2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

none April 2025 April 2025 2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom United Kingdom parliamentary 2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom 2009 List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (2009–2014) List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (2014–2019) 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom 2019 All 73 United Kingdom seats to the European Parliament 22 May 2014 46,481,532n The number of registered voters included EU nationals who are not eligible to vote in UK general elections 35.6%http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/country-results-uk-2014.html Results of the 2014 European elections – Results by country – United Kingdom – European Parliament europarl.europa.eu European Parliament 11 July 2016 0.9% no Nigel Farage (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Nigel Farage 5 November 2010 South East England UK Independence Party EFDD 13 seats, 16.0% 24 11 4,376,635 26.6% 10.6% Glenis Willmott Official portrait as an MEP 2014.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Glenis Willmott 18 January 2009 East Midlands Labour Party (UK) S&D 13 seats, 15.2% 20 7 4,020,646 24.4% 9.2% Syed Kamall MEP portrait 2014.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Syed Kamall 19 November 2013 London Conservative Party (UK) ECR 26 seats,In 2009, the Conservatives were in alliance with the Ulster Unionist Party in Northern Ireland as Ulster Conservatives and Unionists, electing 1 Northern Irish MEP under this label. By 2014 the UCUNF alliance had been dissolved. UCUNF 27.4% 19 7 3,792,549 23.1% 4.3% File:2014 United Kingdom EU Election.svg 400px Map of the 2014 European Parliamentary Election in the United Kingdom 300px Lambert, Jean-2316.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jean LambertLambert was the longest-serving Green MEP. 6 May 2010 London Green Party of England and Wales Green 2 seats, 7.8% 2 3 1 1,136,670 6.9% 0.9% Fiona Hall official portrait as an MEP in 2012.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Fiona Hall 21 July 2009 North East England Liberal Democrats (UK) ALDE 11 seats, 13.3% 11 1 10 1,087,633 6.6% 6.7% Ian Hudghton MEP, Strasbourg - Diliff.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ian HudghtonHudghton was the SNP's lead candidate. June 1999 Scotland Scottish National Party EFA 2 seats, 2.1% 2 2 389,503 2.3% 0.3% Leader of Largest Party Subsequent Leader of Largest Party David Cameron Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Farage UKIP The 2014 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2014 European Parliament election, held on Thursday 22 May 2014,http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/03/11/EU-reschedules-elections-to-boost-turnout/UPI-33111363022099/ EU reschedules elections to boost turnout United Press International 11 March 2013 3 May 2013Staff writer BBC News 3 August 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21764632 EU elections: Polling day will stay on Thursday, insists government 13 March 2013 coinciding with the 2014 local elections in Englandhttp://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/council/elections/elections.htm Wards and Election Information Elmbridge.gov.uk Elmbridge Borough Council 19 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190213/http://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/council/elections/elections.htm 16 December 2013 dead and Northern Ireland. In total, 73 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation. England, Scotland and Wales use a closed-list party list system of PR (with the D'Hondt method), while Northern Ireland used the single transferable vote (STV). Most of the election results were announced after 10pm on Sunday 25 May – with the exception of Scotland, which did not declare its results until the following day – after voting closed throughout the 28 member states of the European Union. The most successful party overall was the UK Independence Party (UKIP) which won 24 seats and 27% of the popular vote, the first time a political party other than the Labour Party or Conservative Party had won the popular vote at a British election since the 1906 general election.Ukip and Front National lead populist earthquake https://www.ft.com/content/aad578e8-e463-11e3-a73a-00144feabdc0 Financial Times 26 May 2014 31 May 2014European Elections: UKIP Tops British Polls http://news.sky.com/story/1268952/european-elections-ukip-tops-british-polls Sky News 26 May 2014 31 May 2014 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 the December 1910 general election.UK's Eurosceptic UKIP party storms to victory in Europe vote https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/26/us-eu-elections-britain-idUSBREA4O0EM20140526 Reuters 26 May 2014 31 May 2014 1 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140601001848/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/26/us-eu-elections-britain-idUSBREA4O0EM20140526 dead 10 key lessons from the European election results https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/26/10-key-lessons-european-election-results The Guardian 26 May 2014 31 May 2014Lurching Right: UKIP Win Creates Pressure for Cameron and Europe http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/ukip-wins-big-in-britain-and-creates-challenge-for-cameron-and-europe-a-971968.html Der Spiegel 27 May 2014 31 May 2014 In addition, the 23.1% of the vote won by the Conservatives was the lowest recorded vote share for the party in a national election