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class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>10 June 2004</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom_(1999%E2%80%932004)" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (1999–2004)">outgoing members</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom_(2004%E2%80%932009)" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (2004–2009)">elected members</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 78 of the United Kingdom's seats<br /> in the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">38.5%<sup id="cite_ref-Turnout-EP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turnout-EP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>14.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0087DC;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Evans,_Jonathan_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Evans%2C_Jonathan_%28crop%29.jpg/132px-Evans%2C_Jonathan_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Evans%2C_Jonathan_%28crop%29.jpg/198px-Evans%2C_Jonathan_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Evans%2C_Jonathan_%28crop%29.jpg/264px-Evans%2C_Jonathan_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="778" data-file-height="944" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E4003B;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gary_Titley-_British_Politician.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Gary_Titley-_British_Politician.jpg/126px-Gary_Titley-_British_Politician.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Gary_Titley-_British_Politician.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #6D3177;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roger_Knapman_(3x4_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Roger_Knapman_%283x4_crop%29.jpg/120px-Roger_Knapman_%283x4_crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Roger_Knapman_%283x4_crop%29.jpg/180px-Roger_Knapman_%283x4_crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Roger_Knapman_%283x4_crop%29.jpg/240px-Roger_Knapman_%283x4_crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="421" data-file-height="561" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Evans_(politician)" title="Jonathan Evans (politician)">Jonathan Evans</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Titley" title="Gary Titley">Gary Titley</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Knapman" title="Roger Knapman">Roger Knapman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People's Party Group">EPP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">PES</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independence/Democracy" title="Independence/Democracy">IND/DEM</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14 December 2001 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2002 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 October 2002 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wales (European Parliament constituency)">Wales</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/North_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East England (European Parliament constituency)">North East England</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West England (European Parliament constituency)">South West England</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">36 seats, 33.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">29 seats, 26.3% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 seats, 6.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">35<sup>‡</sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25<sup>‡</sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>27</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">19 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>8* </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6* </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>10* </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>4,397,087</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3,718,683 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,650,768 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>25.9%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21.9% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">15.6% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>7.6% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4.4% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>9.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FAA61A;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GrahamWatsonMEPHead_and_Shoulders.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/GrahamWatsonMEPHead_and_Shoulders.jpg/108px-GrahamWatsonMEPHead_and_Shoulders.jpg" decoding="async" width="108" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/GrahamWatsonMEPHead_and_Shoulders.jpg/162px-GrahamWatsonMEPHead_and_Shoulders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/GrahamWatsonMEPHead_and_Shoulders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #02A95B;"><div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#02A95B; font-size:38px;"> <b>Green</b></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Watson" title="Graham Watson">Graham Watson</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">N/A<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe">ALDE</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party">European Green Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">January 2002 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West England (European Parliament constituency)">South West England</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 seats, 11.9% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 seats, 5.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10<sup>‡</sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2* </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,452,327 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">948,588 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14.4% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.6% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.3% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European_Parliament_election_2004_-_UK_results.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/European_Parliament_election_2004_-_UK_results.png/320px-European_Parliament_election_2004_-_UK_results.png" decoding="async" width="320" height="453" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/European_Parliament_election_2004_-_UK_results.png/480px-European_Parliament_election_2004_-_UK_results.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/European_Parliament_election_2004_-_UK_results.png/640px-European_Parliament_election_2004_-_UK_results.png 2x" data-file-width="1160" data-file-height="1642" /></a></span><div>Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the <a href="#Results">results tables</a> <i>*Seat change has been adjusted to allow for direct comparison with the results from the 1999 election</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> <br /><sup>‡</sup>Notional 1999 results</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2004_UK_European_Parliament_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2004_UK_European_Parliament_election.svg/300px-2004_UK_European_Parliament_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2004_UK_European_Parliament_election.svg/450px-2004_UK_European_Parliament_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2004_UK_European_Parliament_election.svg/600px-2004_UK_European_Parliament_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Leader of Largest Party before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Subsequent Leader of Largest Party</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/United_Kingdom_EU.svg/180px-United_Kingdom_EU.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/United_Kingdom_EU.svg/240px-United_Kingdom_EU.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="916" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_European_Communities" title="Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities">Accession</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_1972" title="Treaty of Accession 1972">Treaty of Accession 1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Communities_Act_1972_(UK)" title="European Communities Act 1972 (UK)">1972 EC Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_enlargement_of_the_European_Communities" title="1973 enlargement of the European Communities">1973 enlargement of the EC</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975 referendum</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Referendum_Act_1975" title="Referendum Act 1975">Referendum Act</a> (<a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="Results of the 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">results</a>)</li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_the_European_Union" title="Treaties of the European Union">Treaty</a> amendments</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Single_European_Act" title="Single European Act">Single European Act</a>, 1986</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Communities_(Amendment)_Act_1986" title="European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty" title="Maastricht Treaty">Maastricht Treaty</a>, 1992</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Communities_(Amendment)_Act_1993" title="European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Amsterdam" title="Treaty of Amsterdam">Treaty of Amsterdam</a>, 1997</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Communities_(Amendment)_Act_1998" title="European Communities (Amendment) Act 1998">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Nice" title="Treaty of Nice">Treaty of Nice</a>, 2001</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Communities_(Amendment)_Act_2002" title="European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon" title="Treaty of Lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon</a>, 2007</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Amendment)_Act_2008" title="European Union (Amendment) Act 2008">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <div style="text-align:left"> <p><b>Related:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Act_2011" title="European Union Act 2011">2011 UK Act on new EU Treaty amendments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_relating_to_the_European_Communities_and_the_European_Union" title="Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union">EU-related