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The United Kingdom's component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on Thursday 22 May 2014,[3][4] coinciding with the 2014 local elections in England[5] and Northern Ireland. In total, 73 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation. England, Scotland and Wales use a closed-list party list system of PR (with the D'Hondt method), while Northern Ireland used the single transferable vote (STV).
Most of the results of the election were announced after 10pm on Sunday 25 May (Although Scotland didn't declare its result until the following day), after voting closed throughout the 28 member states of the European Union. Given the subsequent Leave vote in the 23 June 2016 referendum, it seems highly likely that this will be the last time the United Kingdom participated in a European Parliament election.[6]
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) came top of the poll – the first time a political party other than the Labour Party or Conservative Party has won the popular vote in a British election since the 1906 general election winning 26.6% of the national vote and 24 seats overall from every region apart from Northern Ireland and also won the highest vote share in 168 council areas with the highest local council vote share recorded in Boston in Lincolnshire where they won 51.6% of the vote share although it was the only council area in the United Kingdom where they won more than half the vote.[7][8] It is also the first time a party other than the Labour and Conservatives won the largest number of seats in a national election since the December 1910 general election.[9][10][11]
The Labour Party became the first largest opposition party since 1984 that failed to win the European Parliament election, although they did gain 7 seats, taking their overall tally to 20. They concurrently won the largest share of the vote in 100 council areas, with their largest vote share recorded in Newham at 58.4%.[12]
The co-governing Conservatives were pushed into third place for the first time in any European Parliament winning just 23.3% of the national vote share and losing 7 seats to fall to 19 overall, one behind Labour and won the largest share of the vote in just 89 council areas and their highest vote was recorded in Elmbridge at 43.1%.
The co-governing Liberal Democrats lost ten of their eleven seats they were defending and nationally won just 6.6% of the vote share and won just 4 council areas, their highest vote share was recorded in Gibraltar where they won 67.2% of the vote share.
In Scotland the Scottish National Party won the largest share of the vote taking 29% of the vote and won the largest share of the vote in 15 of the 32 Scottish council areas and held on to its two seats although they only won 2.3% of the national UK vote.
Figures released in December 2014 showed that the Conservatives and UKIP each spent £2.96m on the campaign, the Liberal Democrats £1.5 million and the Labour party approximately £1m.[13]
Results
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Election results by constituency[15]
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MEPs defeated
Conservative
- Marina Yannakoudakis – London
- Martin Callanan – North East
- Marta Andreasen – South East
Liberal Democrats
- Bill Newton Dunn – East Midlands
- Andrew Duff – East of England
- Sarah Ludford – London
- Chris Davies – North West
- Graham Watson – South West
- Phil Bennion – West Midlands
- Edward McMillan-Scott – Yorkshire and the Humber
- George Lyon – Scotland
British National Party
- Nick Griffin – North West
An Independence from Europe
- Mike Nattrass – West Midlands
We Demand a Referendum
- Nikki Sinclaire – West Midlands
MEPs before the 2014 election, by European Parliament group
Between the 2009 and 2014 elections, there were various changes to the breakdown of UK members. In December 2011 a 73rd member from the UK (Anthea McIntyre, Conservative) was allocated to England because of the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon. There were also various defections:
- one Conservative MEP (Edward McMillan-Scott) defected to the Liberal Democrats (March 2010);[17]
- one Conservative MEP (Roger Helmer) defected to UKIP (March 2012);
- two UKIP MEPs (David Campbell Bannerman in May 2011[18] and Marta Andreasen in February 2013) defected to the Conservatives;[19]
- one UKIP MEP (Nikki Sinclaire) left the party and later founded the We Demand a Referendum party;
- one UKIP MEP (Mike Nattrass) left the party in September 2013 and later founded An Independence from Europe;[20]
- one UKIP MEP (Godfrey Bloom) left the party in September 2013 and sat as an independent;[21]
- one BNP MEP (Andrew Brons) left the party and later founded the British Democratic Party.
The Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force (UCUNF) electoral pact between the Conservatives and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) was dissolved.
