Scotland ( sco, Scotland, gd,

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) was a

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of the

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created in 1999. It elected between eight and six

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using the

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every 5 years from 1999 until 2020, when 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

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, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was formed as a result of the

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, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

Highlands and Islands The Highlands and Islands is an area of Scotland broadly covering the Scottish Highlands, plus Orkney, Shetland and Outer Hebrides (Western Isles). The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters' Act of 1886 ...

Lothians Lothian (; sco, Lowden, Loudan, -en, -o(u)n; gd, Lodainn ) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills. The principal settlement is the Sc ...

, Mid Scotland and Fife, North East Scotland,

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, 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

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vote to leave the

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in 2016, this constituency was abolished on 31 January 2020 following completion of the

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withdrawal process.

Returned members

Election results

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

2019

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

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in the

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, alongside Margaret Ferrier. He was replaced by Heather Anderson in January 2020.

2014

† Ian Duncan resigned his seat in September 2017, to take up a seat in the

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and be appointed as

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. He was replaced by

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later in the month.

2009

2004

1999

Notes

References

External links

Scottish Elections Between 1997 and present
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