British Acts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Constitution_referendum" title="United Kingdom European Constitution referendum">Proposed European Constitution referendum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Bill_2004%E2%80%932005" title="European Union Bill 2004–2005">European Union Bill 2004–2005</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> 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style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (elected by parliament)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1979%E2%80%931984" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1979–1984">Members 1979–1984</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1984%E2%80%931989" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1984–1989">Members 1984–1989</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1989%E2%80%931994" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1989–1994">Members 1989–1994</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1994%E2%80%931999" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1994–1999">Members 1994–1999</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1999%E2%80%932004" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1999–2004">Members 1999–2004</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2004%E2%80%932009" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2004–2009">Members 2004–2009</a></td><td 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href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2019%E2%80%932020" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2019–2020">Members 2019–2020</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019 election</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <div style="text-align:left"> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of female members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom">Women</a> </p> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Officials and bodies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Committee" title="European Union Committee">House of Lords EU Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Scrutiny_Committee" title="European Scrutiny Committee">House of Commons EU Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Permanent_Representatives_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to the European Union">Permanent EU Representatives for UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Executive_in_Brussels" title="Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels">Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Representative_of_the_European_Union,_London" class="mw-redirect" 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The United Kingdom's part of this election was held on Thursday 10 June 2004. The election also coincided with the <a href="/wiki/2004_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2004 United Kingdom local elections">2004 local elections</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2004_London_Assembly_election" title="2004 London Assembly election">London Assembly</a> and <a href="/wiki/2004_London_mayoral_election" title="2004 London mayoral election">mayoral</a> elections. In total, 78 <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Members of the European Parliament</a> were elected from the United Kingdom using <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> both polled poorly. The Conservatives experienced their second-lowest ever recorded vote share in a national election (even less than their 1832 nadir, although the party would do worse still in the <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election" title="2014 European Parliament election">2014</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election" title="2019 European Parliament election">2019</a> elections), and Labour their lowest since 1918. The <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> (UKIP) saw a large increase in support, increasing its number of <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">MEPs</a> from 3 to 12 and on popular vote pushed the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>, who themselves had increased their representation from 10 to 12 seats into fourth place. In <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> in the polls and took its first Northern Ireland seat. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United Kingdom elected 78 <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Members of the European Parliament</a> using <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>. The United Kingdom was divided into twelve multi-member constituencies. The eleven of these regions which form <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> used a closed-list <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">party list system</a> method of proportional representation, calculated using the <a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt method</a>. <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> used the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">Single Transferable Vote</a> (STV). As a consequence of the <a href="/wiki/2004_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2004 enlargement of the European Union">2004 enlargement of the European Union</a>, the number of <a href="/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_European_Parliament" title="Apportionment in the European Parliament">seats allocated</a> to the United Kingdom was fewer than in 1999. </p><p>It was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom using postal-only voting in four areas: the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, and East Midlands regions.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_seat_allocations">Regional seat allocations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Regional seat allocations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A combination of the effects of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Nice" title="Treaty of Nice">Treaty of Nice</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2004_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2004 enlargement of the European Union">2004 enlargement of the European Union</a> meant that the number of <a href="/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_European_Parliament" title="Apportionment in the European Parliament">seats allocated</a> to the United Kingdom for the 2004 election was reduced from the 87 MEPs allocated for the <a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a> election to 78 MEPs.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the successful challenge of <i><a href="/wiki/Matthews_v_United_Kingdom" title="Matthews v United Kingdom">Matthews v United Kingdom</a></i> before the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> in 1999<sup id="cite_ref-webcitation.org_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-webcitation.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> residents of <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>, voted in the European Parliament election for the first time, as part of the <a href="/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West England (European Parliament constituency)">South West England region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Court_upholds_Rock_voting_rights_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Court_upholds_Rock_voting_rights-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <caption>Changes in regional seat allocations<sup id="cite_ref-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency</th> <th>Representation<br /> in 1999</th> <th>Representation<br /> in 2004</th> <th class="unsortable">Net Gain/Loss </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">East Midlands</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_of_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="East of England (European Parliament constituency)">East of England</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td><b>7</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/London_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="London (European Parliament constituency)">London</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>9</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East England (European Parliament constituency)">North East England</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="North West England (European Parliament constituency)">North West England</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>9</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, 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<td><b>7</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South East England (European Parliament constituency)">South East England</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td><b>10</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West England (European Parliament constituency)">South West England</a><sup><b>1</b></sup> </td> <td>7 </td> <td><b>7</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wales (European Parliament constituency)">Wales</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td><b>7</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_and_the_Humber_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)">Yorkshire and the Humber</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Overall </th> <th>87 </th> <th><b>78</b> </th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>9 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup><b>1</b></sup> <small>Includes <a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>, the only <a href="/wiki/British_overseas_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="British overseas territory">British overseas territory</a> which was part of the EU.</small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:European_Parliament_election,_2004_(United_Kingdom).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/European_Parliament_election%2C_2004_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg/220px-European_Parliament_election%2C_2004_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="411" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/European_Parliament_election%2C_2004_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg/330px-European_Parliament_election%2C_2004_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/European_Parliament_election%2C_2004_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg/440px-European_Parliament_election%2C_2004_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="984" data-file-height="1838" /></a><figcaption>Partial map, showing most popular party by counting area in Great Britain only.