Thus, before the 2014 election, the following parties had MEPs representing UK constituencies:
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| Conservative | 26
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European Conservatives and Reformists | 52 | ||
| UUP | 1 | ||||
| Labour | 13
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Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 195 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 12
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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | 75 | ||
| UKIP | 9
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Europe of Freedom and Democracy | 31 | ||
| Independent | 1 | ||||
| Green | 2
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The Greens–European Free Alliance | 52 | ||
| Scottish National | 2 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | 1
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European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 35 | ||
| Democratic Unionist | 1
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| British Democratic | 1 | – | |||
| British National | 1 | – | |||
| We Demand a Referendum | 1 | – | |||
| An Independence from Europe | 1 | – | |||
Voting system and regional representation
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The United Kingdom elected 73 Members of the European Parliament using proportional representation. The United Kingdom was divided into twelve multi-member constituencies. The eleven of these regions which form Great Britain used a closed-list party list system method of proportional representation, calculated using the D'Hondt method. Northern Ireland used the Single Transferable Vote (STV). As a result of the Treaty of Lisbon coming into force, the UK became entitled to a 73rd MEP as from November 2011. The Electoral Commission performed a reallocation in keeping with the same procedures they used to allocate 72 MEPs and an extra Conservative MEP was allocated to the West Midlands constituency based on the 2009 vote and was enshrined in the European Union Act 2011 as an amendment of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.[22]
| Electoral region | Representation in 2009 |
Representation before and after the 2014 election |
Net Gain/Loss |
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| East Midlands | 5 | 5 | |
| East of England | 7 | 7 | |
| London | 8 | 8 | |
| North East England | 3 | 3 | |
| North West England | 8 | 8 | |
| South East England | 10 | 10 | |
| South West England1 | 6 | 6 | |
| West Midlands | 6 | 7 | +1 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 6 | 6 | |
| Wales | 4 | 4 | |
| Scotland | 6 | 6 | |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 3 |
1 Includes Gibraltar, the only British overseas territory which is part of the European Union.
Returning officers
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 2013 provides for the designated Returning Officer for each electoral region to be the council official responsible for elections in each of the following Westminster constituencies: Kettering for the East Midlands, Chelmsford for the Eastern region, Lewisham, Deptford for the London region, Sunderland Central for the North East region, Manchester Central for the North West region, Falkirk for Scotland, Southampton, Test for the South East region, Poole for the South West region, Preseli Pembrokeshire for Wales, Birmingham Ladywood for the West Midlands region, Leeds Central for the Yorkshire and Humber region, and Belfast South for the Northern Ireland Region[23]
Parties and candidates
39 parties stood a total of 747 candidates. The Conservative Party and UKIP had candidates in every region, as did the three Green parties. Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the BNP had a full slate of candidates in all the regions in Great Britain (i.e. excluding Northern Ireland). The English Democrats and An Independence from Europe had a full slate of candidates in all the English regions. No2EU had a full slate in seven regions, while Britain First and the Socialist Party of Great Britain had full slates in two regions each. The Harmony Party stood in four regions and the Christian Peoples Alliance in three regions. Other parties only stood in one region.
United in Europe was a single-issue party founded to contest these elections in Scotland, advocating continued membership of the UK in the EU.[24] Founded by Charles Cormack in Edinburgh in January 2014 and registered on 3 April 2014[25] as a response to UKIP and Euroscepticism,[26][27] the party did not stand[28] and was deregistered in November 2015.[29]
Retiring/resigned incumbents
British Democratic Party
(Elected in 2009 as British National Party)
- Andrew Brons – Yorkshire and the Humber
Conservative
- Struan Stevenson (Scotland)[30]
- Sir Robert Atkins (North West England)[30]
- Giles Chichester (South West England and Gibraltar)[30]
- Robert Sturdy (East of England)[30]
Green
- Caroline Lucas (South East England) – Resigned 17 May 2010 & replaced by Keith Taylor
Labour
- Michael Cashman (West Midlands)[31]
- Stephen Hughes (North East England)[32]
- Arlene McCarthy (North West England)
- Brian Simpson (North West England)[33]
- Peter Skinner (South East England)[34]
Liberal Democrats
- Diana Wallis (Yorkshire and the Humber) – Resigned 31 January 2012[35] & replaced by Rebecca Taylor
- Liz Lynne (West Midlands) – Resigned 4 February 2012[36] & replaced by Phil Bennion
- Sharon Bowles – (South East England)[37]
- Rebecca Taylor (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Fiona Hall (North East England)
UKIP
- John Bufton (Wales)[38]
- Trevor Colman (South West England and Gibraltar)
- Derek Clark (East Midlands)[39]
- Godfrey Bloom (Yorkshire & Humber), Having spent the last 8 months of his term as an independent[40][41]
Debates
On 20 February, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg used his weekly phone-in show on LBC 97.3 to challenge the leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, to a live public debate on the UK's membership of the European Union.[42] Clegg said, "he is the leader of the party of 'out'; I am the leader of the party of 'in'. I think it's time we now have a proper, public debate so that the public can listen to the two sides of the argument and judge from themselves."[43][44] Farage accepted, but said he would also like to see Ed Miliband and David Cameron participate.[45]
The first hour-long debate between the two men was held on 26 March 2014 and was broadcast live on television by Sky News and on the BBC News Channel. The debate was hosted by LBC and moderated by Nick Ferrari.[46] After the first debate, a YouGov poll asked "Who performed better?", with 57% saying Farage did better compared to 36% for Clegg.
