Prior to its uniform adoption of

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in 1999, the United Kingdom used

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for the

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in England,

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and

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. The

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used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one

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each. The constituency of North East Scotland was one of them.

Boundaries

1979-1984: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns,

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, Dundee East, Dundee West,
1984-1999: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus East,

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, Dundee East, Dundee West,

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, North Tayside

Members of the European Parliament

Election results

References

External links

David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results
{{European Parliament former constituencies European Parliament constituencies in Scotland (1979–1999) 1979 establishments in Scotland 1999 disestablishments in Scotland Constituencies established in 1979 Constituencies disestablished in 1999