European Parliament election, 1994 (United Kingdom)
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The European Parliament Election, 1994 was the fourth European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on 5 June. The electoral system was First Past the Post in England, Scotland and Wales and Single Transferable Vote in Northern Ireland. This was the first election with 87 MEPs, the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 had increased the number of seats for the UK from 81. For the time, the UK did not get the lowest turnout in Europe. This was the first European election the UK Independence Party competed in and the first European election the Liberal Democrats won seats. The Conservatives performance in the election was very poor, losing a further 14 seats, taking their number of seats down to 18, which was 42 less seats than in the 1979 election, the year they defeated the Labour Government in the 1979 General Election. The Green Party was unable to build on its highly successful performance of the previous election, losing more than 3/4 of its votes.
- Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 36.8% (EU average: 57%)
- Overall votes cast: 15,852,589
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[edit] England, Scotland and Wales
Sources: *UK Office of the European Parliament *United Kingdom election results
Note: Percentages are approximate
| Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 6,753,863 | 62 | +17 | 44 | |
| Conservative | 4,248,531 | 18 | -13 | 28 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,552,730 | 2 | +2 | 17 | |
| Green | 494,561 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Scottish National Party | 487,239 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 162,478 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Independent | 151,858 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| UK Independence | 150,251 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Liberal | 100,500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Natural Law | 96,554 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| National Front | 12,469 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Moderate Labour | 12,113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Democrat | 10,203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | 7,798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Conservative | 5,847 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Socialist | 5,071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total votes cast - 15,292,722. All parties with more than 5,000 votes shown.
[edit] Northern Ireland
Source: Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive
| Party | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % of vote | |||||
| Democratic Unionist | 1 | 0 | 163,246 | 29.2 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | 1 | 0 | 161,992 | 28.9 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | 1 | 0 | 133,459 | 23.8 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 55,215 | 9.9 | ||
| Alliance (NI) | 0 | 0 | 23,157 | 4.1 | ||
| Ulster Independence Movement | 0 | 0 | 7,858 | 1.4 | ||
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 5,583 | 1.0 | ||
| Workers Party | 0 | 0 | 2,543 | 0.5 | ||
| Labour (NI) | 0 | 0 | 2,464 | 0.4 | ||
| Natural Law | 0 | 0 | 2,291 | 0.4 | ||
| Peace Coalition | 0 | 0 | 1,088 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent Ulster | 0 | 0 | 579 | 0.1 | ||
| Constitutional Independent NI | 0 | 0 | 400 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes cast - 559,867.
[edit] Party Leaders on 5 June 1994
- Labour - Margaret Beckett (As Deputy Leader assumed the leadership upon the death of leader John Smith)
- Conservative - John Major
- Liberal Democrat - Paddy Ashdown
- Green - Jean Lambert (Principal speaker)
- SNP - Alex Salmond
- Plaid Cymru - Dafydd Elis Thomas
- UK Independence Party - Alan Sked
- Liberal Party - Michael Meadowcroft
- DUP - Ian Paisley
- SDLP - John Hume
- UUP - James Molyneaux
[edit] See also
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