The second debate was held on BBC Two on 2 April in a special programme called The European Union: In or Out, moderated by David Dimbleby. Farage was again seen as outperforming his rival, with a snap poll by YouGov showing 68% of people thought he did better in the debate compared to 27% for Clegg. A snap Guardian poll also showed that 69% thought Farage won the debate.[47]
Despite David Cameron and Ed Miliband declining to participate in the leaders' debates, the Conservative and Labour parties were represented in a lower-profile debate on the BBC. On 13 February Andrew Neil hosted a four-way debate on the BBC's Sunday Politics programme. The Conservatives were represented by Syed Kamall MEP, Labour by Richard Howitt MEP, the Liberal Democrats by Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP and the UK Independence Party by Patrick O'Flynn, the party's Director of communications and an MEP candidate.[48][49]
Opinion polls
These opinion polls are for Great Britain and generally exclude Northern Ireland. The methodology used for these polls broadly corresponds to that used for opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election; see that article for the methodology used by each polling company. YouGov have experimented with different methods of polling for these elections, using their own method for their 8–9 January 2013 poll and another corresponding to that used by Survation and ComRes for their 10–11 January 2013 poll (both below) and argue that their method gives more accurate answers.[50] Data for these polls are generally gathered at the same time as the data for General Election polling.
2014
| Date(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample size | Con | UKIP | Lab | Lib Dem | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | European Parliament election, 2014 (Great Britain) Results | 16,017,366 | 23.93% | 27.49% | 25.40% | 6.87% | 16.31% | 2.09 pts over Lab |
| 20–21 May | YouGov/The Sun | 6,124 | 22% | 27% | 26% | 9% | 16% | 1 pt over Lab |
| 19–21 May | Opinium/Daily Mail | 1,967 | 21% | 32% | 25% | 6% | 16% | 7 pts over Lab |
| 19–20 May | Survation/Mirror | 1,106 | 23% | 32% | 27% | 9% | 11% | 5 pts over Lab |
| 19–20 May | YouGov/The Sun | 1,874 | 23% | 27% | 27% | 10% | 14% | Tied |
| 18–19 May | YouGov/The Sun | 1,740 | 21% | 24% | 28% | 10% | 17% | 4 pts over UKIP |
| 15–19 May | TNS | 1,217 | 21% | 31% | 28% | 7% | 13% | 3 pts over Lab |
| 16–18 May | ComRes/ITV News | 2,061 | 20% | 33% | 27% | 7% | 13% | 6 pts over Lab |
| 15–16 May | YouGov/Sunday Times | 1,892 | 23% | 26% | 27% | 9% | 14% | 1 pt over UKIP |
| 13–16 May | Opinium/Daily Mail | 2,036 | 20% | 31% | 29% | 5% | 15% | 2 pts over Lab |
| 14–15 May | ICM/Sunday Telegraph | 2,033 | 26% | 25% | 29% | 7% | 13% | 3 pts over Con |
| 14–15 May | ComRes/Sunday Mirror/Independent on Sunday | 2,045 | 20% | 35% | 24% | 6% | 15% | 11 pts over Lab |
| 13–14 May | YouGov/The Sun | 1,968 | 22% | 25% | 28% | 10% | 15% | 3 pts over UKIP |
| 9–12 May | Opinium | 1,936 | 22% | 30% | 28% | 7% | 13% | 2 pts over Lab |
| 9–11 May | ICM/The Guardian | 1,000 | 27% | 26% | 24% | 7% | 16% | 1 pt over UKIP |
| 9–11 May | ComRes/C4M | 2,056 | 22% | 34% | 24% | 8% | 12% | 10 pts over Lab |
| 9 May | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,005 | 21% | 32% | 28% | 9% | 11% | 4 pts over Lab |
| 6–8 May | Opinium/Daily Mail | 1,972 | 23% | 28% | 27% | 8% | 14% | 1 pt over Lab |
| 28 Apr – 6 May | YouGov/Sky News | 1,933 | 23% | 31% | 25% | 9% | 14% | 6 pts over Lab |
| 2–3 May | Survation/Mirror | 1,005 | 24% | 31% | 28% | 7% | 10% | 3 pts over Lab |
