EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION, 2004 (UNITED KINGDOM)

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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).

Contents

Results

There are 9 English regions:

London

North East

North West

South East

South West

West Midlands

Yorkshire and Humber

Party Leaders in June 2004

See also

External links

Source

Other guides

Manifestos and documents

Results

★ Turnout for all the regions was 37.6% on an electorate of 45,309,760.
===England, Scotland and Wales - Overall Result===
''Source: BBC''

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
4,397,090	26.7	-9.0	27	-8
3,718,683	22.6	-5.4	19	-6
2,650,768	16.1	+9.2	12	+10
2,452,327	14.9	+2.3	12	+2
1,033,093	6.3	0.0	2	0
808,200	4.9	+3.9	0	0
252,252	1.5	+1.5	0	0
231,505	1.4	-1.3	2	0
159,888	1.0	-0.9	1	0
130,056			0	0
96,325			0	0
79,695			0	0
61,356			0	0
56,771			0	0
	Senior Citizens	42,861			0	0
42,107			0	0
	Pensioners	33,501			0	0
21,056			0	0
20,393			0	0
17,280			0	0
13,776			0	0
12,572			0	0
	Total	17,028,947

:''All parties with over 10,000 votes listed.''
===England

There are 9 English regions:

East Midlands

''Source: BBC''

★ Turnout was 43.4% on an electorate of 3,241,566

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPs elected
Conservative Party	371,362	26.4	-13.1	2	Chris Heaton-Harris, Roger Helmer
UK Independence Party	366,498	26.1	+18.5	2	Derek Clark, Robert Kilroy-Silk (now Ind)
Labour Party	294,198	21.0	-7.6	1	Phillip Whitehead (d. 2005, replaced by Glenis Willmott)
Liberal Democrats	181,964	12.9	+0.2	1	Bill Newton Dunn
British National Party	91,860	6.5	+5.2	0	-
Green Party	76,633	5.5	+0.1	0	-
RESPECT	20,009	1.4	+1.4	0	-
Independent - Rogers	2,615	0.2	+0.2	0	-
Independent - Halliday	847	0.1	+0.1	0	-

East of England

''Source: BBC''

★ Turnout was 36.5% on an electorate of 4,170,840

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPs elected
Conservative Party	465,526	30.8	-11.9	3	Christopher Beazley, Robert Sturdy, Geoffrey van Orden
UK Independence Party	296,160	19.6	+10.7	2	Jeffrey Titford, Tom Wise (suspended)
Labour Party	244,929	16.2	-8.9	1	Richard Howitt
Liberal Democrats	211,378	14.0	+2.1	1	Andrew Duff
Independent - Martin Bell	93,028	6.2	+6.2	0	-
Green Party	84,068	5.6	-0.6	0	-
British National Party	65,557	4.3	+3.4	0	-
English Democrats Party	26,807	1.8	+1.8	0	-
RESPECT	13,904	0.9	+0.9	0	-
Independent - Naisbitt	5,137	0.3	+0.3	0	-
Prolife Alliance	3,730	0.3	+0.3	0	-

London

''Source: BBC''

★ Turnout was 37.3% on an electorate of 5,143,392

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPs elected
Conservative Party	504,941	26.8	-5.9	3	John Bowis, Charles Tannock, Theresa Villiers (resigned 2005 and replaced by Syed Kamall)
Labour Party	466,584	24.8	-10.3	3	Robert Evans, Mary Honeyball, Claude Moraes
Liberal Democrats	288,790	15.3	+3.7	1	Sarah Ludford
UK Independence Party	232,633	12.3	+6.9	1	Gerard Batten
Green Party	158,986	8.4	+0.8	1	Jean Lambert
RESPECT	91,175	4.8	+4.8	0	-
British National Party	76,152	4.0	+2.5	0	-
Christian Peoples Alliance	45,038	2.4	+2.4	0	-
English Democrats Party	15,945	0.9	+0.9	0	-
PPBG	5,205	0.3	+0.3	0	-

North East

''Source: BBC''

★ Turnout was 40.8% on an electorate of 1,922,446

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPs elected
Labour Party	266,057	34.1	-8.1	1	Stephen Hughes
Conservative Party	144,969	18.6	-8.8	1	Martin Callanan
Liberal Democrats	138,791	17.8	+4.3	1	Fiona Hall
UK Independence Party	94,887	12.2	+3.3	0	-
British National Party	50,249	6.4	+5.5	0	-
Independent - Herron	39,658	5.1	+5.1	0	-
Green Party	37,247	4.8	+0.1	0	-
RESPECT	8,633	1.1	+1.1	0	-

