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South of Scotland (European Parliament constituency)

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South of Scotland
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
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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 South of Scotland was one of them.

Boundaries

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1979–1984: Ayr, Ayrshire Central, Ayrshire South, Berwick and East Lothian, Dumfries, Galloway, Lanark, Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles.

1984–1999: Ayr, Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Cunninghame South, Dumfries, East Lothian, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale.

Members of the European Parliament

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Elected Member Party
1979 Alasdair Hutton Conservative
1989 Alex Smith Labour

Results

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European Parliament election, 1979: South of Scotland[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alasdair Hutton 66,816 43.0
Labour P. N. Foy 43,145 27.7
SNP I. MacGibbon 28,694 18.5
Liberal J. R. Wallace 16,825 10.8
Majority 23,671 15.3
Turnout 155,480 34.5
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: South of Scotland[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alasdair Hutton 60,843 37.0 −6.0
Labour Robin S. Stewart 57,706 35.1 +7.4
Liberal Mrs. Elspeth M. Buchanan 23,598 14.4 +3.6
SNP Ian R. Goldie 22,242 13.5 −5.0
Majority 3,137 1.9 −13.4
Turnout 164,389 33.9 −0.6
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: South of Scotland[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Smith 81,366 39.8 +4.7
Conservative Alasdair Hutton 65,673 32.2 −4.8
SNP Matthew Brown 35,155 17.2 +3.7
Green John D. Button 11,658 5.7 New
SLD John E. McKerchar 10,368 5.1 −9.3
Majority 15,693 7.6 N/A
Turnout 204,220 41.5 +7.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: South of Scotland[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Smith 90,750 45.2 +5.4
Conservative Alasdair Hutton 45,595 22.7 −9.5
SNP Mrs. C. Creech 45,032 22.4 +5.2
Liberal Democrats David M. Millar 13,363 6.6 +1.5
Liberal John Hein 3,249 1.6 New
Scottish Green Miss Linda M. Hendry 2,429 1.2 −4.5'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000010−QINU`"'
Natural Law Geoff N. W. Gay 539 0.3 New
Majority 45,155 22.5 +14.9
Turnout 200,957 40.1 −1.4
Labour hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Boothroyd, David (14 October 2004). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Scotland". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 14 October 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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