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.
| Lothians | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of Lothians was one of them.
Boundaries
1979–1984: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh North, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Midlothian, West Lothian.
1984–1999: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow, Livingston, Midlothian.
Members of the European Parliament
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Ian Dalziel | Conservative | |
| 1984 | David Martin | Labour | |
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Martin | 90,531 | 44.9 | +3.6 | |
| SNP | Keith Brown | 53,324 | 26.5 | +6.1 | |
| Conservative | Patrick McNally | 33,526 | 16.6 | –7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary C. Campbell | 17,883 | 8.9 | +4.7 | |
| Scottish Green | Robin Harper | 5,149 | 2.6 | –7.9 | |
| Socialist (GB) | John McGregor | 637 | 0.3 | New | |
| Natural Law | Michael Siebert | 500 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 37,207 | 18.4 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 201,550 | 38.7 | –3.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | –1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Martin | 90,840 | 41.3 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Catherine M. Blight | 52,014 | 23.6 | –2.9 | |
| SNP | Jay Smith | 44,935 | 20.4 | +8.4 | |
| Green | Robin Harper | 22,983 | 10.5 | +9.1 | |
| SLD | Keith Leadbetter | 9,222 | 4.2 | -15.5 | |
| Majority | 38,826 | 17.7 | +3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 219,994 | 42.0 | +6.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Martin | 74,989 | 40.4 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | Iain J. Henderson | 49,065 | 26.5 | –9.1 | |
| SDP | Dickson Mabon | 36,636 | 19.7 | +3.9 | |
| SNP | David J.D. Stevenson | 22,331 | 12.0 | –4.0 | |
| Ecology | Linda M. Hendry | 2,560 | 1.4 | New | |
| Majority | 25,924 | 13.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 185,581 | 35.3 | +0.4 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian Dalziel | 66,761 | 35.6 | ||
| Labour | A.A. Mackie | 61,180 | 32.6 | ||
| SNP | D.J.D. Stevenson | 29,935 | 16.0 | ||
| Liberal | Robert L. Smith | 29,518 | 15.8 | ||
| Majority | 5,581 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 187,394 | 34.9 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||