North West

''Source: BBC''

★ Turnout was 40.9% on an electorate of 5,188,717

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPs elected
Labour Party	576,388	27.4	-7.1	3	Terry Wynn (resigned 2006 and replaced by Brian Simpson), Arlene McCarthy, Gary Titley
Conservative Party	509,466	24.2	-11.2	3	Robert Atkins, Den Dover, David Sumberg
Liberal Democrats	335,063	15.9	+4.2	2	Chris Davies, Saj Karim
UK Independence Party	257,158	11.7	+5.2	1	John Whittaker
British National Party	134,959	6.4	+5.1	0	-
Green Party	117,393	5.6	-	0	-
Liberal Party	96,325	4.6	+2.4	0	-
English Democrats Party	34,110	1.6	+1.6	0	-
RESPECT	24,636	1.2	+1.2	0	-
Countryside Party	11,283	0.5	+0.5	0	-
Prolife Alliance	10,084	0.5	+0.5	0	-
Independent - Neal	8,318	0.4	+0.4	0	-

South East

★ Turnout was 36.5% on an electorate of 6,087,103

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPs returned
Conservative Party	776,370	35.2	-9.3	4	Richard Ashworth, Nirj Deva, James Elles, Daniel Hannan
UK Independence Party	431,111	19.5	+9.8	2	Nigel Farage, Ashley Mote (now independent)
Liberal Democrats	338,342	15.3	-	2	Chris Huhne (resigned 2005 and replaced by Sharon Bowles), Emma Nicholson
Labour Party	301,398	13.7	-6.0	1	Peter Skinner
Green Party	173,351	7.9	+0.4	1	Caroline Lucas
British National Party	64,877	2.9	+2.1	0	-
Senior Citizens Party	42,861	1.9	+1.9	0	-
English Democrats Party	29,126	1.3	+1.3	0	-
RESPECT	13,426	0.6	+0.6	0	-
Peace Party	12,572	0.6	+0.6	0	-
Christian Peoples Alliance	11,733	0.5	+0.5	0	-
Prolife Alliance	6,579	0.3	+0.3	0	-
Independent - Rhodes	5,671	0.3	+0.3	0	-

South West

★ Turnout was 37.6% on an electorate of 3,845,253

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPs elected
Conservative Party	457,371	31.6	-10.1	3	Giles Chichester, Caroline Jackson, Neil Parish
UK Independence Party	326,784	22.6	+11.9	2	Graham Booth, Roger Knapman
Liberal Democrats	265,619	18.3	+1.9	1	Graham Watson
Labour Party	209,908	14.5	-3.6	1	Glyn Ford
Green Party	103,821	7.2	-1.1	0	-
British National Party	43,653	3.0	+2.1	0	-
Countryside Party	30,824	2.1	+2.1	0	-
RESPECT	10,473	0.7	+0.7	0	-

Gibraltar was considered to be part of South West England for the purposes of the election. The Conservative Party won overwhelming support there. For full results, see European Parliament Election, 2004 (Gibraltar).

West Midlands

★ Turnout was 36.0% on an electorate of 4,016,007

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPS elected
Conservative Party	392,937	27.3	-10.6	3	Philip Bushill-Matthews, Philip Bradbourn, Malcolm Harbour
Labour Party	336,613	23.4	-4.6	2	Michael Cashman, Neena Gill
UK Independence Party	251,366	17.5	+11.6	1	Mike Natrass
Liberal Democrats	197,479	13.7	+2.5	1	Liz Lynne
British National Party	107,794	7.5	+5.8	0	-
Green Party	73,991	5.2	-0.7	0	-
RESPECT	34,704	2.4	+2.4	0	-
Pensioners Party	33,501	2.3	+2.3	0	-
The Common Good	8,650	0.6	+0.6	0	-

