1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
Second European election to be held in the United Kingdom
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The 1984 European Parliament election 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.
A by-election to the British Parliament also took place on the same day in the Portsmouth South constituency - the Alliance gained the seat from the Conservatives.
Results
United Kingdom
Source: UK Parliament briefing
Party | Votes won | % of vote | Loss/Gain | Seats | % of seats | Loss/Gain | |
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Conservative | 5,426,866 | 38.8 | 9.6 | 45 | 55.6 | 15 | |
Labour | 4,865,224 | 34.8 | 3.1 | 32 | 39.5 | 15 | |
Alliance | 2,591,659 | 18.5 | 5.9 | 0 | |||
SNP | 230,594 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
DUP | 230,251 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
SDLP | 151,399 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.2 | |||
Ulster Unionist | 147,169 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | 103,031 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | |||
Sinn Féin | 91,476 | 0.7 | New | 0 | |||
Ecology | 73,025 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0 | |||
Alliance | 34,046 | 0.2 | 0 | ||||
UPUP | 20,092 | 0.1 | New | 0 | |||
Independent | 11,073 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | |||
Workers' Party | 8,712 | 0.1 | 0 | ||||
Independent Ecology | 3,330 | 0.0 | New | 0 | |||
Ind. Conservative | 3,249 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Ind. Liberal | 2,981 | 0.0 | New | 0 | |||
Wessex Regionalist | 2,365 | 0.0 | New | 0 | |||
Cornish Nationalist | 1,892 | 0.0 | New | 0 | |||
Federal Republican Party | 1,494 | 0.0 | New | 0 |
- Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout : 32.6% (EC average: 61%)
- Overall votes cast: 13,998,190
Great Britain
Source: UK Parliament briefing
Party | Votes won | % of vote | Loss/Gain | Seats | % of seats | Loss/Gain | |
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Conservative | 5,426,866 | 40.8 | 9.8 | 45 | 57.7 | 15 | |
Labour | 4,865,224 | 36.5 | 3.5 | 32 | 41.0 | 15 | |
Alliance | 2,591,659 | 19.5 | 6.3 | 0 | |||
SNP | 230,594 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1 | 1.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | 103,031 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | |||
Ecology | 70,853 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0 | |||
Independent | 11,073 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | |||
Independent Ecology | 3,330 | 0.0 | New | 0 | |||
Ind. Conservative | 3,249 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Ind. Liberal | 2,981 | 0.0 | New | 0 | |||
Wessex Regionalist | 2,365 | 0.0 | New | 0 | |||
Cornish Nationalist | 1,892 | 0.0 | New | 0 | |||
Federal Republican Party | 1,494 | 0.0 | New | 0 |
Total votes cast – 13,312,898. All parties listed.
Northern Ireland
Source: Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Ian Paisley | 33.6 | 230,251 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | 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 |
Constituency results
Constituency | Constituency result by party | Winning party 1984 | |||||||
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Conservative | Labour | Alliance | PC | SNP | Ecology | 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 | |||||
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North | 86,117 | 38,901 | 36,341 | Conservative | |||||
Cheshire East | 71,182 | 52,806 | 31,374 | Conservative | |||||
Cheshire West | 74,579 | 64,887 | 30,470 | Conservative | |||||
Cleveland and Yorkshire North | 73,217 | 52,887 | 31,374 | Conservative | |||||
Cornwall and Plymouth | 81,627 | 35,952 | 63,876 | 10,518 | Conservative | ||||
Cotswolds | 94,740 | 36,738 | 45,798 | Conservative | |||||
Cumbria and Lancashire North | 86,127 | 62,332 | 39,622 | Conservative | |||||
Derbyshire | 72,613 | 79,466 | 30,824 | Labour | |||||
Devon | 110,129 | 30,017 | 53,519 | 7,278 | Conservative | ||||
Dorset East and Hampshire West | 109,072 | 31,223 | 49,181 | Conservative | |||||
Durham | 44,846 | 106,073 | 32,307 | Labour | |||||
Essex North East | 97,138 | 42,836 | 34,769 | Conservative | |||||
