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Encyclopedia > European Parliament election, 1999 (UK)
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The European Parliament Election, 1999 was the UK part of the European Parliament election 1999. It was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom using a system of proportional representation. The European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 introduced the Party List system, using a Closed list. Single Transferable Vote was retained in Northern Ireland. The Act also introduced the new twelve electoral regions. The turnout was again the lowest in Europe, the lowest ever for a European election in the UK.


The Conservatives doubled the number of seats from last European election. Labour saw their 62 seats reduced to just 29. The Liberal Democrats saw their number of seats increase to 10 from just 2 in the previous election. The UK Independence Party, Green Party and Plaid Cymru won their first ever seats in the European Parliament. These changes are largely due to the move from proportional representation from first past the post, introduced by the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999.

  • Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 23.3% (EU average: ?%)
  • Overall votes cast: 10,681,082
Contents
1 England, Scotland and Wales
2 Northern Ireland
3 Party Leaders in June 1999
4 See Also
5 External Links

England, Scotland and Wales

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Map of England with a coloured dot for each MEP
Party Votes Seats Loss/Gain Share of Vote (%)
Conservative 3,578,217 36 +18 35.77
Labour 2,803,821 29 -33 28.03
Liberal Democrat 1,266,549 10 +8 12.66
UK Independence Party 696,057 3 +3 6.96
Green Party 625,378 2 +2 6.25
Scottish National Party 268,528 2 0 2.68
Plaid Cymru 185,235 2 +2 1.85
Pro-Euro Conservative Party 138,097 0 0 1.38
British National Party 102,647 0 0 1.13
Liberal Party 93,051 0 0 1.93
Socialist Labour Party 86,749 0 0 0.87
Others 157,944 0 0 1.57

All parties with more than 50,000 votes shown


Total votes cast - 10,002,273


Northern Ireland

Party Seats Loss/Gain First Preference Votes
Number % of vote
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 1 0 192,762 28.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) 1 0 190,731 28.1
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 1 0 119,507 17.6
Sinn Fein (SF) 0 0 117,643 17.3
Progressive Unionist Party 0 0 22,494 3.31
UK Unionist Party 0 0 20,283 2.98
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) 0 0 14,391 2.12
Natural Law Party 0 0 998 0.15

Total votes cast - 678,809


Party Leaders in June 1999

See Also

  • European Parliament Election 1999 - All EU states
  • Elections in the United Kingdom: European elections
  • MEPs for the UK 1999 - 2004
  • MEPs for the UK 1999 - 2004 by region

External Links

  • Breakdown of results by Region (http://www.ukconstitution.net/politics/elections/Europe_99.html)

 

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