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	VOTES			MEPs
PARTY	%	+/-%	TOTAL	1999	+/-%*	TOTAL
Conservative	26.7	-9.0	4397090	0	-8	27
Labour	22.6	-5.4	3718683	0	-6	19
UK Independence Party	16.1	9.2	2650768	0	10	12
Liberal Democrat	14.9	2.3	2452327	0	2	12
Green	6.3	0.0	1028283	0	2	2
British National Party	4.9	3.9	808200	0	0	0
Respect - The Unity Coalition	1.5	1.5	252216	0	0	0
Scottish National Party	1.4	-1.3	231505	0	0	2
Plaid Cymru	1.0	-0.9	159888	0	0	1
English Democrats Party	0.8	0.8	130056	0	0	0
Liberal Party	0.6	-0.3	96325	0	0	0
Independent - Bell	0.6	0.6	93028	0	0	0
Scottish Socialist Party	0.4	0.0	61356	0	0	0
Christian Peoples Alliance	0.4	0.4	56771	0	0	0
Senior Citizens Party	0.3	0.3	42861	0	0	0
The Countryside Party	0.3	0.3	42107	0	0	0
Independent - Herron	0.2	0.2	39658	0	0	0
Pensioners Party	0.2	0.2	33501	0	0	0
Operation Christian Vote	0.1	0.1	21056	0	0	0
ProLife	0.1	0.1	20393	0	0	0
Forward Wales	0.1	0.1	17280	0	0	0
Independent - Ellis	0.1	0.1	14762	0	0	0
People's Party for Better Government	0.1	0.1	13776	0	0	0
Peace Party	0.1	0.1	12572	0	0	0
The Common Good	0.1	0.1	8650	0	0	0
Independent - Neal	0.1	0.1	8318	0	0	0
Scottish Wind Watch	0.0	0.0	7255	0	0	0
Christian Democratic Party	0.0	0.0	6821	0	0	0
Independent - Rhodes	0.0	0.0	5671	0	0	0
Independent - Naisbitt	0.0	0.0	5137	0	0	0
Independent - Tait	0.0	0.0	3624	0	0	0
Independent - Rogers	0.0	0.0	2615	0	0	0
Independent - Shadmyraine	0.0	0.0	847	0	0	0

*Seat change is adjusted to allow a direct comparison with the results from the 1999 election

More details on the European election in Northern Ireland

DESCRIPTION: United Kingdom

In the UK the European elections are typically guaranteed a low turnout. In 1999, turnout here was the lowest in Europe at 24%. In an attempt to combat this, the Labour Government is holding experiments in postal ballots in four of Britain's 12 European constituencies. The pace and direction of European integration is a topic of much debate here and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has recently decided to hold a referendum on the proposed EU constitution. Like many countries the UK is losing seats in the European Parliament to provide space for the new member nations. This means the UK will have 78 instead of 87 seats. The UK uses a list system of proportional representation, except for Northern Ireland, which uses the single transferable vote system.

RESULTS FROM 1999


PARTY	MEPs	VOTE %
Conservative	36	33.5
Labour	29	26.3
Liberal Democrat	10	11.9
Green	2	5.9
Plaid Cymru	2	1.7
Scottish National PARTY	2	2.5
UK Independence PARTY	3	6.5
Ulster Unionist PARTY	1	1.1
Social Democratic and Labour PARTY	1	1.8
Democratic Unionist PARTY	1	1.8
Sinn Fein	0	1.1

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