</figcaption></figure> <p>Turnout for all the regions was 38.2% on an electorate of 44,157,267<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (43,084,598 in Great Britain and 1,072,669 in Northern Ireland).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> both polled poorly. The Conservatives, although getting a vote share 4.1% greater than Labour, 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 <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> and (as with the Conservatives) the increased popularity of <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> (UKIP). UKIP saw a large increase in support, increasing its number of <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">MEPs</a> from 3 to 12, drawing level with the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>, who themselves had increased their representation from 10 to 12 seats. UKIP polled higher than the Liberal Democrats to push the latter into fourth place. </p><p>Turnout was lowest in Scotland, which did not hold local elections on the same day. In Scotland, Labour topped the poll, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP). The Conservatives' share of the vote declined by 2 per cent, making it the region with the smallest swing against them.<sup id="cite_ref-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wales was the only region were Labour increased its share of the vote compared to 1999. The Conservatives managed to make gains pushing Plaid Cymru into third and whose share of the vote fell by 12 percentage points relative to 1999. Similarly UKIP narrowly beat the Liberal Democrats into fourth place. Wales was the region where the Green Party polled their lowest share of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Votes won</th> <th>% of vote</th> <th>Loss/Gain</th> <th>Seats</th> <th>Loss/Gain†</th> <th>% of seats </th></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>4,397,090</td> <td>25.9</td> <td><span style="color:red">-7.6</span></td> <td>27</td> <td><span style="color:red">-8</span></td> <td>34.6 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>3,718,683</td> <td>21.9</td> <td><span style="color:red">-4.4</span></td> <td>19</td> <td><span style="color:red">-6</span></td> <td>24.4 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6D3177;" data-sort-value="UK Independence Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td>2,650,768</td> <td>15.6</td> <td><span style="color:green">+9.1</span></td> <td>12</td> <td><span style="color:green">+10</span></td> <td>15.4 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>2,452,327</td> <td>14.4</td> <td><span style="color:green">+2.6</span></td> <td>12</td> <td><span style="color:green">+2</span></td> <td>15.4 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td>948,588</td> <td>5.6</td> <td><span style="color:green">+0.3</span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.6 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2e3b74;" data-sort-value="British National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td>808,201</td> <td>4.8</td> <td><span style="color:green">+3.8</span></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #46801c;" data-sort-value="RESPECT The Unity Coalition"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/RESPECT_The_Unity_Coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="RESPECT The Unity Coalition">Respect</a> </td> <td>252,216</td> <td>1.5</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>231,505</td> <td>1.4</td> <td><span style="color:red">-1.2</span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.6 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td>175,761</td> <td>1.0</td> <td><span style="color:red">-0.8</span></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.3 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td>159,888</td> <td>0.9</td> <td><span style="color:red">-0.8</span></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.3 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td>144,541</td> <td>0.9</td> <td><span style="color:red">-0.3</span></td> <td>1</td> <td><span style="color:green">+1</span></td> <td>1.3 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #915F6D;" data-sort-value="English Democrats Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/English_Democrats_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="English Democrats Party">English Democrat</a> </td> <td>130,056</td> <td>0.8</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EB7A43;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td>96,325</td> <td>0.6</td> <td><span style="color:red">-0.3</span></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - <a href="/wiki/Martin_Bell" title="Martin Bell">Martin Bell</a> </td> <td align="right">93,028</td> <td>0.6</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td>91,164</td> <td>0.5</td> <td><span style="color:red">-0.6</span></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.3 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td>87,559</td> <td>0.5</td> <td><span style="color:red">-1.3</span></td> <td>0</td> <td><span style="color:red">-1</span></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00B140;" data-sort-value="Scottish Greens"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td>79,695</td> <td>0.5</td> <td><span style="color:red">-0.1</span></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ff0000;" data-sort-value="Scottish Socialist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party" title="Scottish Socialist Party">Scottish Socialist</a> </td> <td>61,356</td> <td>0.4</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #813887;" data-sort-value="Christian Peoples Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Peoples_Alliance" title="Christian Peoples Alliance">CPA</a> </td> <td>56,771</td> <td>0.3</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8B2929;" data-sort-value="Senior Citizens Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Senior_Citizens_Party" title="Senior Citizens Party">Senior Citizens</a> </td> <td>42,861</td> <td>0.3</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: olive;" data-sort-value="Countryside Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Countryside_Party_(UK)" title="Countryside Party (UK)">Countryside</a> </td> <td>42,107</td> <td>0.2</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Herron </td> <td align="right">39,658</td> <td>0.2</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Gilliland </td> <td align="right">36,270</td> <td>0.2</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #808080;" data-sort-value="Pensioners Party (England)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Pensioners_Party_(England)" title="Pensioners Party (England)">Pensioners</a> </td> <td>33,501</td> <td>0.2</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #9966CC;" data-sort-value="Operation Christian Vote"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Christian_Vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Christian Vote">Christian Vote</a> </td> <td>21,056</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #333333;" data-sort-value="ProLife Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/ProLife_Alliance" title="ProLife Alliance">ProLife Alliance</a> </td> <td>20,393</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF3333;" data-sort-value="Forward Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_Wales" title="Forward Wales">Forward Wales</a> </td> <td>17,280</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Ellis </td> <td align="right">14,762</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">People's Party for Better Government </td> <td align="right">13,776</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F58231;" data-sort-value="Peace Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Peace_Party_(UK)" title="Peace Party (UK)">Peace</a> </td> <td>12,572</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #BB0000;" data-sort-value="Socialist Environmental Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Environmental_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Environmental Alliance">Socialist Environmental</a> </td> <td>9,172</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F77FBE;" data-sort-value="The Common Good (political party)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/The_Common_Good_(political_party)" title="The Common Good (political party)">Common Good</a> </td> <td align="right">8,650</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Neal </td> <td align="right">8,318</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Scottish Wind Watch </td> <td align="right">7,255</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Christian Democratic Party </td> <td align="right">6,821</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Rhodes </td> <td align="right">5,671</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Naisbitt </td> <td align="right">5,137</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party in Northern Ireland">Green (NI)</a> </td> <td align="right">4,810</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Tait </td> <td align="right">3,624</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Rogers </td> <td align="right">2,615</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Shadmyraine </td> <td align="right">847</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr class="unsortable"> <th colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;">Total</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9;"><b>16,443,397</b></th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">—</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">—</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">78</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">—</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">— </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><i>All parties listed.</i></dd></dl> <p>†Loss/gain figures for seats are losses/gains versus the 1999 notional result, as the number of MEPs overall fell. