Former European Parliament constituency
Northern Ireland (Irish :Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ⓘ [ 1] Ulster-Scots :Norlin Airlann constituency of theEuropean Parliament from 1979 until theUK exit from theEuropean Union on 31 January 2020. It elected threeMEPs using thesingle transferable vote , making it the only constituency in the United Kingdom which did not usefirst-past-the-post orparty-list proportional representation .
The constituency covered the entirety of Northern Ireland, aconstituent country of the United Kingdom. It was the only constituency in the United Kingdom the boundaries of which remained unchanged from the first direct election in 1979 until the UK left the European Union in 2020.
Members of the European Parliament [ edit ] Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
2019 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 Sinn Féin Martina Anderson 22.17 126,951 128,117 128,190 128,200.50 152,436.50 DUP Diane Dodds 21.83 124,991 127,291 155,422 Alliance Naomi Long 18.50 105,928 115,327 122,263 123,917.00 170,370.00 SDLP Colum Eastwood 13.72 78,589 80,949 82,101 82,413.50 TUV Jim Allister 10.83 62,021 63,872 79,540 89,854.00 90,079.00 UUP Danny Kennedy 9.26 53,052 54,736 Green (NI) Clare Bailey 2.18 12,471 UKIP Robert Hill 0.89 5,115 Independent Jane Morrice 0.30 1,719 Independent Neil McCann 0.17 948 NI Conservatives Amandeep Singh Bhogal 0.12 662 Electorate: 1,278,951 Valid: 572,447 Spoilt: 4,649 (0.81%) Quota: 143,112 Turnout: 577,275 (45.14%)
Ten candidates stood in the election.[ 3] [ 4]
2014 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 5] [ 6] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sinn Féin Martina Anderson 25.5 159,813 DUP Diane Dodds 20.9 131,163 131,831 131,845 133,465 139,791 143,009 179,302 UUP Jim Nicholson 13.3 83,438 84,418 84,426 86,672 92,301 99,260 135,993 158,212 SDLP Alex Attwood 13.0 81,594 81,790 83,845 87,028 88,147 112,822 114,981 115,273 TUV Jim Allister 12.1 75,806 76,182 76,195 77,065 84,438 86,020 Alliance Anna Lo 7.1 44,432 44,978 45,292 53,953 55,347 UKIP Henry Reilly 3.9 24,584 24,914 24,945 26,017 Green (NI) Ross Brown 1.7 10,598 10,923 11,038 NI21 Tina McKenzie 1.7 10,553 10,823 10,862 NI Conservatives Mark Brotherston 0.7 4,144 Electorate: 1,226,771 Valid: 626,125 Spoilt: 9,968 (1.6%) Quota: 156,532 Turnout: 635,927
2009 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 7] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 Sinn Féin Bairbre de Brún 26.0 126,184 DUP Diane Dodds 18.2 88,346 91,260 115,722 UCU-NF Jim Nicholson 17.1 82,893 94,285 132,227 SDLP Alban Maginness 16.2 78,489 94,814 97,428 TUV Jim Allister 13.7 66,197 70,481 Alliance Ian Parsley 5.5 26,699 Green (NI) Steven Agnew 3.3 15,764 Electorate: 1,141,979 Valid: 484,572 Spoilt: 4,319 (0.9%) Quota: 121,144 Turnout: 488,891
2004 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 8] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 DUP Jim Allister 32.0 175,761 Sinn Féin Bairbre de Brún 26.3 144,541 UUP Jim Nicholson 16.6 91,164 124,646 147,058 SDLP Martin Morgan 15.9 87,559 88,010 108,531 Independent John Gilliland 6.6 36,270 39,390 Socialist Environmental Eamonn McCann 1.6 9,172 9,268 Green (NI) Lindsay Whitcroft 0.9 4,810 5,134 Electorate: 1,072,669 Valid: 549,277 Spoilt: 5,467 (1.0%) Quota: 137,320 Turnout: 554,744
Gilliland's candidacy was supported byAlliance ,Workers' Party ,Labour and others.[ 9]
1999 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 10] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 DUP Ian Paisley 28.4 192,762 SDLP John Hume 28.1 190,731 UUP Jim Nicholson 17.6 119,507 162,627 184,739 Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin 17.3 117,643 119,352 119,384 PUP David Ervine 3.31 22,494 UK Unionist Robert McCartney 2.98 20,283 Alliance Seán Neeson 2.12 14,391 Natural Law James Anderson 0.15 998 Electorate: 1,191,307 Valid: 678,809 Spoilt: 8,764 Quota: 169,703 Turnout: 687,573
