Wales (European Parliament constituency)
| Wales | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the 2014 constituencies | |
 Shown in the United Kingdom | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | [[1999 European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}|1999]] |
| MEPs | 5 (1999–2004) 4 (2004 – present) |
| Sources | |
| [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.[1]
Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to the boundaries of Wales, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.[2][3]
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.
Returned members
| Party | Faction in European Parliament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brexit Party | 29 | Non-Inscrits | 57 | |||
| DUP | 1 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 17 | Renew Europe | 108 | ||
| Alliance | 1 | |||||
| Green | 7 | 11 | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 | ||
| SNP | 3 | |||||
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | |||||
| Labour | 10 | Socialists and Democrats | 154 | |||
| Conservative | 4 | European Conservatives and Reformists Group | 62 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 1 | European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 41 | |||
| Total | 73 | Total | 750 | |||
Election results
| This article is part of a series within the Politics of the United Kingdom on the |
| Politics of Wales |
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Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
| European Election 2014: Wales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Labour | Derek Vaughan Jayne Bryant, Alex Thomas, Christina Rees[6][7] |
206,332 | 28.15 | +7.9 | |
| UKIP | Nathan Gill James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands[8][7] |
201,983 | 27.55 | +14.8 | |
| Conservative | Kay Swinburne Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin[9][7] |
127,742 | 17.43 | −3.8 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin[10][11][7] |
111,864 | 15.26 | −3.3 | |
| Green | Pippa Bartolotti, John Matthews, Chris Were, Rosemary Cutler[12][13][7] | 33,275 | 4.54 | −1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alec Dauncey, Robert Speht, Jackie Radford, Bruce Roberts[7] | 28,930 | 3.95 | −6.7 | |
| BNP | Mike Whitby, Laurence Reid, Jean Griffin, Gary Tumulty[7] | 7,655 | 1.04 | −4.4 | |
| Britain First | Paul Golding, Anthony Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone[7] | 6,633 | 0.9 | 0.00 | |
| Socialist Labour | Andrew Jordan, Katherine Jones, David Lloyd Jones, Liz Screen[7] | 4,459 | 0.61 | −1.2 | |
| NO2EU | Robert Griffiths, Claire Job, Steve Skelly, Laura Picand[7] | 2,803 | 0.38 | −0.9 | |
| Socialist (GB) | Brian Johnson, Richard Cheney, Ed Blewitt, Howard Moss[14][7] | 1,384 | 0.19 | 0.00 | |
| Turnout | 733,060 | 31.5 | +1.1 | ||
| European Election 2009: Wales[15][16] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| 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 Democrats | 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 (UK) | 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[17] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| 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 Lansdown |
159,888 | 17.4 | −12.2 | |
| UKIP | David Rowlands, Clive Easton, Elizabeth Phillips, Timothy Jenkins | 96,677 | 10.5 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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[18] | 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[19] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| 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 Democrats | 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 | ||
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