| 1–2 May | YouGov/Sunday Times | 1,945 | 22% | 29% | 28% | 7% | 14% | 1 pt over Lab |
| 30 Apr – 1 May | YouGov/Sun on Sunday | 1,844 | 23% | 29% | 26% | 10% | 12% | 3 pts over Lab |
| 30 Apr – 1 May | YouGov/The Sun | 1,813 | 22% | 27% | 30% | 9% | 13% | 3 pts over UKIP |
| 27–30 Apr | YouGov/The Sun | 5,331 | 22% | 28% | 29% | 9% | 13% | 1 pt over UKIP |
| 24–28 Apr | TNS | 1,199 | 18% | 36% | 27% | 10% | 12% | 9 pts over Lab |
| 25–27 Apr | ComRes/ITV News | 2,052 | 18% | 38% | 27% | 8% | 14% | 11 pts over Lab |
| 24–25 Apr | YouGov/Sunday Times | 1,835 | 19% | 31% | 28% | 9% | 13% | 3 pts over Lab |
| 21–22 Apr | YouGov/The Sun | 2,190 | 22% | 27% | 30% | 10% | 11% | 3 pts over UKIP |
| 15–17 Apr | ICM/Sunday Telegraph | 2,000 | 22% | 27% | 30% | 8% | 13% | 3% over UKIP |
| 11–13 Apr | ICM/The Guardian | 1,000 | 25% | 20% | 36% | 6% | 13% | 11 pts over Con |
| 3–7 Apr | TNS | 1,193 | 21% | 29% | 30% | 9% | 11% | 1 pt over UKIP |
| 4–6 Apr | Populus/Financial Times | 2,034 | 27% | 25% | 31% | 10% | 7% | 4 pts over Con |
| 3–4 Apr | YouGov/Sunday Times | 1,998 | 22% | 28% | 30% | 9% | 10% | 2 pts over UKIP |
| 4 Apr | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,001 | 21% | 27% | 34% | 9% | 9% | 7 pts over UKIP |
| 2–3 Apr | ComRes/The People | 2,067 | 22% | 30% | 30% | 8% | 10% | Tied |
| 2 Apr | Broadcast of The European Union: In or Out debate. | |||||||
| 27–28 Mar | YouGov/The Sunday Times | 1,916 | 24% | 23% | 32% | 11% | 10% | 8 pts over Con |
| 26–27 Mar | YouGov/The Sun | 2,039 | 24% | 26% | 28% | 11% | 11% | 2 pts over UKIP |
| 26 Mar | LBC radio debate on the European Union between the Lib Dems' Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage of UKIP. | |||||||
| 20–21 Mar | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,000 | 28% | 23% | 32% | 7% | 10% | 4 pts over Con |
| 17–18 Mar | YouGov/Times | 2,284 | 24% | 23% | 32% | 10% | 11% | 8 pts over Con |
| 12–13 Mar | ComRes/Independent on Sunday | 2,001 | 21% | 30% | 28% | 8% | 13% | 2 pts over Lab |
| 7–9 Feb | ICM/The Guardian | 1,002 | 25% | 20% | 35% | 9% | 11% | 10 pts over Con |
| 14–15 Jan | YouGov/The Sun | 1,893 | 23% | 26% | 32% | 9% | 10% | 6 pts over UKIP |
| 3 Jan | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,001 | 23% | 26% | 32% | 9% | 10% | 6 pts over UKIP |
2013
| Date(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample size | Con | UKIP | Lab | Lib Dem | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21–22 Nov | Survation/Daily Star | 1,006 | 24% | 25% | 32% | 8% | 12% | 7 pts over UKIP |
| 11 Oct | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,017 | 21% | 22% | 35% | 11% | 11% | 13 pts over UKIP |
| 22–24 May | ComRes/Open Europe | 2,003 | 21% | 27% | 23% | 18% | 11% | 4 pts over Lab |
| 17–18 May | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,000 | 20% | 30% | 31% | 8% | 11% | 1 pt over UKIP |
| 17–18 Jan | YouGov/The Sun | 1,912 | 30% | 12% | 38% | 13% | 10% | 8 pts over Con |
| 10–11 Jan | YouGov/The Sun | 1,995 | 24% | 19% | 36% | 12% | 10% | 12 pts over Con |
| 9–10 Jan | ComRes/Sunday People | 2,002 | 22% | 23% | 35% | 8% | 12% | 12 pts over UKIP |
| 8–9 Jan | YouGov/The Sun | 1,980 | 27% | 17% | 38% | 12% | 6% | 11 pts over Con |
| 5 Jan | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 772 | 24% | 22% | 31% | 11% | 12% | 7 pts over Con |
| 4 Jun 2009 | European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom) Results | 15,136,932 | 27.7% | 16.5% | 15.7% | 13.7% | 25.6% | 11.2 pts over UKIP |
Scottish polls
