Mid Scotland and Fife (European Parliament constituency) explained

Mid Scotland and Fife
Coordinates:56.1667°N -33°W
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom#Europe
Mapcaption:Mid Scotland and Fife's location within Scotland (1979-1984)
Memberstate:United Kingdom
Memberstatelink2:the United Kingdom
Electorate Population:546,060
Created:1979
Dissolved:1999
Meps:1
Sources:[1] [2]

Mid Scotland and Fife was a European Parliament constituency in the United Kingdom prior to the uniform adoption of proportional representation in the UK in 1999. The United Kingdom had previously 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.

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.[3]
1984-1999: Central Fife, Clackmannan, Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Kirkcaldy, North East Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling.[4]

The 1979-1984 boundaries exactly mirror the boundaries of the present-day Scottish Parliament electoral region of the same name.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMemberParty
1979Conservative
1984Alex FalconerLabour
1989
1994

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/?q=reviews/european-parliament
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200201143001/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epscot.html
  3. Web site: David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results . 20 January 2008 . 9 February 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080209182341/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ . dead .
  4. Web site: European Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries. 2019-03-13. 5 January 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080105070909/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epbound.html. dead.