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The2014 European Parliament election was theUnited Kingdom's component of the2014 European Parliament election, held on Thursday 22 May 2014,[2][3] coinciding with the2014 local elections in England[4] and Northern Ireland. In total, 73Members of the European Parliament were elected from theUnited Kingdom usingproportional representation.England,Scotland andWales use a closed-listparty list system of PR (with theD'Hondt method), whileNorthern Ireland used thesingle transferable vote (STV).
Most of the election results were announced after 10pm on Sunday 25 May – with the exception ofScotland, which did not declare its results until the following day – after voting closed throughout the 28 member states of theEuropean Union.
The most successful party overall was theUK Independence Party (UKIP) which won 24 seats and 27% of the popular vote, the first time a political party other than theLabour Party orConservative Party had won the popular vote at a British election since the1906 general election.[5][6] It was also the first time a party other than Labour or Conservative had won the largest number of seats in a national election since theDecember 1910 general election.[7][8][9] In addition, the 23.1% of the vote won by the Conservatives was the lowest recorded vote share for the party in a national electionuntil 2019.
TheLabour Party became the firstOfficial Opposition party since1984 to fail to win a European Parliament election, although it did gain 7 seats, taking its overall tally to 20. The governingConservative Party was pushed into third place for the first time at any European Parliament election, falling to 19 seats, while theGreen Party of England and Wales saw its number of MEPs increase for the first time since 1999, winning 3 seats. In Scotland, theScottish National Party won the largest share of the vote, taking 29% of the vote and 2 MEPs. TheLiberal Democrats, who were in government in the UK with the Conservatives at the time, lost 10 of the 11 seats they were defending, and won just 7% of the popular vote.
Figures released in December 2014 showed that the Conservatives and UKIP each spent £2.96m on the campaign, the Liberal Democrats £1.5m, and the Labour Party approximately £1m.[10]
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The United Kingdom elected 73Members of the European Parliament usingproportional representation. The United Kingdom was divided into twelve multi-member constituencies. The eleven of these regions which formGreat Britain used a closed-listparty list system method ofproportional representation, calculated using theD'Hondt method.Northern Ireland used theSingle transferable vote (STV). As a result of theTreaty 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 it used to allocate 72 MEPs; an extra Conservative MEP was allocated to the West Midlands constituency, based on the 2009 vote, and was enshrined in theEuropean Union Act 2011 as an amendment of theEuropean Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.[citation needed]
| Electoral region | 2009 election | 2014 election | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 IncludesGibraltar, the onlyBritish Overseas Territory which was part of the European Union.
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 2013 provides for the designatedReturning 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, andBelfast South for the Northern Ireland Region.[11]
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 theTreaty of Lisbon. There were also various defections:
TheUlster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force (UCUNF) electoral pact between the Conservatives and theUlster Unionist Party (UUP) was dissolved.
Thus, before the 2014 election, the following parties had MEPs representing UK constituencies:
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). TheEnglish Democrats andAn Independence from Europe had a full slate of candidates in all the English regions.No2EU had a full slate in seven regions, whileBritain First and theSocialist Party of Great Britain had full slates in two regions each. The Harmony Party stood in four regions and theChristian Peoples Alliance in three regions. Other parties only stood in one region.
(Elected in 2009 as British National Party)
On 20 February, theDeputy Prime MinisterNick Clegg used his weekly phone-in show onLBC 97.3 to challenge the leader of theUK Independence Party,Nigel Farage, to a live public debate on the UK's membership of theEuropean Union.[29] 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."[30][31] Farage accepted, but said he would also like to seeEd Miliband andDavid Cameron participate.[32]
The first hour-long debate between the two men was held on 26 March 2014 and was broadcast live on television bySky News and on theBBC News Channel. The debate was hosted by LBC and moderated byNick Ferrari.[33] 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 onBBC Two on 2 April in a special programme calledThe European Union: In or Out, moderated byDavid 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 snapGuardian poll also showed that 69% thought Farage won the debate.[34]
DespiteDavid Cameron andEd 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 FebruaryAndrew Neil hosted a four-way debate on the BBC'sSunday Politics programme. The Conservatives were represented bySyed Kamall MEP, Labour byRichard Howitt MEP, the Liberal Democrats byBaroness Sarah Ludford MEP and the UK Independence Party byPatrick O'Flynn, the party'sDirector of communications and an MEP candidate.[35][36]
These opinion polls are for Great Britain and generally exclude Northern Ireland. The methodology used for these polls broadly corresponds to that used foropinion polling for the 2015 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.[37] Data for these polls are generally gathered at the same time as the data for General Election polling.
