Highlands and Islands (European Parliament constituency)
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.
| Highlands and Islands | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
Created for the 1979 European Parliament elections in 1979, Highlands and Islands was a single-member constituency formed from the grouping of numerous neighbouring Scottish constituencies of the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Winnie Ewing | 74,872 | 58.4 | +6.9 | |
| Labour | M.M. Macmillan | 19,956 | 15.6 | +1.7 | |
| Conservative | M.E. Tennant | 15,767 | 12.3 | –4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | H.R. Morrison | 12,919 | 10.1 | +1.8 | |
| Scottish Green | Eleanor Scott | 3,140 | 2.4 | –7.1 | |
| UKIP | M.B.N. Carr | 1,096 | 0.8 | New | |
| Natural Law | M.F. Gilmour | 522 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 54,916 | 42.8 | +8.1 | ||
| Turnout | 128,272 | 39.1 | –1.9 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Winnie Ewing | 66,297 | 51.5 | +9.7 | |
| Conservative | A. McQuarrie | 21,602 | 16.8 | +0.8 | |
| Labour | N.L. MacAskill | 17,848 | 13.9 | –0.2 | |
| Green | M.A.O. Gregson | 12,199 | 9.5 | New | |
| SLD | N. Mitchison | 10,644 | 8.3 | -19.8 | |
| Majority | 44,695 | 34.7 | +21.0 | ||
| Turnout | 128,590 | 41.0 | +2.6 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Winnie Ewing | 49,410 | 41.8 | +7.8 | |
| Liberal | D.R. Johnston | 33,133 | 28.1 | –2.6 | |
| Conservative | D. Webster | 18,847 | 16.0 | –10.1 | |
| Labour | J.M.M. MacArthur | 16,644 | 14.1 | +4.9 | |
| Majority | 16,277 | 13.7 | +10.4 | ||
| Turnout | 118,034 | 38.4 | –1.0 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Winnie Ewing | 39,991 | 34.0 | ||
| Liberal | D.R. Johnston | 36,109 | 30.7 | ||
| Conservative | M. Joughin | 30,776 | 26.1 | ||
| Labour | J.G. Watson | 10,846 | 9.2 | ||
| Majority | 3,882 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 117,722 | 39.4 | |||
| SNP win (new seat) | |||||
References
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