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The European Parliament election, 2004 was the UK part of the European Parliament election, 2004. It was held on 10 June. It was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom using postal-only voting in four areas. It coincided with local and regional elections.
The Conservative Party and the Labour Party both polled poorly. The Conservatives, although getting a vote share 4.1% greater than Labour, still experienced their lowest vote share in a national election since 1832. Labour's vote share was its lowest since 1918. Labour's decline in votes was regarded as being largely due to widespread public dissatisfaction about the Iraq War and, as with the Conservatives, the increased popularity of the United Kingdom Independence Party.
The United Kingdom Independence Party did exceptionally well, and managed to increase its number of MEPs from 3 to 12, pushing the Liberal Democrats into fourth place. UKIP received a very large increase in media coverage before the elections, partly because of the appointment of Robert Kilroy-Silk as a candidate. The actress Joan Collins also became a member and announced her support for the party.
Other minor parties also posted vote gains.
In Northern Ireland, as expected, Sinn Féin beat the SDLP in the polls and took its first Northern Ireland seat. This coincided with its winning a seat in the corresponding elections in the Republic.
Gibraltar voted for the first time, as part of the South West England region. The Conservative Party won overwhelming support there on a higher than average turnout. For full results, see European Parliament Election, 2004 (Gibraltar).
England, Scotland and Wales
European Parliament election, 2004 (United Kingdom election results)
- Turnout for all the regions was 37.6% on an electorate of 45,309,760.
Source: BBC
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Change |
Seats |
Change |
|
Conservative |
4,397,090 |
26.7 |
-9.0 |
27 |
-8 |
|
Labour |
3,718,683 |
22.6 |
-5.4 |
19 |
-6 |
|
UK Independence |
2,650,768 |
16.1 |
+9.2 |
12 |
+10 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
2,452,327 |
14.9 |
+2.3 |
12 |
+2 |
|
Green |
1,033,093 |
6.3 |
0.0 |
2 |
0 |
|
British National |
808,200 |
4.9 |
+3.9 |
0 |
0 |
|
Respect |
252,252 |
1.5 |
+1.5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Scottish National Party |
231,505 |
1.4 |
-1.3 |
2 |
0 |
|
Plaid Cymru |
159,888 |
1.0 |
-0.9 |
1 |
0 |
|
English Democrats |
130,056 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Liberal |
96,325 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Scottish Green |
79,695 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Scottish Socialist |
61,356 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Christian Peoples |
56,771 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Senior Citizens |
42,861 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Countryside Party |
42,107 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Pensioners |
33,501 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Christian Vote |
21,056 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
ProLife Alliance |
20,393 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Forward Wales |
17,280 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Alliance for Green Socialism |
13,776 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Peace |
12,572 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
17,028,947 |
|
|
|
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- All parties with over 10,000 votes listed.
Northern Ireland
By constituency
See pages for individual constituencies.
Party Leaders in June 2004
See also
References
External links
[] Source
Other guides
Manifestos and documents
Northern Ireland only:
Scotland only:
Wales only:
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