Yorkshire and Humber

★ Turnout was 42.6% on an electorate of 3,730,275

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPs elected
Labour Party	413,213	26.3	-5.1	2	Richard Corbett, Linda McAvan
Conservative Party	387,369	24.6	-12.0	2	Timothy Kirkhope, Edward McMillan-Scott
Liberal Democrats	244,607	15.6	+1.2	1	Diana Wallis
UK Independence Party	228,666	14.5	+7.4	1	Godfrey Bloom
British National Party	126,538	8.0	+6.8	0	-
Green Party	90,337	5.7	-	0	-
RESPECT	29,865	1.9	+1.9	0	-
English Democrats Party	24,068	1.5	+1.5	0	-
Independent - Ellis	14,762	0.9	+0.9	0	-
Alliance for Green Socialism	13,776	0.9	+0.9	0	-

===Scotland===
''Source: BBC''

★ Turnout was 30.9% on an electorate of 3,877,194

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	MEPs elected
Labour Party	310,865	26.4	-2.3	2	David Martin, Catherine Stihler
Scottish National Party	231,505	19.7	-7.5	2	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith
Conservative Party	209,028	17.8	-2.0	2	John Purvis, Struan Stevenson
Liberal Democrats	154,178	13.1	+3.3	1	Elspeth Attwooll
Scottish Green Party	79,695	6.8	+1.0	0	-
UK Independence Party	78,828	6.7	+5.4	0	-
Scottish Socialist Party	61,356	5.2	+1.2	0	-
Operation Christian Vote	21,056	1.8	+1.8	0	-
British National Party	19,427	1.7	+1.3	0	-
Scottish Wind Watch	7,255	0.6	+0.6	0	-
Independent - Tait	3,624	0.3	+0.3	0	-

===Wales===
''Source: BBC''

★ Turnout was 41.4% on an electorate of 2,228,030

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats
Labour Party	297,810	32.5	+0.6	2
Conservative Party	177,771	19.4	-3.4	1
Plaid Cymru	159,888	17.4	-12.2	1
UK Independence Party	96,677	10.5	+7.4	0
Liberal Democrats	96,166	10.2	+2.3	0
Green Party	32,761	3.6	+1.0	0
British National Party	27,135	3.0	+3.0	0
Forward Wales	17,280	1.9	+1.9	0
Christian Democratic Party	6,821	0.7	+0.7	0
RESPECT	5,427	0.6	+1.9	0

===Northern Ireland===
''Source: BBC''

★ Turnout was 51.72 % on an electorate of 1,072,669

Party		Seats	Loss/Gain	First Preference Votes		MEP elected
				Number	% of vote
1	0	175,761	31.9	Jim Allister
1	+1	144,541	26.3	Bairbre de Brun
1	0	91,164	16.6	Jim Nicholson
0	-1	87,559	15.9	-
0	0	36,270	6.6	-
0	0	9,172	1.6	-
0	0	4,810	0.9	-

Party Leaders in June 2004

★ Conservative - Michael Howard

★ Labour - Tony Blair

★ Liberal Democrat - Charles Kennedy

★ UK Independence Party - Roger Knapman

★ Green Party Principal Speakers - Caroline Lucas and Mike Woodin

★ SNP - John Swinney

★ Plaid Cymru - Dafydd Iwan and Ieuan Wyn Jones

★ BNP - Nick Griffin

★ DUP - Ian Paisley

★ SDLP - Mark Durkan

★ UUP - David Trimble

★ Sinn Féin - Gerry Adams

See also

★ Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2004-2009 (alphabetic order, can be sorted by constituency, party or party group)

External links

Source

★ BBC News: Vote 2004

Other guides

★ European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)

★ Guide and results at the UK Office of the European Parliament

★ Guide and links Richard Kimber's at Political Science Resources

Manifestos and documents

★ Guardian (newspaper): incomplete collection of manifestos

★ Conservative manifesto (ED)

★ European Greens manifesto; Successes of the Greens in the European Parliament; A Green Contract for Europe; European Election Manifesto: Green Party of England and Wales Manifesto: Northern Ireland (EGP)

★ Labour document (PES)

★ Liberal Democrat manifesto (ELDR)

★ UK Independence Party manifesto (EDD)
Northern Ireland only:

★ Democratic Unionist Party manifesto (NI - ''non-attached'')

★ Sinn Féin

★ Social Democratic and Labour Party manifesto (PES)

★ Socialist Environmental Alliance manifesto

★ Ulster Unionist Party manifesto European manifesto (ED)
Scotland only:

★ Scottish National Party manifesto (EFA)
Wales only:

★ Plaid Cymru / The Party of Wales Manifesto (EFA)