Essex South West | 72,190 | 56,169 | 29,385 | Conservative | |||||
Glasgow | 25,282 | 91,015 | 20,867 | 16,456 | Labour | ||||
Greater Manchester Central | 48,753 | 76,830 | 24,192 | 1,430 | Labour | ||||
Greater Manchester East | 56,415 | 65,101 | 27,801 | 3,158 | Labour | ||||
Greater Manchester West | 56,042 | 93,740 | 17,894 | Labour | |||||
Hampshire Central | 84,086 | 39,228 | 39,265 | Conservative | |||||
Hereford and Worcester | 84,077 | 44,143 | 37,854 | 8,179 | Conservative | ||||
Hertfordshire | 87,603 | 41,671 | 40,877 | Conservative | |||||
Highlands and Islands | 18,847 | 16,644 | 33,133 | 49,410 | SNP | ||||
Humberside | 61,952 | 53,937 | 27,318 | Conservative | |||||
Kent East | 92,340 | 43,473 | 34,601 | 5,405 | Conservative | ||||
Kent West | 85,414 | 50,784 | 33,306 | 4,991 | Conservative | ||||
Lancashire Central | 82,370 | 56,175 | 24,936 | Conservative | |||||
Lancashire East | 67,806 | 75,711 | 26,320 | Labour | |||||
Leeds | 60,178 | 70,535 | 36,097 | Labour | |||||
Leicester | 72,508 | 69,616 | 29,656 | 3,249 | Conservative | ||||
Lincolnshire | 92,606 | 47,161 | 37,244 | Conservative | |||||
London Central | 64,545 | 77,842 | 30,269 | 7,514 | Labour | ||||
London East | 61,711 | 73,870 | 26,379 | Labour | |||||
London North | 74,846 | 69,993 | 31,344 | 4,682 | Conservative | ||||
London North East | 27,242 | 79,907 | 17,344 | 4,797 | Labour | ||||
London North West | 69,803 | 62,381 | 29,609 | Conservative | |||||
London South and Surrey East | 82,122 | 37,465 | 34,522 | Conservative | |||||
London South East | 81,508 | 61,493 | 38,614 | 989 | Conservative | ||||
London South Inner | 46,180 | 77,661 | 25,391 | 3,281 | Labour | ||||
London South West | 41,096 | 32,632 | 23,842 | 2,135 | Conservative | ||||
London West | 74,325 | 79,554 | 36,687 | 4,361 | Labour | ||||
Lothians | 49,065 | 74,989 | 36,636 | 22,331 | 2,560 | Labour | |||
Merseyside East | 38,047 | 87,086 | 17,259 | Labour | |||||
Merseyside West | 52,718 | 65,915 | 37,303 | Labour | |||||
Mid and West Wales | 52,910 | 89,362 | 35,168 | 32,880 | 4,266 | Labour | |||
Mid Scotland and Fife | 52,872 | 80,038 | 24,220 | 30,511 | Labour | ||||
Midlands East | 67,884 | 55,155 | 27,912 | 1,494 | Conservative | ||||
Midlands West | 54,406 | 74,091 | 17,709 | Labour | |||||
Norfolk | 95,459 | 58,602 | 37,703 | Conservative | |||||
North East Scotland | 53,809 | 44,648 | 25,490 | 33,448 | Conservative | ||||
North Wales | 69,139 | 54,768 | 56,861 | 38,117 | Conservative | ||||
Northamptonshire | 88,668 | 48,809 | 37,421 | 3,330 | Conservative | ||||
Northumbria | 62,717 | 78,412 | 42,946 | Labour | |||||
Nottingham | 82,500 | 66,374 | 33,169 | Conservative | |||||
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire | 94,136 | 39,164 | 45,055 | Conservative | |||||
Sheffield | 47,247 | 93,530 | 23,935 | Labour | |||||
Shropshire and Stafford | 82,291 | 57,359 | 37,209 | Conservative | |||||
Somerset and Dorset West | 98,928 | 36,863 | 58,677 | Conservative | |||||
South of Scotland | 60,843 | 57,706 | 23,598 | 22,242 | Conservative | ||||
South Wales | 55,678 | 99,936 | 26,588 | 13,201 | Labour | ||||
South Wales East | 36,359 | 131,916 | 28,330 | 18,833 | Labour | ||||
Staffordshire East | 68,886 | 76,753 | 26,093 | Labour | |||||
Strathclyde East | 24,857 | 90,792 | 11,883 | 27,330 | Labour | ||||
Strathclyde West | 47,196 | 70,234 | 25,955 | 28,866 | Labour | ||||
Suffolk | 88,243 | 41,145 | 34,084 | Conservative | |||||
Surrey West | 96,675 | 22,531 | 44,087 | Conservative | |||||
Sussex East | 102,287 | 32,213 | 36,666 | 5,401 | Conservative | ||||
Sussex West | 104,257 | 22,857 | 46,755 | 3,842 | Conservative | ||||
Thames Valley | 74,928 | 36,123 | 32,704 | Conservative | |||||
Tyne and Wear | 39,610 | 89,024 | 19,081 | Labour | |||||
Wight and Hampshire East | 96,666 | 36,445 | 53,738 | Conservative | |||||
Wiltshire | 86,873 | 35,457 | 60,404 | Conservative | |||||
York | 80,636 | 44,234 | 33,356 | Conservative | |||||
Yorkshire South | 30,271 | 98,020 | 19,306 | Labour | |||||
Yorkshire South West | 44,291 | 88,464 | 26,964 | Labour | |||||
Yorkshire West | 65,405 | 86,259 | 28,709 | Labour | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ The 1984 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections
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