until 2019. The Labour Party became the first Official Opposition party since 1984 to fail to win a European Parliament election, although it did gain 7 seats, taking its overall tally to 20. The governing Conservative Party was pushed into third place for the first time at any European Parliament election, falling to 19 seats, while the Green Party of England and Wales saw its number of MEPs increase for the first time since 1999, winning 3 seats. In Scotland, the Scottish National Party won the largest share of the vote, taking 29% of the vote and 2 MEPs. The Liberal 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.https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/ukip-matched-spending-by-tories-on-eu-elections-mrpzsgnmb3c Ukip matched spending by Tories on EU elections Billy Kenber The Times 18 December 2014 18 December 2014 Voting system and regional representation thumb|right|250px|Polling station in Gosberton in Lincolnshire within the East Midlands constituency on 22 May 2014 The United Kingdom elected 73 Members of the European Parliament using proportional representation. The United Kingdom was divided into twelve multi-member constituencies. The eleven of these regions which form Great Britain used a closed-list party list system method of proportional representation, calculated using the D'Hondt method. Northern Ireland used the Single transferable vote (STV). As a result of the Treaty 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 the European Union Act 2011 as an amendment of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.June 2020 +Representation by regionElectoral region2009election2014election+/-East Midlands55East of England77London88North East England33North West England88South East England1010South West England166West Midlands671Yorkshire and the Humber66Wales44Scotland66Northern Ireland33 1 Includes Gibraltar, the only British Overseas Territory which was part of the European Union. Returning officers The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 2013 provides for the designated Returning 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, and Belfast South for the Northern Ireland Region.http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2064/made Representation of the People: The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 2013 legislation.gov.uk UK Legislation 19 August 2013 22 August 2013 MEPs before the 2014 election, by European Parliament group 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 the Treaty of Lisbon. There were also various defections: one Conservative MEP (Edward McMillan-Scott) defected to the Liberal Democrats (March 2010);Owen Paul https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/12/edward-mcmillan-scott-defects-to-lib-dems Former leader of Tory MEPs Edward MacMillan-Scott joins Lib Dems The Guardian | Politics 12 March 2010 29 September 2013 one Conservative MEP (Roger Helmer) defected to UKIP (March 2012); two UKIP MEPs (David Campbell Bannerman in May 2011Staff writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13518731 UKIP MEP Campbell Bannerman defects to Conservatives BBC News 24 May 2011 29 September 2013 and Marta Andreasen in February 2013) defected to the Conservatives;Tapsfield James https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-mep-marta-andreasen-defects-to-the-tories-and-launches-attack-on-nigel-farage-8507960.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-mep-marta-andreasen-defects-to-the-tories-and-launches-attack-on-nigel-farage-8507960.html 1 May 2022 subscription live UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen defects to the Tories and launches attack on Nigel Farage The Independent | UK Politics 23 February 2013 29 September 2013 London one UKIP MEP (Nikki Sinclaire) left the party, and later founded the We Demand a Referendum party; one UKIP MEP (Mike Nattrass) left the party in September 2013, and later founded An Independence from Europe;http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28506/MIKE_NATTRASS_home.html Mike Nattrass europarl.europa.eu European Parliament 11 April 2014 one UKIP MEP (Godfrey Bloom) left the party in September 2013, and sat as an independent;Brant Robin https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24222992 Godfrey Bloom quits as UKIP MEP after 'sluts' joke row BBC News 24 September 2013 14 October 2013 one BNP MEP (Andrew Brons) left the party, and later founded the British Democratic Party. The Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force (UCUNF) electoral pact between the Conservatives and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) was dissolved. Thus, before the 2014 election, the following parties had MEPs representing UK constituencies: Parties in the European Parliament (UK) before the 2014 election https://web.archive.org/web/20190103153028/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/groupAndCountry.do?language=EN 3 January 2019 United Kingdom party Seats/73 European Parliament group Seats/766 Conservative Party (UK) 1px Conservative 26 European Conservatives and Reformists 1px 2 European Conservatives and Reformists 52 Ulster Unionist Party 1px UUP 1 Labour Party (UK) 1px Labour 13 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 1px Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 195 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1px Liberal Democrats 12 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group 1px Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 75 United Kingdom Independence Party 1px UKIP 9 Europe of Freedom and Democracy 1px 