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_Britain">Great Britain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Great Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Summary of the election results for Great Britain</b><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Votes won</th> <th>% of vote</th> <th>Loss/Gain</th> <th>Seats</th> <th>Loss/Gain†</th> <th>% of seats </th></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>4,397,090</td> <td>26.7</td> <td>-9.0</td> <td>27</td> <td>-8</td> <td>36.0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>3,718,683</td> <td>22.6</td> <td>-5.4</td> <td>19</td> <td>-6</td> <td>25.3 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6D3177;" data-sort-value="UK Independence Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td>2,650,768</td> <td>16.1</td> <td>+9.2</td> <td>12</td> <td>+10</td> <td>16.0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>2,452,327</td> <td>14.9</td> <td>+2.3</td> <td>12</td> <td>+2</td> <td>16.0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td>948,588</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>+0.1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.7 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2e3b74;" data-sort-value="British National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td>808,201</td> <td>4.9</td> <td>+3.9</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #46801c;" data-sort-value="RESPECT The Unity Coalition"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/RESPECT_The_Unity_Coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="RESPECT The Unity Coalition">Respect</a> </td> <td>252,216</td> <td>1.5</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>231,505</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>-1.3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.7 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td>159,888</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>-0.9</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.3 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #915F6D;" data-sort-value="English Democrats Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/English_Democrats_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="English Democrats Party">English Democrat</a> </td> <td>130,056</td> <td>0.8</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EB7A43;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td>96,325</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>-0.3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - <a href="/wiki/Martin_Bell" title="Martin Bell">Martin Bell</a> </td> <td align="right">93,028</td> <td>0.6</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00B140;" data-sort-value="Scottish Green Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Green_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Green Party">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td>79,695</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>-0.1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ff0000;" data-sort-value="Scottish Socialist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party" title="Scottish Socialist Party">Scottish Socialist</a> </td> <td>61,356</td> <td>0.4</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #813887;" data-sort-value="Christian Peoples Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Peoples_Alliance" title="Christian Peoples Alliance">CPA</a> </td> <td>56,771</td> <td>0.3</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8B2929;" data-sort-value="Senior Citizens Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Senior_Citizens_Party" title="Senior Citizens Party">Senior Citizens</a> </td> <td>42,861</td> <td>0.3</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: olive;" data-sort-value="Countryside Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Countryside_Party_(UK)" title="Countryside Party (UK)">Countryside</a> </td> <td>42,107</td> <td>0.3</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Herron </td> <td align="right">39,658</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>New</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #808080;" data-sort-value="Pensioners Party (England)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Pensioners_Party_(England)" title="Pensioners Party (England)">Pensioners</a> </td> <td>33,501</td> <td>0.2</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #9966CC;" data-sort-value="Operation Christian Vote"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Christian_Vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Christian Vote">Christian Vote</a> </td> <td>21,056</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #333333;" data-sort-value="ProLife Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/ProLife_Alliance" title="ProLife Alliance">ProLife Alliance</a> </td> <td>20,393</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF3333;" data-sort-value="Forward Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_Wales" title="Forward Wales">Forward Wales</a> </td> <td>17,280</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Herron </td> <td align="right">14,762</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">People's Party for Better Government </td> <td align="right">13,776</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F58231;" data-sort-value="Peace Party (United Kingdom)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Peace_Party_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace Party (United Kingdom)">Peace</a> </td> <td>12,572</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F77FBE;" data-sort-value="The Common Good (political party)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/The_Common_Good_(political_party)" title="The Common Good (political party)">Common Good</a> </td> <td align="right">8,650</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Neal </td> <td align="right">8,318</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Scottish Wind Watch </td> <td align="right">7,255</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Christian Democratic Party </td> <td align="right">6,821</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Rhodes </td> <td align="right">5,671</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Naisbitt </td> <td align="right">5,137</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Tait </td> <td align="right">3,624</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Rogers </td> <td align="right">2,615</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent - Shadmyraine </td> <td align="right">847</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr class="unsortable"> <th colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;">Total</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9;"><b>16,443,397</b></th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">—</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">—</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">75</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">—</th> <th style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;">— </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><i>All parties listed.</i></dd></dl> <p>†Loss/gain figures for seats are losses/gains versus the 1999 notional result, as the number of MEPs overall fell. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gibraltar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar</a></div> <p>Gibraltar participated in the United Kingdom's election for the first time in 2004 as part of the <a href="/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West England (European Parliament constituency)">South West England constituency</a>. Gibraltar is a <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British overseas territory</a> (BOT) and therefore is under the <a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction" title="Jurisdiction">jurisdiction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">sovereignty</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> but does not form part of it.<sup id="cite_ref-fco_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fco-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibraltar was however part of the EU, the only BOT to be so included. Following however, the result of the successful challenge of <i><a href="/wiki/Matthews_v_United_Kingdom" title="Matthews v United Kingdom">Matthews v United Kingdom</a></i> before the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> in 1999<sup id="cite_ref-webcitation.org_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-webcitation.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> residents of <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> were given the right to vote in the European Parliament elections. The British government decided not to give Gibraltar its own seat due to its small electorate of just over 20,000 which would have meant with just one seat Gibraltar would have been over-represented by about 30 times the average.<sup id="cite_ref-Court_upholds_Rock_voting_rights_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Court_upholds_Rock_voting_rights-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>None of the main <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Gibraltar" title="List of political parties in Gibraltar">Gibraltar political parties</a> contested the election, so voters chose from United Kingdom party lists. However, Lyana Armstrong-Emery of Gibraltar's <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(Gibraltar)" title="Reform Party (Gibraltar)">Reform Party</a> had a place on a joint list with the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green Party</a>. In addition both the leader of the Conservative Party, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a>, and his deputy, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ancram" title="Michael Ancram">Michael Ancram</a>, campaigned in Gibraltar.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Turnout in Gibraltar was 57.5%, higher than the 37.6% for the South West England electoral region as a whole.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> polled over two-thirds of the Gibraltar vote, with no other party exceeding 10% support. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Ireland">Northern Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Northern Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Turnout in Northern Ireland was 51.2%.<sup id="cite_ref-European_Election:_Northern_Ireland_Result_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-European_Election:_Northern_Ireland_Result-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> in the polls and took its first Northern Ireland seat. Sinn Féin also won a seat in the <a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2004 European Parliament election in Ireland">corresponding elections</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sinn Féin and the DUP increased their shares of the vote relative to the 1999 European Parliament elections, while the shares for both the SDLP and the UUP fell.