Election maps

'The discipline which New Labour seeks to impose on its Euro MPs is the discipline of the diktat. It is anti-democratic and is a positive iceberg of hidden motives and agendas. It is redolent of old Labour at its worst, although it originates in the puritanical impulses of New Labour.' Herald editorial, 23 rd October 1997.

European Elections

1979 (8 constituencies)	1984 (8 constituencies)	1989 (8 constituencies)	1994 (8 constituencies)

1999 (8 MEPs, results shown by Westminster constituency)	2004 (7 MEPs, results shown by Westminster constituency)	2009 (6 MEPs, results shown by local authority area)

From 1979 until 1999, Scotland had eight individual Euro constituencies. In 1999, Scotland was contested as a single 8 member constituency. Labour won three MEPs (with 28.6 % of the vote), the SNP two MEPs (27.1 % of the vote), the Tories two MEPs (19.7 % of the vote) and the Lib Dems one MEP (9.8 % of the vote). The 1999 and 2004 maps show the breakdown by Westminster constituency coloured according to the party which "won" each constituency (In 1999: Labour 44, SNP 15, Tories 12, and Lib Dems one (Orkney & Shetland). In 2004: Labour 45, Tories 13, SNP eight, and Lib Dems six.)