2 Europe of Freedom and Democracy 31 Independent 1 Green Party of England and Wales 1px Green 2 The Greens–European Free Alliance 1px 3 Greens–European Free Alliance 52 Scottish National Party 1px Scottish National 2 Plaid Cymru 1px Plaid Cymru 1 Sinn Féin 1px Sinn Féin 1 European United Left–Nordic Green Left 1px European United Left–Nordic Green Left 35 Democratic Unionist Party 1px Democratic Unionist 1 Non-Inscrits 1px 5 Non-Inscrits – British Democratic Party (2013) 1px British Democratic 1 – British National Party 1px British National 1 – We Demand a Referendum 1px We Demand a Referendum 1 – An Independence from Europe 1px An Independence from Europe 1 – Parties and candidates 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). The English Democrats and An Independence from Europe had a full slate of candidates in all the English regions. No2EU had a full slate in seven regions, while Britain First and the Socialist Party of Great Britain had full slates in two regions each. The Harmony Party stood in four regions and the Christian Peoples Alliance in three regions. Other parties only stood in one region. Retiring/resigned incumbents British Democratic Party (Elected in 2009 as British National Party) Andrew Brons – Yorkshire and the Humber Conservative Struan Stevenson (Scotland)http://conservativehome.blogs.com/parliament/2012/05/would-you-like-to-be-a-tory-mep-there-could-be-nine-vacancies-in-2014.html Would you like to be a Tory MEP? There could be nine vacancies in 2014... Tory MPs Conservativehome.blogs.com 23 May 2012 3 May 2013 Sir Robert Atkins (North West England) Giles Chichester (South West England and Gibraltar) Robert Sturdy (East of England) Green Caroline Lucas (South East England) – Resigned 17 May 2010 & replaced by Keith Taylor Labour Michael Cashman (West Midlands)Roberts Scott Labour MEP Michael Cashman to stand down in 2014 https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/10/04/labour-mep-michael-cashman-to-stand-down-in-2014/ Pink News 4 October 2012 17 May 2018 Stephen Hughes (North East England)http://www.labournorth.com/hughes-to-leave-europe-at-next-election Hughes to leave Europe at next election Labour North 19 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150610210818/http://www.labournorth.com/hughes-to-leave-europe-at-next-election 10 June 2015 dead Arlene McCarthy (North West England) Brian Simpson (North West England)http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward/preview?u=d1564695d4e3a984692aba801&id=0ab13af57f us2.forward-to-friend.com 3 August 2013 dear member https://archive.today/20130410195317/http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward/preview?u=d1564695d4e3a984692aba801&id=0ab13af57f 10 April 2013 dead Peter Skinner (South East England)http://www.peterskinnermep.eu/passing-on-the-baton/ peterskinnermep.eu Peter Skinner MEP 9 October 2013 Passing on the baton https://web.archive.org/web/20131231204842/http://www.peterskinnermep.eu/passing-on-the-baton/ 31 December 2013 dead Liberal Democrats Diana Wallis (Yorkshire and the Humber) – Resigned 31 January 2012https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16636573 MEP Diana Wallis criticised over resignation 'nepotism' Bbc.co.uk 2012-01-19 2013-05-03 & replaced by Rebecca Taylor Liz Lynne (West Midlands) – Resigned 4 February 2012https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15611399 Lib Dem MEP Liz Lynne to stand down Bbc.co.uk 2011-11-06 2013-05-03 & replaced by Phil Bennion Sharon Bowles – (South East England)Jill Treanor https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/oct/09/sharon-bowles-bank-england-governor Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles applies for Bank of England governor job The Guardian 9 October 2012 2013-05-03 London Rebecca Taylor (Yorkshire and the Humber) Fiona Hall (North East England) UKIP John Bufton (Wales)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-22655284 UKIP MEP for Wales John Bufton to stand down at election Bbc.co.uk 2013-05-24 2013-06-12 Trevor Colman (South West England and Gibraltar) Derek Clark (East Midlands)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22757236 East Midlands UKIP MEP to stand down next June BBC News 2013-06-03 3 June 2013 Godfrey Bloom (Yorkshire & Humber), Having spent the last 8 months of his term as an independenthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24222992 Godfrey Bloom quits as UKIP MEP after 'sluts' joke row BBC News 2013-10-09 24 September 2013https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ukips-godfrey-bloom-sit-independent-2296952 Ukip's Godfrey Bloom to sit as independent MEP after "sluts" row Mirror 2013-10-09 Debates On 20 February, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg used his weekly phone-in show on LBC 97.3 to challenge the leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, to a live public debate on the UK's membership of the European Union.http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/20/european-union-debate-nick-clegg-nigel-farage_n_4821405.html Nick Clegg Challenges Nigel Farage To Head-To-Head EU Debate Huffington Post 2014-02-21 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."http://www.lbc.co.uk/clegg-challenges-farage-to-inout-eu-debate-86300#poll-result-292 Clegg Challenges Farage To In/out EU Debate on LBC LBC 97.3 2014-02-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160302151812/http://www.lbc.co.uk/clegg-challenges-farage-to-inout-eu-debate-86300#poll-result-292 2 March 2016 deadhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/20/nick-clegg-nigel-farage-debate-uk-membership-eu Nick Clegg challenges Nigel Farage to live debate on Britain's EU membership Guardian Online 2014-02-21 Farage accepted, but said he would also like to see Ed Miliband and David Cameron participate.