| Scotland Alba | |
| Locationmap2014: | UK-sco |
| Coordinates: | 57°N -4°W |
| Created: | 1999 |
| Dissolved: | 2020 |
| Meps: | 8 (1999–2004) 7 (2004–2009) 6 (2009–2020) |
| Memberstate: | United Kingdom |
| Memberstatelink2: | the United Kingdom |
| Sources: | http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/newep/en/pptsuk.shtmhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/uk/law.html |
Scotland (Scots: Scotland, Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: [[Alba]] in Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic pronounced as /ˈal̪ˠapə/) 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.
The constituency's boundaries were the same as those of Scotland, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.
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[1] | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | width=1px | 1979 – 1984 | width=1px | 1984 – 1989 | width=1px | 1989 – 1994 | width=1px | 1994 – 1999 | width=1px | |||||||
| Highlands and Islands | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Winnie Ewing SNP | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||||
| North East Scotland | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | James Provan Conservative | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Henry McCubbin Labour | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Allan Macartney SNP to August 1998 | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Ian Hudghton SNP from November 1998 | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||
| South of Scotland | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Alasdair Hutton Conservative | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Alex Smith Labour | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||
| Lothians | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Ian Dalziel Conservative | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | David Martin Labour | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||
| Mid Scotland and Fife | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | John Purvis Conservative | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Alex Falconer Labour | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||
| Strathclyde West | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Adam Fergusson Conservative | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Hugh McMahon Labour | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||
| Strathclyde East | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Ken Collins Labour | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||||
| Glasgow | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Janey Buchan Labour | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Bill Miller Labour | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||
| MEPs for Scotland, 1999 onwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | width=1px | width=1px | width=1px | width=1px | width=1px | width=1px | ||||||||||||||||
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Struan Stevenson Conservative | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Ian Duncan Conservative to September 2017 | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Nosheena Mobarik Conservative from September 2017 | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||||||
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Elspeth Attwooll Liberal Democrat | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | George Lyon Liberal Democrat | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | David Coburn UKIP (2014–2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (2019) | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Sheila Ritchie Liberal Democrat | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||||
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Neil MacCormick SNP | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Alyn Smith SNP to December 2019 | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Heather Anderson SNP in January 2020 | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||||||
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Ian Hudghton SNP | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Christian Allard SNP | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||||||||
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | David Martin Labour | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Aileen McLeod SNP | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||||||||
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Catherine Stihler Labour to January 2019 | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Vacant | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Louis Stedman-Bryce Brexit Party (2019) Independent (2019) | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | |||||||||||||||
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | John Purvis Conservative | Seat abolished | |||||||||||||||||||
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " | Bill Miller Labour | Seat abolished | |||||||||||||||||||
Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
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]
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.[3]
† 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.[4]