| Lothians | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
Boundary within Scotland (1979-1984) | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
Prior to its uniform adoption ofproportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom usedfirst-past-the-post for theEuropean elections in England,Scotland andWales. TheEuropean Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had oneMember of the European Parliament each.
The constituency ofLothians was one of them.

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.
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Ian Dalziel | Conservative | |
| 1984 | David Martin | Labour | |
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | 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 | ||
| Labourhold | 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 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
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