 | |
| MEP Party | Elspeth Attwooll Liberal Democrat | Elspeth Attwooll Liberal Democrat | Elspeth Attwooll Liberal Democrat | | George Lyon Liberal Democrat | | David Coburn UKIP (2014–2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (2019) | David Coburn UKIP (2014–2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (2019) | David Coburn UKIP (2014–2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (2019) | David Coburn UKIP (2014–2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (2019) | David Coburn UKIP (2014–2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (2019) | | Sheila Ritchie Liberal Democrat | Sheila Ritchie Liberal Democrat | |
| MEP Party | Neil MacCormick SNP | | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | | Heather Anderson SNP in January 2020 | |
| MEP Party | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | Ian Hudghton SNP | | Christian Allard SNP | Christian Allard SNP | |
| MEP Party | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | David Martin Labour | | Aileen McLeod SNP | Aileen McLeod SNP | |
| MEP Party | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | | Vacant | | Louis Stedman-Bryce Brexit Party (2019) Independent (2019) | Louis Stedman-Bryce Brexit Party (2019) Independent (2019) | |
| MEP Party | John Purvis Conservative | John Purvis Conservative | John Purvis Conservative | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |
| MEP Party | Bill Miller Labour | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

## Election results

Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

### 2019

European Election 2019: Scotland :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | SNP | Alyn Smith$^2$ (1) Christian Allard (2) Aileen McLeod (5) Margaret Ferrier, Heather Anderson, Alex Kerr | 594,533 (198,177.67) | 37.8 | +8.8 |
| | Brexit Party | Louis Stedman-Bryce (3) Karina Walker, James Ferguson-Hannah, Stuart Waiton, Paul Aitken, Calum Walker | 233,006 | 14.8 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Ritchie (4) Fred Mackintosh, Catriona Bhatia, Vita Zaporozcenko, John Edward, Clive Sneddon | 218,285 | 13.9 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Nosheena Mobarik (6) Ian McGill, Shona Haslam, Iain Whyte, Andrea Gee, Michael Kusznir | 182,476 | 11.6 | −5.6 |
| | Labour | David Martin, Jayne Baxter, Craig Miller, Amy Lee Fraioli, Callum O’Dwyer, Angela Bretherton | 146,724 | 9.3 | −16.6 |
| | Scottish Green | Maggie Chapman, Lorna Slater, Gillian Mackay, Chas Booth, Mags Hall, Allan Faulds | 129,603 | 8.2 | +0.1 |
| | Change UK – The Independent Group | David Macdonald,$^1$ Kate Forman, Peter Griffiths, Heather Astbury, Colin McFadyen, Cathy Edgeworth | 30,004 | 1.9 | New |
| | UKIP | Donald MacKay, Janice MacKay, Otto Inglis, Mark Meechan, Roy Hill | 28,418 | 1.8 | −8.7 |
| | Independent | Gordon Edgar | 6,128 | 0.39 | New |
| | Independent | Ken Parke | 2,049 | 0.13 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,561,226 | 39.9 | +6.4 |
$^1$ On 15 May, David Macdonald, the lead candidate for Change UK in Scotland, switched to endorsing the Liberal Democrats in order not to split the pro-Remain vote.
$^2$ Alyn Smith resigned his seat following his election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, alongside Margaret Ferrier. He was replaced by Heather Anderson in January 2020.