1994 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland – 3 seats[ 11] [ 12] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 DUP Ian Paisley 29.2 163,246 SDLP John Hume 28.9 161,992 UUP Jim Nicholson 23.8 133,459 149,541.25 Alliance Mary Clark-Glass 4.1 23,157 23,375.55 Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 3.8 21,273 21,278.10 Sinn Féin Dodie McGuinness 3.1 17,195 17,238.95 Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 3.0 16,747 16.756.60 Ulster Independence Hugh Ross 1.4 7,858 12,575.05 NI Conservatives Myrtle Boal 1.0 5,583 6,106.95 Workers' Party John Lowry 0.5 2,543 2,579.00 Labour Party NI Niall Cusack 0.4 2,464 2,518.90 Natural Law James Anderson 0.2 1,418 1,492.70 Independent June Campion 0.2 1,088 1,127.15 Independent David Kerr 0.1 571 877.15 Natural Law Susannah Thompson 0.1 454 534.40 Natural Law Michael Kennedy 0.1 419 443.90 Independent Robert Mooney 0.1 400 455.95 Electorate: 1,151,389 Valid: 559,867 Spoilt: 9,234 Quota: 139,967 Turnout: 49.4%
Note 1: Campion's candidacy, with the ballot paper description 'Peace Coalition', was supported byDemocratic Left , theGreens and some Labour groups. Note 2:Kerr appeared on the ballot paper with the descriptionIndependence for Ulster . Note 3: Mooney appeared on the ballot paper with the descriptionConstitutional Independent Northern Ireland . 1989 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 13] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 DUP Ian Paisley 29.9 160,110 SDLP John Hume 25.5 136,335 UUP Jim Nicholson 22.2 118,785 141,583 Sinn Féin Danny Morrison 9.1 48,914 48,987 Alliance John Alderdice 5.2 27,905 28,633 NI Conservatives Laurence Kennedy 4.8 25,789 26,872 Green (NI) Malcolm Samuel 1.2 6,569 6,876 Workers' Party Seamus Lynch 1.0 5,590 5,668 Labour Mark Langhammer 0.7 3,540 3,661 Labour Party NI Brian Caul 0.2 1,274 1,304 Electorate: 1,106,852 Valid: 534,811 Spoilt: 5,356 Quota: 133,703 Turnout: 540,167
Langhammer appeared on the ballot as the 'Labour Representation' candidate – the Campaign for Labour Representation aimed to persuade theBritish Labour Party to organise in Northern Ireland.
Caul appeared on the ballot as the candidate ofLabour '87 , a merger of theLabour Party of Northern Ireland ,Northern Ireland Labour Party ,Ulster Liberal Party andUnited Labour Party .
1984 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 14] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 DUP Ian Paisley 33.6 230,251 SDLP John Hume 22.1 151,399 151,664 156,310 183,256 UUP John Taylor 21.5 147,169 185,714 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
1979 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 15] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 DUP Ian Paisley 29.8 170,688 SDLP John Hume 24.5 140,622 140,676 146,072 UUP John Taylor 11.9 68,185 77,228 80,207 80,405 96,407 153,466 UUP Harry West 10.0 56,984 61,163 61,952 62,140 65,915 Alliance Oliver Napier 6.8 39,026 39,404 45,702 51,263 Ind. Unionist James Kilfedder 6.7 38,198 50,622 53,986 54,623 69,383 72,557 Ind. Republican Bernadette McAliskey 5.9 33,969 33,975 36,105 Independent David Bleakley [ a] 1.6 9,383 9,600 United Labour Paddy Devlin 1.1 6,122 6,146 Unionist Party NI Eddie Cummings 0.6 3,712 3,836 Republican Clubs Brian Brennan 0.6 3,258 3,263 Republican Clubs Francis Donnelly 0.2 1,160 1,164 Ulster Liberal James Murray 0.2 932 948 Electorate: 1,029,490 Valid: 572,239 Spoilt: 13,773 Quota: 143,060 Turnout: 586,059
^ Appeared on the ballot paper with the description 'United Community.' ^ Tuaisceart Éireann . DFA.ie. Retrieved 27 March 2016.^ NI, Electoral Office (27 May 2019)."Updated Stage 1 resultspic.twitter.com/Ii6oAVzWP5" . ^ Purdy, Martina (24 April 2014)."Ten candidates for NI Euro seats" . BBC. ^ Shields, Graham (25 April 2014)."Statement of Persons Nominated" .Electoral Office for Northern Ireland . Retrieved3 May 2014 . ^ The 2014 European Elections , Northern Ireland Elections^ BBC News – Vote 2014 , Northern Ireland European election count^ The 2009 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections^ The 2004 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections^ "Independent Candidate John Gilliland" . BBC News. 18 May 2004.^ The 1999 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections^ The 1994 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections^ [1] , Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive^ The 1989 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections^ The 1984 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections^ The 1979 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections
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