<sup id="cite_ref-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was also the final election in which a Unionist candidate topped the poll in Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jim Allister of the DUP and Bairbre de Brún of Sinn Féin were elected in the first round while Jim Nicholson of the UUP was elected in the third stage, after the votes of the other candidates were reallocated.<sup id="cite_ref-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Research_Paper_04/50_European_Parliament_elections_2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Summary of the election results for Northern Ireland</b><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidate(s) </th> <th rowspan="2">Seats </th> <th rowspan="2">Loss/Gain </th> <th colspan="2">First Preference Votes </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% of vote </th></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Allister" title="Jim Allister">Jim Allister</a></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td> <td><b>175,761</b></td> <td><b>31.9</b> </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bairbre_de_Br%C3%BAn" title="Bairbre de Brún">Bairbre de Brún</a></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <b>1</b></td> <td><b>144,541</b></td> <td><b>26.3</b> </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nicholson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Jim Nicholson (Northern Ireland politician)">Jim Nicholson</a></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td> <td><b>91,164</b></td> <td><b>16.6</b> </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Morgan" title="Martin Morgan">Martin Morgan</a></td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1</td> <td>87,559</td> <td>15.9 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>John Gilliland</td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td> <td>36,270</td> <td>6.6 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #BB0000;" data-sort-value="Socialist Environmental Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Environmental_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Environmental Alliance">Socialist Environmental</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eamonn_McCann" title="Eamonn McCann">Eamonn McCann</a></td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td> <td>9,172</td> <td>1.6 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party of Northern Ireland"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party of Northern Ireland">Green (NI)</a> </td> <td>Lindsay Whitcroft</td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td> <td>4,810</td> <td>0.9 </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td colspan="5"><b>Total</b></td> <td>549,277</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="right"> <td colspan="5"><b>Turnout</b></td> <td></td> <td>51.2%<sup id="cite_ref-European_Election:_Northern_Ireland_Result_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-European_Election:_Northern_Ireland_Result-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MEPs_defeated">MEPs defeated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: MEPs defeated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Labour</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Bowe_(politician)" title="David Bowe (politician)">David Bowe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_and_the_Humber_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)">Yorkshire and the Humber</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Miller_(Scottish_politician)" title="Bill Miller (Scottish politician)">Bill Miller</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scotland_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Scotland (European Parliament constituency)">Scotland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Simpson" title="Brian Simpson">Brian Simpson</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="North West England (European Parliament constituency)">North West England</a>) - returned to the European Parliament in September 2006 and defended his seat in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo_O%27Toole" title="Mo O'Toole">Mo O'Toole</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East England (European Parliament constituency)">North East England</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_F._Watts" title="Mark F. Watts">Mark F. Watts</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South East England (European Parliament constituency)">South East England</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>Conservative</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Foster" title="Jacqueline Foster">Jacqueline Foster</a> (North West England) - was reelected in the 2009 election.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Macmillan,_2nd_Earl_of_Stockton" title="Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton">Alexander Macmillan</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West England (European Parliament constituency)">South West England</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Perry" title="Roy Perry">Roy Perry</a> (South East England)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Twinn" title="Ian Twinn">Ian Twinn</a> (<a href="/wiki/London_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="London (European Parliament constituency)">London</a>) - only took seat on 21 October 2003 after the ill-health resignation of <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Bethell,_4th_Baron_Bethell" title="Nicholas Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell">Lord Bethell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Plaid Cymru</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurig_Wyn" title="Eurig Wyn">Eurig Wyn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wales (European Parliament constituency)">Wales</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> faced criticism for their results with then <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Secretary of State for Health and Social Care">Secretary of State for Health</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">John Reid</a> calling the results "disappointing" for Labour and "disastrous" for the Conservatives.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after the election UKIP's <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kilroy-Silk" title="Robert Kilroy-Silk">Robert Kilroy-Silk</a>, who was credited with raising the profile of the party during the election, was interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> television about leadership ambitions, Kilroy-Silk did not deny having ambitions to lead the party, but stressed that <a href="/wiki/Roger_Knapman" title="Roger Knapman">Roger Knapman</a> would lead it into the next general election.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, the next day, on <i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_with_Frost" title="Breakfast with Frost">Breakfast with Frost</a></i>, he criticised Knapman's leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After further disagreement with the leadership, Kilroy-Silk resigned the UKIP whip in the European Parliament on 27 October 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, he remained a member, while seeking a bid for the party leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this was not successful and he resigned completely from UKIP on 20 January 2005, calling it a "joke".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two weeks later, he founded his own party, <a href="/wiki/Veritas_(political_party)" title="Veritas (political party)">Veritas</a>, taking a number of UKIP members, including both of the London Assembly members, with him.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UKIP formed a new <a href="/wiki/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Political groups of the European Parliament">European Parliament Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Independence/Democracy" title="Independence/Democracy">Independence/Democracy</a> which was co-chaired by <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hanne_Dahl" title="Hanne Dahl">Hanne Dahl</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 United Kingdom general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of political parties in the United Kingdom">List of political parties in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_Greenland" title="1984 European Parliament election in Greenland">Greenland</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="1984 European Parliament election in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="1984 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="1984 European Parliament election in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy" title="1984 European Parliament election in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_Luxembourg" title="1984 European Parliament election in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Netherlands" title="1984 European Parliament election in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_West_Germany" title="1984 European Parliament election in West Germany">West Germany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election" title="1989 European Parliament election">1989</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Belgium" title="1989 European Parliament election in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Denmark" title="1989 European Parliament election in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="1989 European Parliament election in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="1989 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="1989 European Parliament election in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy" title="1989 European Parliament election in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Luxembourg" title="1989 European Parliament election in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Netherlands" title="1989 European Parliament election in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Portugal" title="1989 European Parliament election in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="1989 European Parliament election