### 2014

European Election 2014: Scotland :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | SNP | Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Stephen Gethins, Toni Giugliano, Chris Stephens | 389,503 (194,751.5) | 29.0 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | David Martin, Catherine Stihler Derek Munn, Katrina Murray, Asim Khan, Kirsty O'Brien | 348,219 (174,109.5) | 25.9 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian Duncan† Belinda Don, Nosheena Mobarik, Jamie Gardiner, Iain McGill, Stuart Mcintyre | 231,330 | 17.2 | +0.4 |
| | UKIP | David Coburn Kevin Newton, Otto Inglis, Denise Baykal, Hugh Hatrick, Malcolm Mackay | 140,534 | 10.5 | +5.3 |
| | Scottish Green | Maggie Chapman, Chas Booth, Grace Murray, Alastair Whitelaw, Anne Thomas, Steen Parish | 108,305 | 8.1 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Lyon, Christine Jardine, Lisa Strachan, Richard Brodie, Jade Holden, Euan Davidson | 95,319 | 7.1 | −4.4 |
| | Britain First | James Dowson, John Arthur Randall, Jayda Kaleigh Fransen, Geoffrey Clynch, Margaret Dorothy Clynch, Jane Susan Shepherd | 13,639 | 1.0 | New |
| | BNP | Kenneth McDonald, David James Orr, Victoria McKenzie, Angus Jim Mathys, Paul Brandy Stafford, Stacey Jayne Fleming | 10,216 | 0.8 | −1.7 |
| | NO2EU | John Odell Foster, Andrew Elliott, Murdo Maclean, Gail Morrow, Brian Smith, Richard Edward Veitch | 6,418 | 0.5 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,343,483 | 33.5 | +5.0 |
† Ian Duncan resigned his seat in September 2017, to take up a seat in the House of Lords and be appointed as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland. He was replaced by Nosheena Mobarik later in the month.

### 2009

European Election 2009: Scotland :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | SNP | Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith Aileen McLeod, Drew Hendry, Duncan Ross, Gordon Archer | 321,007 (160,503.5) | 29.1 | +9.4 |
| | Labour | David Martin, Catherine Stihler Mary Lockhart, Paul McAleavely, Kirsty Connell, Nasim Khan | 229,853 (114,926.5) | 20.8 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Struan Stevenson Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G. MacDonald, Gerald Michaluk, PJ Lewis | 185,794 | 16.8 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Lyon Euan Robson, Robert Aldridge, Patsy Kenton, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon | 127,038 | 11.5 | −1.6 |
| | Scottish Green | Elaine Morrison, Chas Booth, Kirsten Robb, Alastair Whitelaw, Ruth Dawkins, Peter McColl | 80,442 | 7.3 | +0.5 |
| | UKIP | Peter Adams, Paul Hencke, Phillip Anderson, Matthew Desmond, Donald Mackay, Paul Wiffen, Kathleen Desmond | 57,788 | 5.2 | −1.5 |
| | BNP | Gary Raikes, Charlie Baillie, Deborah McKnight, Roy Jones, Max Dunbar, Elise Jones | 27,174 | 2.5 | +0.8 |
| | Socialist Labour | Louise McDaid, David Jacobsen, Katherine McGavigan, James Berrington, Claire Watt, James McDaid | 22,135 | 2.0 | New |
| | Scottish Christian | Sheila McLaughlan, John Smart, Brian Ross, Archie Linnegan, Christine Cormack, Isobel Anne Macleod | 16,738 | 1.5 | −0.3 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Colin Fox, Angela Gorrie, Johanna Dind, Nick McKerrell, Raphie de Santos, Felicity Garvie | 10,404 | 0.9 | −4.3 |
| | Independent | Duncan Robertson | 10,189 | 0.9 | New |
| | NO2EU | John Foster, Tommy Sheridan, Leah Ganley, Stuart Hyslop, Ajit Singh Uppal, Tom Morrison | 9,693 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Jury Team (UK) | Alan Wallace, John O'Callaghan, Stuart Brown, Kenneth Lees, Mev Brown, Austin Compson-Bradford | 6,257 | 0.6 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,104,512 | 28.5 | −2.4 |

