Wales (European Parliament constituency)

Wales European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Shown in the United Kingdom
Created	1999
MEP(s)	5 (1999 - 2004) 4 (2004 - present)
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1][2]

Wales is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the country of Wales, one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom.

History

It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East, and South Wales West.

MEPs for former Welsh constituencies, 1979-1999
Election		1979 – 1984		1984 – 1989		1989 – 1994		1994 – 1999
North Wales		Beata Brookes Conservative				Joe Wilson Labour
Mid and West Wales		Ann Clwyd Labour		David Morris Labour				Eluned Morgan Labour
South East Wales (1979 – 1984) South Wales East (1984 – 1999)		Allan Rogers Labour		Llew Smith Labour				Glenys Kinnock Labour
South Wales		Win Griffiths Labour		Wayne David Labour			Constituency abolished
South Wales Central	Constituency not established							Wayne David Labour
South Wales West	Constituency not established							David Morris Labour

Returned members

MEPs for Wales, 1999 onwards
Election	1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)		2009 (7th parliament)
MEP Party		Jonathan Evans Conservative				Kay Swinburne Conservative
MEP Party		Eluned Morgan Labour				John Bufton UKIP
MEP Party		Glenys Kinnock Labour				Derek Vaughan Labour
MEP Party		Jill Evans Plaid Cymru
MEP Party		Eurig Wyn Plaid Cymru	Seat abolished

Key to European parties (UK)[3]					(v.d.e)
British party		Seats/72	EP group		Seats/736
	Conservative	24		Conservatives & Reformists	55
	Labour	13		Socialists & Democrats	183
	Liberal Democrat	12		Liberals & Democrats	84
	UKIP	10		Freedom & Democracy	28
	British National	2	None
	Green	2		Greens & Free Alliance	55
	Scottish National	2		Greens & Free Alliance	55
	Democratic Unionist	1	None
	Plaid Cymru	1		Greens & Free Alliance	55
	Sinn Féin	1		EUL-NGL	35
	UCUNF	1		Conservatives & Reformists	55
	None (Ex-UKIP)	3	None

Election results

Wales

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Wales

Government Cabinet First Minister Carwyn Jones AM Counsel General Theodore Huckle QC Home Civil Service Directorates Welsh Government sponsored bodies National Assembly Contemporary Welsh Law Acts Statutory Instruments Presiding Officer Rosemary Butler AM Shadow Cabinet Leader of the Opposition Andrew R. T. Davies AM Members (AMs) Constituencies and electoral regions Law and justice Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Courts of England and Wales English Law Wales in the UK Her Majesty's Government Wales Office Secretary of State Cheryl Gillan Parliament of the United Kingdom Grand Committee Select Committee Government of Wales Act 2006 Elections Constituencies List of Welsh MPs Wales in the EU European Parliament Elections European Parliament constituency Subdivisions Local government in Wales Preserved counties Principal areas Communities

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Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

European Election 2009: Wales
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Swinburne Evan Price, Emma Greenow, David Chipp	145,193	21.2	+1.8
	Labour	Derek Vaughan Lisa Stevens, Rachel Maycock, Leighton Veale	138,852	20.3	-12.2
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans Eurig Wyn, Ioan Bellin, Natasha Asghar	126,702	18.5	+1.1
	UKIP	John Bufton David Bevan, Kevin Mahoney, David Rowlands	87,585	12.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Butt Phillip, Kevin O'Connor, Nick Tregoning, Jackie Radford	73,082	10.7	+0.2
	Green	Jake Griffiths, Kay Roney, Ann Were, John Matthews	38,160	5.6	+2.0
	BNP	Ennys Hughes, Laurence Read, Clive Bennett, Kevin Edwards	37,114	5.4	+2.5
	Christian	Jeffrey Green, David Griffiths, Alun Owen, John Harrold	13,037	1.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Robert English, Richard Booth, Liz Screen, Judith Sambrook	12,402	1.8	N/A
	NO2EU	Robert Griffiths, Rob Williams, Laura Picand, Trevor Jones	8,600	1.3	N/A
	Jury Team	Paul Sabanskis, James Eustace, Neil Morgan, Steven Partridge	3,793	0.6	N/A
Turnout			684,520	30.4	-11.0

European Election 2004: Wales
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan Gareth Williams, Gwennan Jeremiah	297,810 (148,905)	32.5	+0.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Evans Owen Williams, Felicity Elphick, Albert Fox	177,771	19.4	−3.3
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans Jon Blackwood, Eilian Williams, Gwenllian Lansdowne	159,888	17.4	−12.2
	UKIP	David Rowlands, Clive Easton, Elizabeth Phillips, Timothy Jenkins	96,677	10.5	+7.4
	Liberal Democrat	David John Williams, Alison Goldsworthy, Nicholas Tregoning, Nilmini Priyanga de Silva	96,116	10.5	+2.3
	Green	Martyn Shrewsbury, Molly Scott Cato, David Bradney, Dorienne Robinson	32,761	3.6	+1.0
	BNP	John Walker, Pauline Gregory, James Roberts, Mark Stringfellow	27,135	3.0	N/A
	Forward Wales	Ron Davies, Wendy Paintsil, Janet Williams, Graham Jones	17,280	1.9	N/A
	Christian Democratic Party	Catherine Smith, Christine West, Joseph Biddulph, Robert Evans	6,821	0.7	N/A
	Respect	Helen Griffin, Huw Williams, Raja Gul Raiz, Taran O'Sullivan	5,427	0.6	N/A
Turnout			917,686	41.4	+12.4

European Election 1999: Wales
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan Joe Wilson, Gareth Williams, Jane Hutt	199,690 (99,845)	31.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans, Eurig Wyn Marc Phillips, Susanna Perkins, Owain Llywelyn	185,235 (92,617.5)	29.6	N/A
	Conservative	Jonathan Evans Chris Butler, Owen John Williams, Robert Buckland, Edmund Hayward	142,631	22.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Roberts, Peter Price, Alistair Cameron, Juliana Hughes, John Dixon	51,283	8.2	N/A
	UKIP	Dai Rees, Niall Warry, Idris Richard Francis, Alan Barham, David Lloyd	19,702	3.1	N/A
	Green	Molly Scott Cato, Klaus Armstrong-Braun, Sue Walker, Rachel Kalela, John Matthews	16,146	2.6	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	William Powell, Jennifer Harris, Antonio Fernandes-Vidal, Alan Morris, Christopher Hodgkinson	5,834	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Elizabeth Screen, Darren Hickery, Stephen Bell, Miriam Bowen, George Tafarides	4,283	0.7	N/A
	Natural Law	David Hughes, Brian Francis, Helen Evans, Andrea Jarman, John Ashforth	1,621	0.3	N/A
Turnout			626,425	29.0	N/A