| Date(s) | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Con | UKIP | Lab | Lib Dems | Others | Lead |
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| 22 May 2014 | EU election, 2014 (GB) results | 16,017,366 | 23.9% | 27.5% | 25.4% | 6.9% | 16.3% | 2.1% |
| 20–21 May | YouGov/The Sun | 6,124 | 22% | 27% | 26% | 9% | 16% (BNP 1%) | 1% |
| 19–21 May | Opinium/Daily Mail | 1,967 | 21% | 32% | 25% | 6% | 16% | 7% |
| 19–20 May | Survation/Mirror | 1,106 | 23% | 32% | 27% | 9% | 11% | 5% |
| 19–20 May | YouGov/The Sun | 1,874 | 23% | 27% | 27% | 10% | 14% (BNP 1%) | Tied |
| 18–19 May | YouGov/The Sun | 1,740 | 21% | 24% | 28% | 10% | 17% (BNP 1%) | 4% |
| 15–19 May | TNSArchived 4 August 2016 at theWayback Machine | 1,217 | 21% | 31% | 28% | 7% | 13% | 3% |
| 16–18 May | ComRes[permanent dead link] | 2,061 | 20% | 33% | 27% | 7% | 13% | 6% |
| 15–16 May | YouGov/Sunday Times | 1,892 | 23% | 26% | 27% | 9% | 14% | 1% |
| 13–16 May | Opinium/Daily Mail | 2,036 | 20% | 31% | 29% | 5% | 15% | 2% |
| 14–15 May | ICM/Sunday Telegraph | 2,033 | 26% | 25% | 29% | 7% | 13% | 3% |
| 14–15 May | ComRes | 2,045 | 20% | 35% | 24% | 6% | 15% | 11% |
| 13–14 May | YouGov/The Sun | 1,968 | 22% | 25% | 28% | 10% | 15% (BNP 0%) | 3% |
| 9–12 May | Opinium | 1,936 | 22% | 30% | 28% | 7% | 13% | 2% |
| 9–11 May | ICM/The Guardian | 1,000 | 27% | 26% | 24% | 7% | 16% | 1% |
| 9–11 May | ComRes/C4M | 2,056 | 22% | 34% | 24% | 8% | 12% | 10% |
| 9 May | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,005 | 21% | 32% | 28% | 9% | 11% | 4% |
| 6–8 May | Opinium/Daily Mail | 1,972 | 23% | 28% | 27% | 8% | 14% | 1% |
| 28 Apr – 6 May | YouGov/Sky News | 1,933 | 23% | 31% | 25% | 9% | 14% | 6% |
| 2–3 May | Survation/Mirror | 1,005 | 24% | 31% | 28% | 7% | 10% | 3% |
| 1–2 May | YouGov/Sunday Times | 1,945 | 22% | 29% | 28% | 7% | 14% | 1% |
| 30 Apr – 1 May | YouGov/Sun on Sunday | 1,844 | 23% | 29% | 26% | 10% | 12% | 3% |
| 30 Apr – 1 May | YouGov/The Sun | 1,813 | 22% | 27% | 30% | 9% | 13% (BNP 1%) | 3% |
| 27–30 Apr | YouGov/The Sun | 5,331 | 22% | 28% | 29% | 9% | 13% (BNP 1%) | 1% |
| 24–28 Apr | TNSArchived 28 October 2017 at theWayback Machine | 1,199 | 18% | 36% | 27% | 10% | 12% | 9% |
| 25–27 Apr | ComRes[permanent dead link] | 2,052 | 18% | 38% | 27% | 8% | 14% | 11% |
| 24–25 Apr | YouGov/Sunday Times | 1,835 | 19% | 31% | 28% | 9% | 13% | 3% |
| 21–22 Apr | YouGov/The Sun | 2,190 | 22% | 27% | 30% | 10% | 11% (BNP 1%) | 3% |
| 15–17 Apr | ICM/Sunday Telegraph | 2,000 | 22% | 27% | 30% | 8% | 13% | 3% |
| 11–13 Apr | ICM/The Guardian | 1,000 | 25% | 20% | 36% | 6% | 13% | 11% |
| 3–7 Apr | TNSArchived 13 April 2014 at theWayback Machine | 1,193 | 21% | 29% | 30% | 9% | 11% | 1% |
| 4–6 Apr | Populus/Financial Times | 2,034 | 27% | 25% | 31% | 10% | 7% | 4% |
| 3–4 Apr | YouGov/Sunday Times | 1,998 | 22% | 28% | 30% | 9% | 10% | 2% |
| 4 Apr | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,001 | 21% | 27% | 34% | 9% | 9% | 7% |
| 2–3 Apr | ComRes/The People | 2,067 | 22% | 30% | 30% | 8% | 10% | Tied |
| 2 Apr | Broadcast ofThe European Union: In or Out debate. | |||||||
| 27–28 Mar | YouGov/The Sunday Times | 1,916 | 24% | 23% | 32% | 11% | 10% | 8% |
| 26–27 Mar | YouGov/The Sun | 2,039 | 24% | 26% | 28% | 11% | 11% | 2% |
| 26 Mar | LBC radio debate on theEuropean Union between the Lib Dems'Nick Clegg andNigel Farage of UKIP. | |||||||
| 20–21 Mar | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,000 | 28% | 23% | 32% | 7% | 10% | 4% |
| 17–18 Mar | YouGov/Times | 2,284 | 24% | 23% | 32% | 10% | 11% | 8% |
| 12–13 Mar | ComRes/Independent on Sunday | 2,001 | 21% | 30% | 28% | 8% | 13% | 2% |
| 7–9 Feb | ICM/The Guardian | 1,002 | 25% | 20% | 35% | 9% | 11% | 10% |
| 14–15 Jan | YouGov/The Sun | 1,893 | 23% | 26% | 32% | 9% | 10% | 6% |
| 3 Jan | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,001 | 23% | 26% | 32% | 9% | 10% | 6% |
| Date(s) | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Con | UKIP | Lab | Lib Dems | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21–22 Nov | Survation/Daily Star | 1,006 | 24% | 25% | 32% | 8% | 12% | 7% |