### 2004

European Election 2004: Scotland :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | Labour | David Martin, Catherine Stihler Bill Miller, Kirsty O'Brien, Colin Smyth, Catriona Renton, Gemma Doyle | 310,865 (155,432.5) | 26.4 | −2.3 |
| | SNP | Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith Kenneth Gibson, Douglas Henderson, Alexander Nicholson, Alex Orr, Janet Law, Duncan Ross | 231,505 (115,752.5) | 19.7 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | Struan Stevenson, John Purvis Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Anne Harper, Paul Nelson, Douglas Taylor | 209,028 (104,514) | 17.8 | −2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elspeth Attwooll Robert Aldridge, Alex Bruce, Karen Freel, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon, Christine James, Jermaine Allison | 154,178 | 13.1 | +3.3 |
| | Scottish Green | Chas Booth, Tara O'Leary, Martin Bartos, Moira Dunworth, Alastair Whitelaw, Katherine Joester, James Park | 79,695 | 6.8 | +1.0 |
| | UKIP | Peter Troy, Philip Anderson, George Cormack, Michael Phillips, Janice Murdock, Donald Mackay, Peter Nielson | 78,828 | 6.7 | +5.4 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Felicity Garvie, Nick McKerrel, Hugh Kerr, Catriona Grant, Lynn Sheridan, John Sangster, Andrew Rossiter | 61,356 | 5.2 | +1.2 |
| | Christian Vote | George Hargreaves, William Thompson, Richard Russell, David Braid, Marion McNeill, Mary Hay, Rose Irtwange | 21,056 | 1.8 | New |
| | BNP | Steven Blake, Scott McLean, David Kerr, Stephen Burns, Bryan Dickson, Craig McComb, John Bean | 19,427 | 1.7 | +1.3 |
| | Scottish Wind Watch | Brendan Hamill, Sylvia Thorne, Charles Bennie, Jennifer Scobie, Bennie Palmer, Helen Pass, Richard Hammock | 7,255 | 0.6 | New |
| | Independent | Fergus Tait | 3,624 | 0.3 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,176,817 | 30.9 | +6.2 |

### 1999

European Election 1999: Scotland :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) |
| | Labour | David Martin, Bill Miller, Catherine Taylor Christine May, Hugh McMahon, James Paton, John Clifford, Jeanette Bradley | 283,490 (94,496.67) | 28.7 |
| | SNP | Ian Hudghton, Neil MacCormick Anne Gillies, Gordon Wilson, Janet Law, Kris Browne, Ian Goldie, Josephine Docherty | 268,528 (134,264) | 27.2 |
| | Conservative | Struan Stevenson, John Purvis Anne Harper, Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Iain Mitchell, Peter Ramsay, Anthony Gilbey | 195,296 (97,648) | 19.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elspeth Attwooll Robert Aldridge, Neil Mitchison, Heather Lyall, Clive Sneddon, Danus Skene, Karen Freel, Jayne Struthers | 96,971 | 9.8 |
| | Scottish Green | Marion Coyne, Eleanor Scott, Phil O'Brien, Graeme Farmer, Linda Hendry, Chris Ballance, Kay Allan, Alastair Whitelaw | 57,142 | 5.8 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Hugh Kerr, Rosie Kane, Harvey Duke, Catherine Stewart, Colin Fox, Shareen Blackall, Steve Arnott, Frances Curran | 39,720 | 4.0 |
| | Pro-Euro Conservative | Paul Dwyer, Joanna Lavender, Douglas McConchie, Richard Ashurst, Neasa MacEarlean, Oliver Grant, Alexander Skinner, James Waters | 17,781 | 1.8 |
| | UKIP | Alistair McConnachie, Donald Mackay, James McKenna, Stuart Brown, Matthew Henderson, Joseph Smith, Peter Nielson, John Mumford | 12,459 | 1.3 |
| | Socialist Labour | Louise McDaid, Christopher Herriot, Katharine McGavigan, Stephen Mayes, Patricia Graham, Colin Turbett, Margaret Stead, James Galloway | 9,385 | 1.0 |
| | BNP | Kenneth Smith, Scott McLean, Russell Bradley, Mark Allen, Paul Wilkinson, Robert Currie, David Kerr, James Mills | 3,729 | 0.4 |
| | Natural Law | James McKissock, George Stidolph, Diana Kras, Kenneth Blair, David Pettigrew, Iain Petrie, Anna Rawlinson, Thomas Pringle | 2,087 | 0.2 |
| | Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes | Charles Lawson | 1,632 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 988,310 | 24.7 |