European election candidates: Northern Ireland

Elections for the European parliament will be held on 4 June 2009. Voters in the UK will elect a total of 72 MEPs, a reduction from the current 78 due to the enlargement of the European Union.

The UK is divided into 12 electoral regions, each represented by a different number of MEPs. Click on the names below to find a complete list of candidates in your area.

NORTHERN IRELAND - 3 MEPs

Parties listed alphabetically. Guide to abbreviations

Name	Party	Party list order
Ian Parsley	AP	1
Diane Dodds	DUP	1
Steven Agnew	GRN	1
Alban Maginness	SDLP	1
Bairbre de Brun	SF	1
Jim Allister	TUV	1
Jim Nicholson	UCUNF	1

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ELECTIONS 2009

EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS

MEP Seats

	Votes		MEPs
Party	%	+/- %	Total	+/-
EPP	33.4	-1.4	264	-18
Socialists	23.2	-4.1	183	-26
Liberal	11.0	+1.6	84	+5
Green	7.4	+1.3	50	+9
Left	5.3	-0.6	34	-2
UEN	3.4	+1.6	28	+2
Ind/Dem	2.7	-1.8	21	-15
No Group	13.6	+3.4	72	+3.4
0 of 27 countries declared.

Full EU Parliament results

Full UK results by region

UK Total MEP Seats

Party	Votes		MEPs
Party	%	+/- %	Total	+/-
CON	27.7	1.0	*26	1
UKIP	16.5	0.3	13	1
LAB	15.7	-6.9	13	-5
LD	13.7	-1.2	11	1
GRN	8.6	2.4	2	0
BNP	6.2	1.3	2	2
SNP	2.1	0.7	2	0
PC	0.8	-0.1	1	0
OTH	8.5	2.4	0	0
SF	–	–	1	0
DUP	–	–	1	0
72 of 72 seats declared. Vote share figures exclude Northern Ireland as it has a separate electoral system to the rest of the UK
* Includes UCUNF MEP elected in Northern Ireland