European Parliament election, 1984 (United Kingdom)
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| United Kingdom European Parliament election, 1984 | ||||
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| 81 seats to the European Parliament | ||||
| 14-17 June 1984 | ||||
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. 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 and 15% less than the Conservatives.
- Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 33% (EC average: 61%)
- Overall votes cast: 13,998,190
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[edit] England, Scotland and Wales
Source: UK Office of the European Parliament
Note: percentages are approximate
| Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 5,426,866 | 45 | -15 | 38.8 | |
| Labour | 4,865,224 | 32 | +15 | 34.7 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | 2,591,659 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Scottish National | 230,594 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 103,031 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ecology | 70,853 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 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.
[edit] Constituency Results
Source: UK-Elect
| Constituency | Constituency result by party | Winning party 1984 | |||||||
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| Con | Lab | Lib/All | SDP/All | PC | SNP | Others | |||
| Bedfordshire South | 72,088 | 57,106 | 36,444 | Conservative | |||||
| Birmingham East | 54,994 | 76,377 | 21,927 | 1,440 | Labour | ||||
| Birmingham West | 55,702 | 61,946 | 19,422 | Labour | |||||
| Bristol | 94,652 | 77,008 | 33,698 | Conservative | |||||
[edit] Northern Ireland
Source: Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive
| Party | Candidate(s) | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | |||
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| Number | % of vote | ||||||
| Democratic Unionist | Ian Paisley | 1 | 0 | 230,251 | 33.6 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | John Hume | 1 | 0 | 151,399 | 22.1 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | John Taylor | 1 | 0 | 147,169 | 21.5 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Danny Morrison | 0 | 0 | 91,476 | 13.3 | ||
| Alliance | David Cook | 0 | 0 | 34,046 | 5.0 | ||
| Ulster Popular Unionist | James Kilfedder | 0 | 0 | 20,092 | 2.9 | ||
| Workers' Party | Seamus Lynch | 0 | 0 | 8,712 | 1.3 | ||
| Ecology | Colin McGuigan | 0 | 0 | 2,172 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes cast - 685,317.
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
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