| 11 Oct | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,017 | 21% | 22% | 35% | 11% | 11% | 13% |
| 22–24 May | ComRes/Open Europe | 2,003 | 21% | 27% | 23% | 18% | 11% | 4% |
| 17–18 May | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 1,000 | 20% | 30% | 31% | 8% | 11% | 1% |
| 17–18 Jan | YouGov/The Sun | 1,912 | 30% | 12% | 38% | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| 10–11 Jan | YouGov/The Sun | 1,995 | 24% | 19% | 36% | 12% | 10% | 12% |
| 9–10 Jan | ComRes/Sunday People | 2,002 | 22% | 23% | 35% | 8% | 12% | 12% |
| 8–9 Jan | YouGov/The Sun | 1,980 | 27% | 17% | 38% | 12% | 6% | 11% |
| 5 Jan | Survation/Mail on Sunday | 772 | 24% | 22% | 31% | 11% | 12% | 7% |
| 4 Jun 2009 | EU election, 2009 (GB) Results | 15,136,932 | 27.7% | 16.5% | 15.7% | 13.7% | 25.6% | 11.2% |
| Date(s) | Polling organisation/client | Sample | SNP | Lab | Con | Lib Dems | UKIP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | EU election, 2014 (Scotland) | 1,343,483 | 29.0% | 25.9% | 17.2% | 7.1% | 10.5% | 10.4% | 3.1% |
| 12–15 May 2014 | ICM/Scotsman | 1,003 | 36% | 27% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 9% |
| 9–12 May 2014 | Survation/Daily Record | 1,003 | 37% | 26% | 13% | 6% | 11% | 7% | 11% |
| 11–22 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Edinburgh University | 1,014 | 33% | 31% | 12% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 2% |
| 14–16 Apr 2014 | ICM/Scotland on Sunday | 1,004 | 37% | 28% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 6% | 9% |
| 4–7 Apr 2014 | Survation/Daily Record | 1,002 | 39% | 30% | 14% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 9% |
| 17–21 Mar 2014 | ICM/Scotsman | 1,010 | 41% | 29% | 13% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 12% |
| 21–24 Jan 2014 | ICM/Scotsman | 1,010 | 43% | 24% | 14% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 19% |
| 4 Jun 2009 | EU election, 2009 (Scotland) | 1,104,512 | 29.1% | 20.8% | 16.8% | 11.5% | 5.2% | 16.6% | 8.3% |
| Date(s) | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Con | Lab | Plaid | UKIP | Lib Dems | Others | Lead |
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| 22 May 2014 | EU election, 2014 (Wales) Results | 733,060 | 17.4% | 28.2% | 15.3% | 27.6% | 4.0% | 7.7% | 0.6% |
| 12–14 May 2014 | YouGov/ITV | 1,092 | 16% | 33% | 15% | 23% | 7% | 7% | 10% |
| 11–22 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Cardiff University | 1,027 | 18% | 39% | 11% | 20% | 7% | 6% | 19% |
| 10–12 Feb 2014 | YouGov/ITV | 1,250 | 17% | 39% | 12% | 18% | 7% | 7% | 21% |
| 2–4 Dec 2013 | YouGov/ITV | 1,001 | 20% | 41% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 5% | 21% |
| 4 Jun 2009 | EU election, 2009 (Wales) Results | 684,520 | 21.2% | 20.3% | 18.5% | 12.8% | 10.7% | 16.6% | 0.9% |
| Date(s) | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Con | Lab | Lib Dems | Green | UKIP | Others | Lead |
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| 22 May 2014 | EU election, 2014 (London) Results | 2,200,475 | 22.5% | 36.7% | 6.7% | 8.9% | 16.9% | 8.3% | 14.2% |
| 6–8 May 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,422 | 23% | 37% | 9% | 7% | 21% | 3% | 14% |
| 28–29 Apr 2014 | Survation | 1,001 | 21% | 39% | 13% | 7% | 20% | 1% | 18% |
| 7–9 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,209 | 25% | 33% | 11% | 5% | 24% | 3% | 8% |
| 8–10 Oct 2013 | YouGov/Evening Standard | 1,231 | 23% | 34% | 10% | 9% | 22% | 1% | 11% |
| 4 Jun 2009 | EU election, 2009 (London) Results | 1,751,026 | 27.4% | 21.3% | 13.7% | 10.9% | 10.8% | 15.9% | 6.1% |
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| UK Independence Party | 4,376,635 | 26.6 | 10.6 | 24 | 11 | 32.9 | ||||
| Labour Party | 4,020,646 | 24.4 | 9.2 | 20 | 7 | 27.4 | ||||
| Conservative Party | 3,792,549 | 23.1 |  3.8 | 19 | 7 | 26.0 | ||||
| Green Party of England and Wales | 1,136,670 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 3 | 1 | 4.1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 1,087,633 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 1 | 10 | 1.4 | ||||