| Date(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample size | SNP | Lab | Con | Lib Dem | UKIP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | European Parliament election, 2014 (Scotland) Results | 1,343,483 | 29.0% (2) | 25.9% (2) | 17.2% (1) | 7.1% | 10.5% (1) | 10.4% | 3.1 pts over Lab |
| 12–15 May 2014 | ICM/Scotsman | 1,003 | 36% (3) | 27% (2) | 13% (1) | 7% | 9% | 8% | 9 pts over Lab |
| 9–12 May 2014 | Survation/Daily Record | 1,003 | 37% (3) | 26% (2) | 13% (1) | 6% | 11% | 7% | 11 pts over Lab |
| 11–22 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Edinburgh University | 1,014 | 33% (3) | 31% (2) | 12% (1) | 7% | 10% | 7% | 2 pts over Lab |
| 14–16 Apr 2014 | ICM/Scotland on Sunday | 1,004 | 37% (3) | 28% (2) | 11% (1) | 7% | 10% | 6% | 9 pts over Lab |
| 4–7 Apr 2014 | Survation/Daily Record | 1,002 | 39% (3) | 30% (2) | 14% (1) | 6% | 7% | 5% | 9 pts over Lab |
| 17–21 Mar 2014 | ICM/Scotsman | 1,010 | 41% (3) | 29% (2) | 13% (1) | 5% | 6% | 6% | 12 pts over Lab |
| 21–24 Jan 2014 | ICM/Scotsman | 1,010 | 43% (3) | 24% (2) | 14% (1) | 6% | 7% | 6% | 19 pts over Lab |
| 4 Jun 2009 | European Parliament election, 2009 (Scotland) Results | 1,104,512 | 29.1% (2) | 20.8% (2) | 16.8% (1) | 11.5% (1) | 5.2% | 16.6% | 8.2 pts over Lab |
Welsh polls
| Date(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample size | Con | Lab | Plaid | UKIP | Lib Dem | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | European Parliament election, 2014 (Wales) Results | 733,060 | 17.43% (1) | 28.15% (1) | 15.26% (1) | 27.55% (1) | 3.95% | 7.66% | 0.6 pt over UKIP |
| 12–14 May 2014 | YouGov/ITV | 1,092 | 16% (1) | 33% (2) | 15% | 23% (1) | 7% | 7% | 10 pts over UKIP |
| 11–22 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Cardiff University, Edinburgh University, IPPR | 1,027 | 18% (1) | 39% (2) | 11% | 20% (1) | 7% | 6% | 19 pts over UKIP |
| 10–12 Feb 2014 | YouGov/ITV | 1,250 | 17% (1) | 39% (2) | 12% | 18% (1) | 7% | 7% | 21 pts over UKIP |
| 2–4 Dec 2013 | YouGov/ITV | 1,001 | 20% (1) | 41% (3) | 13% | 13% | 8% | 5% | 21 pts over Con |
| 4 Jun 2009 | European Parliament election, 2009 (Wales) Results | 684,520 | 21.2% (1) | 20.3% (1) | 18.5% (1) | 12.8% (1) | 10.7% | 16.6% | 1 pt over Lab |
London polls
| Date(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample size | Con | Lab | Lib Dem | Green | UKIP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | European Parliament election, 2014 (London) Results | 2,200,475 | 22.52% (2) | 36.67% (4) | 6.73% | 8.93% (1) | 16.87% (1) | 8.28% | 14.15 pts over Con |
| 6–8 May 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,422 | 23% (2) | 37% (4) | 9% | 7% | 21% (2) | 3% | 14 pts over Con |
| 28–29 Apr 2014 | Survation | 1,001 | 21% (2) | 39% (3) | 13% (1) | 7% | 20% (2) | 1% | 18 pts over Con |
| 7–9 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,209 | 25% (2) | 33% (3) | 11% (1) | 5% | 24% (2) | 3% | 8 pts over Con |
| 8-10 Oct 2013 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,231 | 23% | 34% | 10% | 9% | 22% | 1% | 11 pts over Con |
| 4 Jun 2009 | European Parliament election, 2009 (London) Results | 1,751,026 | 27.4% (3) | 21.3% (2) | 13.7% (1) | 10.9% (1) | 10.8% (1) | 15.9% | 6.1 pts over Lab |
See also
- List of political parties in the United Kingdom
- Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2014–19
- Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election
- United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
- Newark by-election, 2014
- United Kingdom general election, 2015
References
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