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Encyclopedia > European Parliament election, 1984 (UK)
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The European Parliament Election, 1984 was the second European election to be held in the United Kingdom. The electoral system was First Past the Post in England, Scotland and Wales and Single Transferable Vote in Northern Ireland. The turnout was again the lowest in Europe. In England, Scotland and Wales, the Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party were in alliance, collecting 2,591,635 votes. The election represented a small recovery for Labour, under Michael Foot's replacement Neil Kinnock, taking 15 seats from the Conservatives. In the general election of 1983, they had only had a vote share of 2% more than the SDP-Liberal Alliance and 15% less than the Conservatives.

  • Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 33% (EC average: 61%)
  • Overall votes cast: 13,998,190
Contents
1 England, Scotland and Wales
2 Northern Ireland
3 Party Leaders in 1984
4 See Also

England, Scotland and Wales

Party Votes Seats Loss/Gain Share of Vote (%)
Conservative 5,426,821 45 -15 41
Labour 4,865,261 32 +15 37
Liberal Party 1,358,145 0 0 10
Social Democratic Party 1,233,490 0 0 9
Scottish National Party 230,594 1 0 2
Plaid Cymru 103,031 0 0 1
Ecology Party 70,853 0 0 1
Others 24,678 0 0 <1

Total votes cast - 13,312,873


Northern Ireland

Party Seats Loss/Gain First Preference Votes
Number % of vote
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 1 0 230,251 34
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) 1 0 151,399 22
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 1 0 147,169 21
Sinn Fein (SF) 0 0 91,476 13
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) 0 0 34,046 5
Workers Party 0 0 8,712 1
Others 0 0 22,264 3

Total votes cast - 685,317


Party Leaders in 1984

See Also

  • Elections in the United Kingdom: European elections
  • MEPs for the UK 1984 - 1989

  Results from FactBites:
 
Encyclopedia: British elections (2540 words)
An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office.
The UK is divided into twelve electoral regions, which are the three smaller nations (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and the nine Regions of England.
After Labour's poor performance in the PR elections in the devolved assemblies - failure to win an outright majority in the proportional hybrid AMS elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, the case for reform within the Labour party was further diminished.
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