European Parliament election, 1984 (United Kingdom)
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The European Parliament Election, 1984 was the second European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on 14 June. The electoral system was First Past the Post in England, Scotland and Wales and Single Transferable Vote in Northern Ireland. The turnout was again the lowest in Europe. In England, Scotland and Wales, the Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party were in alliance, collecting 2,591,635 votes but not a single seat.
The election represented a small recovery for Labour, under Michael Foot's replacement Neil Kinnock, taking 15 seats from the Conservatives. In the general election of 1983, they had only had a vote share of 2% more than the SDP–Liberal Alliance (although they had nearly 10 times more MP's elected) and 15% less than the Conservatives.
- Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 33% (EC average: 61%)
- Overall votes cast: 13,998,190
Results (UK-wide)
Source: UK Parliament briefing
| Party | Votes won | % of vote | Loss/Gain | Seats | % of seats | Loss/Gain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 5,426,866 | 38.8 | -9.6 | 45 | 55.6 | -15 | |
| Labour | 4,865,224 | 34.8 | +3.1 | 32 | 39.5 | +15 | |
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 2,591,659 | 18.5 | +5.9 | 0 | — | — | |
| SNP | 230,594 | 1.6 | -0.2 | 1 | 1.2 | ±0 | |
| DUP | 230,251 | 1.6 | +0.4 | 1 | 1.2 | ±0 | |
| SDLP | 151,399 | 1.1 | ±0.0 | 1 | 1.2 | ±0 | |
| UUP | 147,169 | 1.1 | +0.1 | 1 | 1.2 | ±0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 103,031 | 0.8 | +0.1 | 0 | — | — | |
| Sinn Féin | 91,476 | 0.7 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Ecology | 73,025 | 0.5 | +0.4 | 0 | — | — | |
| Alliance | 34,046 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Ulster Popular Unionist | 20,092 | 0.1 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Independent | 11,073 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0 | — | — | |
| Workers' Party | 8,712 | 0.1 | ±0.0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Independent Ecology | 3,330 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Independent Conservative | 3,249 | 0.0 | ±0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Independent Liberal | 2,981 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Wessex Regionalist | 2,365 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Cornish Nationalist | 1,892 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Federal Republican Party | 1,494 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
Results breakdown
England, Scotland and Wales
Source: UK Parliament briefing
| Party | Votes won | % of vote | Loss/Gain | Seats | % of seats | Loss/Gain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 5,426,866 | 40.8 | -9.8 | 45 | 57.7 | -15 | |
| Labour | 4,865,224 | 36.5 | +3.5 | 32 | 41.0 | +15 | |
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 2,591,659 | 19.5 | +6.3 | 0 | — | — | |
| SNP | 230,594 | 1.7 | -0.2 | 1 | 1.3 | ±0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 103,031 | 0.8 | +0.1 | 0 | — | — | |
| Ecology | 70,853 | 0.5 | +0.4 | 0 | — | — | |
| Independent | 11,073 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0 | — | — | |
| Independent Ecology | 3,330 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Independent Conservative | 3,249 | 0.0 | ±0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Independent Liberal | 2,981 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Wessex Regionalist | 2,365 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Cornish Nationalist | 1,892 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
| Federal Republican Party | 1,494 | 0.0 | New | 0 | — | — | |
Total votes cast - 13,312,898. All parties listed.
Northern Ireland
Source: Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive
| European Parliament election, 1984: Northern Ireland[1] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | |
| DUP | Ian Paisley | 33.6 | 230,251 | ||||
| UUP | John Taylor | 21.5 | 147,169 | 185,714 | |||
| SDLP | John Hume | 22.1 | 151,399 | 151,664 | 156,310 | 183,256 | |
| Sinn Féin | Danny Morrison | 13.3 | 91,476 | 91,525 | 92,644 | 93,079 | |
| Alliance | David Cook | 5.0 | 34,046 | 34,892 | 37,401 | ||
| Ulster Popular Unionist | James Kilfedder | 2.9 | 20,092 | 38,293 | 38,854 | ||
| Workers' Party | Seamus Lynch | 1.3 | 8,712 | 8,813 | |||
| Ecology | Colin McGuigan | 0.3 | 2,172 | 2,236 | |||
| Electorate: 1,065,363 Valid: 685,317 Spoilt: 11,654 Quota: 171,330 Turnout: 696,994 | |||||||
Constituency Results
Source: UK-Elect
Party Leaders in 1984
- Conservative - Margaret Thatcher
- Labour - Neil Kinnock
- Liberal - David Steel
- SDP - David Owen
- SNP - Gordon Wilson
- Plaid Cymru - Dafydd Elis Thomas
- DUP - Ian Paisley
- SDLP - John Hume
- UUP - James Molyneaux
References
- ↑ The 1984 European Election, Northern Ireland Elections
See also
- Elections in the United Kingdom: European elections
- Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 1984–1989
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