in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_West_Germany" title="1989 European Parliament election in West Germany">West Germany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election" title="1994 European Parliament election">1994</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Belgium" title="1994 European Parliament election in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Denmark" title="1994 European Parliament election in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="1994 European Parliament election in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Germany" title="1994 European Parliament election in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="1994 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="1994 European Parliament election in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy" title="1994 European Parliament election in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Luxembourg" title="1994 European Parliament election in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Netherlands" title="1994 European Parliament election in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Portugal" title="1994 European Parliament election in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="1994 European Parliament election in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election" title="1999 European Parliament election">1999</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="1999 European Parliament election in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Belgium" title="1999 European Parliament election in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Denmark" title="1999 European Parliament election in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="1999 European Parliament election in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="1999 European Parliament election in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Germany" title="1999 European Parliament election in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="1999 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="1999 European Parliament election in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy" title="1999 European Parliament election in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Luxembourg" title="1999 European Parliament election in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Netherlands" title="1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Portugal" title="1999 European Parliament election in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="1999 European Parliament election in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Sweden" title="1999 European Parliament election in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election" title="2004 European Parliament election">2004</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="2004 European Parliament election in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Belgium" title="2004 European Parliament election in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Cyprus" title="2004 European Parliament election in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Denmark" title="2004 European Parliament election in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Estonia" title="2004 European Parliament election in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2004 European Parliament election in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2004 European Parliament election in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Germany" title="2004 European Parliament election in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="2004 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Hungary" title="2004 European Parliament election in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2004 European Parliament election in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy" title="2004 European Parliament election in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Latvia" title="2004 European Parliament election in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Luxembourg" title="2004 European Parliament election in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2004 European Parliament election in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Netherlands" title="2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Poland" title="2004 European Parliament election in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Portugal" title="2004 European Parliament election in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovakia" title="2004 European Parliament election in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovenia" title="2004 European Parliament election in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2004 European Parliament election in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Sweden" title="2004 European Parliament election in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United Kingdom</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(including <a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election" title="2009 European Parliament election">2009</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="2009 European Parliament election in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Belgium" title="2009 European Parliament election in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Bulgaria" title="2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Cyprus" title="2009 European Parliament election in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="2009 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Denmark" title="2009 European Parliament election in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Estonia" title="2009 European Parliament election in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2009 European Parliament election in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2009 European Parliament election in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Germany" title="2009 European Parliament election in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="2009 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Hungary" title="2009 European Parliament election in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2009 European Parliament election in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy" title="2009 European Parliament election in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Latvia" title="2009 European Parliament election in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2009 European Parliament election in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Luxembourg" title="2009 European Parliament election in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2009 European Parliament election in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Netherlands" title="2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Poland" title="2009 European Parliament election in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Portugal" title="2009 European Parliament election in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Romania" title="2009 European Parliament election in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovakia" title="2009 European Parliament election in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovenia" title="2009 European Parliament election in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2009 European Parliament election in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Sweden" title="2009 European Parliament election in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(including <a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2009 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election" title="2014 European Parliament election">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="2014 European Parliament election in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Belgium" title="2014 European Parliament election in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Bulgaria" title="2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Croatia" title="2014 European Parliament election in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Cyprus" title="2014 European Parliament election in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Denmark" title="2014 European Parliament election in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Estonia" title="2014 European Parliament election in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2014 European Parliament election in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2014 European Parliament election in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Germany" title="2014 European Parliament election in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="2014 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Hungary" title="2014 European Parliament election in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2014 European Parliament election in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy" title="2014 European Parliament election in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Latvia" title="2014 European Parliament election in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Luxembourg" title="2014 European Parliament election in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2014 European Parliament election in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Netherlands" title="2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Poland" title="2014 European Parliament election in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Portugal" title="2014 European Parliament election in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Romania" title="2014 European Parliament election in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovakia" title="2014 European Parliament election in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovenia" title="2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2014 European Parliament election in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Sweden" title="2014 European Parliament election in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(including <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2014 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election" title="2019 European Parliament election">2019</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="2019 European Parliament election in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Belgium" title="2019 European Parliament election