| Scottish National Party | 389,503 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 2 | | 2.7 | ||||
| An Independence from Europe | 235,124 | 1.4 | New | 0 | | |||||
| British National Party | 179,694 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | 159,813 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1 | | 1.4 | ||||
| DUP | 131,163 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1 | | 1.4 | ||||
| English Democrats | 126,024 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0 | | |||||
| Plaid Cymru | 111,864 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1 | | 1.4 | ||||
| Scottish Greens | 108,305 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | | |||||
| Ulster Unionist Party | 83,438 | 0.5 | New | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | ||||
| SDLP | 81,594 | 0.5 | | 0 | | |||||
| TUV | 75,806 | 0.5 | | 0 | | |||||
| Christian Peoples Alliance | 50,222 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0 | | |||||
| Alliance | 44,432 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | | |||||
| No2EU | 31,757 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | | |||||
| 4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP) | 28,014 | 0.2 | New | 0 | | |||||
| We Demand a Referendum Now | 23,426 | 0.1 | New | 0 | | |||||
| NHA | 23,253 | 0.1 | New | 0 | | |||||
| Animal Welfare Party | 21,092 | 0.1 | | 0 | | |||||
| Britain First | 20,272 | 0.1 | New | 0 | | |||||
| Yorkshire First | 19,017 | 0.1 | New | 0 | | |||||
| Europeans Party | 10,712 | 0.1 | New | 0 | | |||||
| Green (NI) | 10,598 | 0.1 | | 0 | | |||||
| NI21 | 10,553 | 0.1 | New | 0 | | |||||
| Peace Party | 10,130 | 0.1 | | 0 | | |||||
| Others | 55,011 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0 | | |||||
| Valid Votes | 16,454,950 | 99.5 | 73 | 1 | ||||||
| Rejected Votes | 90,812 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Registered voters | 46,481,532 | |||||||||
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TheUK Independence Party (UKIP) came top of the poll, the first time a political party other than theLabour Party orConservative Party had won the popular vote at a British election since the1906 general election.[39][6] It was also the first time a party other than Labour or Conservative had won the largest number of seats in a national election since theDecember 1910 general election.[7][8][9] However, by the end of 2018, following multiple departures and other changes, only 9 MEPs remained affiliated to UKIP.[40] By February 2019, there were only 7 UKIP MEPs, while 7 former UKIP MEPs had joined the newBrexit Party.
TheLabour Party became the firstOfficial Opposition party since1984 to fail to win a European Parliament election, although it did gain 7 seats, taking its overall tally to 20. It concurrently won the largest share of the vote in 100 council areas, with its largest vote share recorded inNewham at 58.4%.[41]
The governingConservative Party was pushed into third place for the first time at any European Parliament election, winning just 23.3% of the national vote share and losing 7 seats to fall to 19 overall, one behind Labour. It won the largest share of the vote in just 89 council areas and its highest vote was recorded inElmbridge at 43.1%.
TheGreen Party of England and Wales saw its number of MEPs increase for the first time since 1999, winning a total of 3 seats. The party rose from fifth place to fourth, although its vote share declined slightly compared to 2009. This was the first time since 1989 that the Greens had outpolled theLiberal Democrats in a European election.
In Scotland, theScottish National Party won the largest share of the vote taking 28.9% of the vote and retained its two of the six Scottish seats.[42]
TheLiberal Democrats, who were in coalition with the Conservatives at the time, lost ten of the eleven seats they were defending and won just 6.9% of the vote share nationally.[43] Their highest vote share was recorded inGibraltar, where they won a 67.2% share of the vote.
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