| Mid Scotland and Fife | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| Election Demon | |
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 Mid Scotland and Fife was one of them.
Boundaries
1979-1984: Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire, Dunfermline, Fife Central, Fife East, Kinross and West Perthshire, Kirkcaldy, Perth and East Perthshire, Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth, Stirlingshire West,[1]
1984-1999: Central Fife, Clackmannan, Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Kirkcaldy, North East Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling[2]
Members of the European Parliament
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | John Purvis | Conservative | |
| 1984 | Alex Falconer | Labour | |
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alex Falconer | 95,667 | 45.8 | –0.3 | |
| SNP | Dick Douglas | 64,254 | 30.8 | +8.2 | |
| Conservative | Peter W.B. Page | 28,192 | 13.5 | –7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Heather S. Lyall | 17,192 | 8.2 | +4.2 | |
| Scottish Green | Mark J. Johnston | 3,015 | 1.4 | -5.0 | |
| Natural Law | Tom J. Pringle | 532 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 31,413 | 15.0 | –8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 208,852 | 38.2 | –3.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | –4.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alex Falconer | 102,246 | 46.1 | +3.5 | |
| SNP | Kenny MacAskill | 50,089 | 22.6 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | Alan F. Christie | 46,505 | 20.9 | –7.3 | |
| Green | George C. Morton | 14,165 | 6.4 | New | |
| SLD | Malcolm Black | 8,857 | 4.0 | -8.9 | |
| Majority | 52,157 | 23.5 | +9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 221,862 | 41.5 | +6.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | –1.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alex Falconer | 80,038 | 42.6 | +11.4 | |
| Conservative | John Purvis | 52,872 | 28.2 | –6.9 | |
| SNP | Janette Jones | 30,511 | 16.3 | –7.8 | |
| SDP | Alexander A.I. Wedderburn | 24,220 | 12.9 | New | |
| Majority | 27,166 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 187,641 | 35.5 | +0.5 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Purvis | 66,255 | 35.1 | ||
| Labour | Mary Panko | 58,768 | 31.2 | ||
| SNP | Robert McIntyre | 45,426 | 24.1 | ||
| Liberal | J.M. Calder | 18,112 | 9.6 | ||
| Majority | 7,487 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 188,561 | 35.0 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ↑ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ↑ "European Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries". Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99: Scotland". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2009.