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Last Updated: Monday, 14 June, 2004, 11:45 GMT 12:45 UK
European Election: United Kingdom Result
United Kingdom
SEATS: 78
TURNOUT: 38.2%
ELECTORATE: 44118453

RESULTS (EXCLUDING NORTHERN IRELAND)
AFTER 11 OF 11 REGIONS DECLARED
  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



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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