in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Bulgaria" title="2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Croatia" title="2019 European Parliament election in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Cyprus" title="2019 European Parliament election in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Denmark" title="2019 European Parliament election in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Estonia" title="2019 European Parliament election in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2019 European Parliament election in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2019 European Parliament election in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Germany" title="2019 European Parliament election in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="2019 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Hungary" title="2019 European Parliament election in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2019 European Parliament election in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy" title="2019 European Parliament election in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Latvia" title="2019 European Parliament election in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Luxembourg" title="2019 European Parliament election in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2019 European Parliament election in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Netherlands" title="2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Poland" title="2019 European Parliament election in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Portugal" title="2019 European Parliament election in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Romania" title="2019 European Parliament election in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovakia" title="2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovenia" title="2019 European Parliament election in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2019 European Parliament election in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Sweden" title="2019 European Parliament election in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(including <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2019 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election" title="2024 European Parliament election">2024</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="2024 European Parliament election in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Belgium" title="2024 European Parliament election in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Bulgaria" title="2024 European Parliament election in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Croatia" title="2024 European Parliament election in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Cyprus" title="2024 European Parliament election in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="2024 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Denmark" title="2024 European Parliament election in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Estonia" title="2024 European Parliament election in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2024 European Parliament election in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2024 European Parliament election in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Germany" title="2024 European Parliament election in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="2024 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Hungary" title="2024 European Parliament election in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2024 European Parliament election in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy" title="2024 European Parliament election in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Latvia" title="2024 European Parliament election in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Luxembourg" title="2024 European Parliament election in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2024 European Parliament election in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_the_Netherlands" title="2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Poland" title="2024 European Parliament election in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Portugal" title="2024 European Parliament election in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Romania" title="2024 European Parliament election in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovakia" title="2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovenia" title="2024 European Parliament election in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2024 European Parliament election in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Sweden" title="2024 European Parliament election in Sweden">Sweden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Off-year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1981_European_Parliament_election_in_Greece" title="1981 European Parliament election in Greece">Greece (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_European_Parliament_election_in_Portugal" title="1987 European Parliament election in Portugal">Portugal (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="1987 European Parliament election in Spain">Spain (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_European_Parliament_election_in_Sweden" title="1995 European Parliament election in Sweden">Sweden (1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="1996 European Parliament election in Austria">Austria (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="1996 European Parliament election in Finland">Finland (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_European_Parliament_election_in_Bulgaria" title="2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria">Bulgaria (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_European_Parliament_election_in_Romania" title="2007 European Parliament election in Romania">Romania (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_European_Parliament_election_in_Croatia" title="2013 European Parliament election in Croatia">Croatia (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Parliament_by-elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of European Parliament by-elections in the United Kingdom">UK by-elections (1979–1998)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Elections_to_the_European_Parliament_in_the_United_Kingdom_(1979–2019)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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European Parliament">Elections to the European Parliament</a> in the United Kingdom (1979–2019)</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections in the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Assembly_Elections_Act_1978" title="European Assembly Elections Act 1978">European Assembly Elections Act 1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Parliamentary_Elections_Act_1993" title="European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993">European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Parliamentary_Elections_Act_1999" title="European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999">European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Parliamentary_Elections_Act_2002" title="European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002">European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in the European Union">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Results of the 1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">Results</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2004</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2009 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2014 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a> (<a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Results of the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">Results</a>) <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Gibraltar" title="2019 European Parliament election in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1994-99" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1994-99">1994–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1999-2004" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1999-2004">1999–2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2004%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2004–09">2004–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2009%E2%80%9314" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2009–14">2009–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2014%E2%80%9319" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2014–19">2014–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2019%E2%80%9320" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2019–20">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of female members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituencies_in_the_United_Kingdom_(1979-2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom (1979-2020)">Constituencies (1999–2020)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">East Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_of_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="East of England (European Parliament constituency)">East of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="London (European Parliament constituency)">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East England (European Parliament constituency)">North East England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="North West England (European Parliament constituency)">North West England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Scotland (European Parliament constituency)">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South East England (European Parliament constituency)">South East England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West England (European Parliament constituency)">South West England</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(including <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_and_the_Humber_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)">Yorkshire and the Humber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wales (European Parliament constituency)">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting systems</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt</a> (Great Britain, 1999–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single_Transferable_Vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Single