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The European Parliament Election, 1989 was the third European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on 15 June. 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. This election saw the best performance ever by the Green Party (UK) (formerly the Ecology Party), collecting over 2 million votes and 15% of the vote share. It had only received 70,853 as the Ecology Party in the previous election. However because of First Past the Post system, the Green Party received 0 seats, while the Scottish National Party received 1 seat with only 3% of the vote share. The SNP received almost double the amount of votes it received in the previous election, its vote share rose by 1%. The election also saw Labour overtake the Conservatives for the first time in any election since October 1974 and the first time ever in an European elections, winning 13 more seats. June 15 is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given election. ...
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The Green Party was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ...
The Scottish National Party (SNP) (Scottish Gaelic: is a centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish independence. ...
The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ...
The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ...
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- Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 36% (EU average: 59%)
- Overall votes cast: 15,896,078
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England, Scotland and Wales Source: UK Office of the European Parliament
Note: percentages are approximate
| Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) | | Labour | 6,153,640 | 45 | +13 | 40 | | Conservative | 5,331,077 | 32 | -13 | 35 | | Green | 2,292,705 | 0 | 0 | 15 | | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 986,292 | 0 | 0 | 6 | | Scottish National Party | 406,686 | 1 | 0 | 3 | | Plaid Cymru | 115,062 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | | Others | 41,295 | 0 | 0 | <1 | Total votes cast - 15,361,267. The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ...
The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ...
The Green Party was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ...
The SDP-Liberal Alliance was an electoral alliance of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party in the UK that ran from 1981 to 1988, when the bulk of the two parties merged to form the Social and Liberal Democrats, later referred to as simply the Liberal Democrats. ...
The Scottish National Party (SNP) (Scottish Gaelic: is a centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish independence. ...
Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales (pronounced IPA: ; Plaid) is a political party in Wales. ...
Northern Ireland Source: Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive | Party | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | | Number | % of vote | | Democratic Unionist | 1 | 0 | 160,110 | 30 | | Social Democratic and Labour | 1 | 0 | 136,335 | 25 | | Ulster Unionist | 1 | 0 | 118,785 | 22 | | Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 48,914 | 9 | | Alliance | 0 | 0 | 27,905 | 5 | | Conservative | 0 | 0 | 25,789 | 5 | | Green | 0 | 0 | 6,569 | 1 | | Workers Party | 0 | 0 | 5,590 | 1 | | Labour Representation | 0 | 0 | 3,540 | 0 | | Labour '87 | 0 | 0 | 1,274 | 0 | Total votes cast - 534,811. DUP redirects here. ...
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtà Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ...
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The Green Party was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ...
The Workers Party (in Irish Páirtà na nOibrithe) is an Irish left wing political party that evolved from Official Sinn Féin. ...
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