Member state United Kingdom | Created 1999 | |
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MEPs 8 (1999 - 2004)
7 (2004 - 2009)
6 (2009 - present) | ||
Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament. In 2014 it elected six MEPs, using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
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Boundaries
The constituency's boundaries are the same as those of Scotland, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.
History
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 and 2014.
Election results
Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.