Transferable Vote">Single Transferable Vote (STV)</a> (Northern Ireland, 1979–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">First-past-the-post (FPTP)</a> (Great Britain, 1979–1994)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Repealing legislation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal)_Act_2018" title="European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018">European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthews_v_United_Kingdom" title="Matthews v United Kingdom">Matthews v United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Parliament_by-elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of European Parliament by-elections in the United Kingdom">By-elections (1979–1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">1975 EC membership referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 EU membership referendum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_lists_in_the_2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Party lists in the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019 party lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of the United Kingdom">Politics of the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=United_Kingdom&#124;link=United_Kingdom_Elections_and_referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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title="List of United Kingdom general elections">General elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1802_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1802 United Kingdom general election">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1806_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1806 United Kingdom general election">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1807_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1807 United Kingdom general election">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1812 United Kingdom general election">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1818 United Kingdom general election">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1820 United Kingdom general election">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1826 United Kingdom general election">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1830 United Kingdom general election">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1831 United Kingdom general election">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1835 United Kingdom general election">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1837 United Kingdom general election">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1841 United Kingdom general election">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1847 United Kingdom general election">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1852 United Kingdom general election">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1857 United Kingdom general election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Next_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Next United Kingdom general election">Next</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local government in the United Kingdom">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1889_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1889 United Kingdom local elections">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1890_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1890 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1892 United Kingdom local elections">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1894 United Kingdom local elections">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1896 United Kingdom local elections">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1897_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1897 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1898 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1899 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1901 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1902_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1902 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1903 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1904_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1904 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1905_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1905 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1907_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1907 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1908_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1908 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1909 United Kingdom local elections">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1911_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1911 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1912 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1919_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1919 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1921_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1934 United Kingdom local elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1949 United Kingdom local elections">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1955 United Kingdom local elections">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1964 United Kingdom local elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1965 United Kingdom local elections">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1969 United Kingdom local elections">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1970 United Kingdom local elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1971 United Kingdom local elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1972 United Kingdom local elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1973 United Kingdom local elections">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1974 United Kingdom local elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1975 United Kingdom local elections">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1976 United Kingdom local elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1977 United Kingdom local elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1978 United Kingdom local elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1979 United Kingdom local elections">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1980 United Kingdom local elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1981 United Kingdom local elections">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1982 United Kingdom local elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1983 United Kingdom local elections">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1984 United Kingdom local elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1985 United Kingdom local elections">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1986 United Kingdom local elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1987 United Kingdom local elections">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1988 United Kingdom local elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1989 United Kingdom local elections">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1990 United Kingdom local elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1991 United Kingdom local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1992 United Kingdom local elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1993 United Kingdom local elections">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1994 United Kingdom local elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1995 United Kingdom local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1996 United Kingdom local elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1997 United Kingdom local elections">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1998 United Kingdom local elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1999 United Kingdom local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2000 United Kingdom local elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2001 United Kingdom local elections">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2002 United Kingdom local elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2003 United Kingdom local elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2004 United Kingdom local elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2005 United Kingdom local elections">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2006 United Kingdom local elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2007 United Kingdom local elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2008 United Kingdom local elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2009 United Kingdom local elections">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2010 United Kingdom local elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2011 United Kingdom local elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2012 United Kingdom local elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2013 United Kingdom local elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2014 United Kingdom local elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2015 United Kingdom local elections">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2016 United Kingdom local elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2017 United Kingdom local elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2018 United Kingdom local elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2019 United Kingdom local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2023 United Kingdom local elections">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2024 United Kingdom local elections">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2025 United Kingdom local elections">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_to_the_European_Parliament" title="Elections to the European Parliament">European elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendums</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="hlist"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd>Elections in <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_England" title="Elections in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Elections in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland" 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