1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom European Parliament election, 1984
81 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	33%
	Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Leader of Largest Party before election; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative	Subsequent Leader of Largest Party ; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative

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

England, Scotland and Wales

Source: UK Office of the European Parliament

Note: percentages are approximate

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP-Liberal Alliance" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: yellowgreen;" data-sort-value="Ecology Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #318B58;" data-sort-value="Wessex Regionalist Party" |

Party		Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Conservative	5,426,866	45	-15	38.8
Labour	4,865,224	32	+15	34.7
Alliance	2,591,659	0	0	19.5
SNP	230,594	1	0	1.7
Plaid Cymru	103,031	0	0	0.8
Ecology	70,853	0	0	0.5
Independent	11,073	0	0	0
	Independent Ecology	3,330	0	0	0
	Independent Conservative	3,249	0	0	0
	Independent Liberal	2,981	0	0	0
Wessex Regionalist	2,365	0	0	0
	Cornish Nationalist	1,892	0	0	0
	Federal Republican	1,494	0	0	0

Total votes cast - 13,312,898. All parties listed.

Constituency Results

Source: UK-Elect

Constituency	Constituency result by party							Winning party 1984
Constituency	Con	Lab	Lib/All	SDP/All	PC	SNP	Others	Winning party 1984
Bedfordshire South	72,088	57,106	36,444				style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Birmingham East	54,994	76,377		21,927			1,440 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Birmingham West	55,702	61,946		19,422			style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Bristol	94,652	77,008		33,698			style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North	86,117	38,901	36,341				style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Cheshire East	71,182	52,806		31,374			style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Cheshire West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Cleveland and Yorkshire North							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Cornwall and Plymouth							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Cotswolds							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Cumbria and Lancashire North							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Derbyshire							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Devon							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Dorset East and Hampshire West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Durham							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Essex North East							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Essex South West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Glasgow	25,282	91,015	20,867			16,456	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Greater Manchester Central							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Greater Manchester East							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Greater Manchester West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Hampshire Central							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Hereford and Worcester							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Hertfordshire							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Highlands and Islands	18,847	16,644	33,133			49,410	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
Humberside							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Kent East							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Kent West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Lancashire Central							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Lancashire East							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Leeds							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Leicester							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Lincolnshire							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
London Central	64,545	77,842		30,269			7,514 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
London East	61,711	73,870		26,379			style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
London North	74,846	69,993	31,344				4,682 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
London North East	27,242	79,907	17,344				4,797 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
London North West	69,803	62,381	29,609				style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
London South and Surrey East	82,122	37,465	34,522				style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
London South East	81,508	61,493	38,614				989 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
London South Inner	46,180	77,661		25,391			3,281 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
London South West	41,096	32,632	23,842				2,135 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
London West	74,325	79,554		36,687			4,361 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Lothians	49,065	74,989		36,636		22,331	2,560 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Merseyside East							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Merseyside West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Mid and West Wales	52,910	89,362	35,168		32,880		4,266 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Mid Scotland and Fife	52,872	80,038		24,220		30,511	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Midlands East							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Midlands West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Norfolk							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
North East Scotland	53,809	44,648		25,490		33,448	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
North Wales	69,139	54,768		56,861	38,117		style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Northamptonshire							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Northumbria							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Nottingham							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Sheffield							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Shropshire and Stafford							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Somerset and Dorset West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
South of Scotland	60,843	57,706	23,598			22,242	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
South Wales	55,678	99,936	26,588		13,201		style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
South Wales East	36,359	131,916		28,330	18,833		style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Staffordshire East							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Strathclyde East	24,857	90,792	11,883			27,330	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Strathclyde West	47,196	70,234		25,955		28,866	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Suffolk							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Surrey West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Sussex East							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Sussex West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Thames Valley							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Tyne and Wear							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Wight and Hampshire East							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Wiltshire							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
York							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Yorkshire South							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Yorkshire South West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Yorkshire West							style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour

Northern Ireland

Source: Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive

European Parliament election, 1984: Northern Ireland^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	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
	UPUP	James Kilfedder	2.9	20,092	38,293	38,854
	Workers' Party of Ireland	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

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

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