2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar

none June 2025 June 2025 Gibraltar parliamentary 2009 European Parliament election in Gibraltar 2009 7 seats in the European Parliament 10 June 2004 EP group Michael Howard 1099 cropped.jpg Michael Howard 6 November 2003 Conservative Party (UK) Gibraltar Social Democrats 8,297 70.67% ED, within EPP-ED Tony Blair in 2002.jpg Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party 1,127 9.60% PES Caroline Lucas 2010.jpg Caroline Lucas 30 November 2003 Green Party of England and Wales Reform 1,058 9.01% Greens–EFA Charles Kennedy MP (cropped).jpg Charles Kennedy 9 August 1999 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Party of Gibraltar 905 7.71% ALDE European Parliament elections were held for the first time in Gibraltar on 10 June 2004 as part of European Union-wide elections. Although part of the European Union, Gibraltar had never before voted in European Parliamentary elections, in part due to its small electorate of just over 20,000 which would cause Gibraltar to be over-represented by about 30 times if even a single seat were to be assigned. This disenfranchisement applied by the United Kingdom was successfully challenged before the European Court of Human Rights in 1999. As a result, from 2004 Gibraltar was included by the United Kingdom within the South West England region for electoral purposes. Spain took a complaint about Gibraltar participating in EU elections to the Court of Justice of the European Union, objecting to the enfranchisement of Commonwealth citizens and the creation of a combined electoral region, but its case was unsuccessful.https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62004CJ0145 EUR-Lex – 62004CJ0145 – EN – EUR-Lex eur-lex.europa.eu None of the main Gibraltar political parties contested the election, so voters chose from United Kingdom party lists. However, Lyana Armstrong-Emery of the small Reform Party had a place on a joint list with the Green Party. thumb|200px|Michael Howard addresses voters outside the Gibraltar House of Assembly (now the Gibraltar Parliament). The Conservative Party polled over two-thirds of the Gibraltar vote, with no other party exceeding 10% support. This was in large part due to the perception that the Labour Government in Britain had "betrayed" Gibraltar by attempting to negotiate a constitutional settlement involving joint sovereignty with Spain.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/1462148/The-Tories-won%27t-let-you-down,-Howard-tells-Gibraltar.html https://archive.today/20120913160439/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/1462148/The-Tories-won%27t-let-you-down,-Howard-tells-Gibraltar.html dead 13 September 2012 The Tories won't let you down, Howard tells Gibraltar 19 September 2008 Wilkinson Isambard 18 May 2004 The Daily Telegraph London This arrangement was rejected overwhelmingly by Gibraltarians in the 2002 sovereignty referendum. The Conservatives were perceived as being unequivocal in their support for Gibraltar's continued British status. In addition, both the leader of the Conservative Party, Michael Howard, and his deputy, Michael Ancram, flew in to rally support. Before the election, the local Conservatives mounted a vigorous campaign. Results Turnout was 57.5% in Gibraltar, higher than the 37.8% for the electoral region as a whole. Gibraltar South West England Conservative Party 8297 3 457371 Labour Party 1127 1 209908 Green 1058 0 103821 Liberal Democrats 905 1 265619 UKIP 140 2 326784 British National Party 105 0 43653 Countryside 88 0 30824 Respect Party 20 0 10473 194 5208 20740 3845210 European Parliament References External links Question over EU voting rights adds to dispute between Spain and Britain over Gibraltar status Election 2004 Gibraltar Category:European Parliament elections in Gibraltar Europe Category:June 2004 in Europe