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nick-clegg/10653279/Nigel-Farage-agrees-to-EU-debate-with-Nick-Clegg.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nick-clegg/10653279/Nigel-Farage-agrees-to-EU-debate-with-Nick-Clegg.html 12 January 2022 subscription live Nigel Farage agrees to EU debate with Nick Clegg The Daily Telegraph 2014-02-21 London Peter Dominiczak 21 February 2014 The first hour-long debate between the two men was held on 26 March 2014 and was broadcast live on television by Sky News and on the BBC News Channel. The debate was hosted by LBC and moderated by Nick Ferrari.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26737934 Nick Clegg clashes with Nigel Farage in EU debate BBC News 26 March 2014 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 on BBC Two on 2 April in a special programme called The European Union: In or Out, moderated by David 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 snap Guardian poll also showed that 69% thought Farage won the debate.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26843996 BBC News – Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage in heated BBC debate over EU Bbc.co.uk 2014-04-03 2014-04-11 Despite David Cameron and Ed 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 February Andrew Neil hosted a four-way debate on the BBC's Sunday Politics programme. The Conservatives were represented by Syed Kamall MEP, Labour by Richard Howitt MEP, the Liberal Democrats by Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP and the UK Independence Party by Patrick O'Flynn, the party's Director of communications and an MEP candidate.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-27012721 EU election: Tory, Labour, UKIP and Lib Dem on Europe BBC News 2014-04-13 2014-04-17https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-27012720 EU referendum: Tory, Labour, UKIP and Lib Dem policy BBC News 2014-04-13 2014-04-17 Opinion polls Graphical summary thumb|center|1000px|Graph of opinion polls conducted. Trend lines represent local regressions and the grey areas represent uncertainty about the trendlines and not those of the results. These opinion polls are for Great Britain and generally exclude Northern Ireland. The methodology used for these polls broadly corresponds to that used for opinion 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.http://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/01/15/measuring-ukips-support/ Measuring UKIP's support yougov Peter Kellner 15 January 2013 Data for these polls are generally gathered at the same time as the data for General Election polling. 2014 Date(s)Polling organisation/clientSampleConUKIPLabLib DemsOthersLead 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%) Tied18–19 May YouGov/The Sun 1,740 21% 24% 28% 10% 17% (BNP 1%) 4%15–19 May TNS https://web.archive.org/web/20160804080543/http://www.tns-bmrb.co.uk/news/ukip-european-poll-lead-narrows 4 August 2016 1,217 21% 31% 28% 7% 13% 3%16–18 May ComResSeptember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 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 https://archive.today/20140520140624/http://news.opinium.co.uk/survey-results/european-parliament-polling-13th-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 TNS https://web.archive.org/web/20171028010650/http://www.tnsglobal.com/uk/press-release/ukip-establish-clear-lead-european-elections 28 October 2017 1,199 18% 36% 27% 10% 12% 9%25–27 Apr ComResSeptember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 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 TNS https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150101/http://www.tns-bmrb.co.uk/uploads/files/TNSUK_DataTables_20140409.pdf 13 April 2014 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 https://archive.today/20140926125017/http://www.comres.co.uk/poll/1147/the-people-european-parliament-voting-intention-and-fobts-poll.htm ComRes/The People 2,067 22% 30% 30% 8% 10% Tied2 AprBroadcast of The 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 MarLBC radio debate on the European Union between the Lib Dems' Nick Clegg and Nigel 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 https://archive.today/20140315202718/http://www.comres.co.uk/poll/1118/sunday-mirror-independent-on-sunday-poll.htm 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% 2013 Date(s)Polling organisation/clientSampleConUKIPLabLib DemsOthersLead 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% Scottish polls Date(s)Polling organisation/clientSampleSNPLabConLib DemsUKIPOthersLead 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% Welsh polls Date(s)Polling organisation/clientSampleConLabPlaidUKIPLib DemsOthersLead 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% London polls Date(s)Polling organisation/clientSampleConLabLib DemsGreenUKIPOthersLead 22 May 2014 EU election, 2014 (London) Results2,200,475 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% Results United Kingdom results border|780pxParty Votes SeatsNumber % +/- Seats +/- % UK Independence Party UK Independence Party 4,376,635 26.6 10.6 24 11 32.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party 4,020,646 24.4 9.2 20 7 27.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party 3,792,549 23.1 3.8 19 7 26.0 Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales 1,136,670 6.9 0.9 3 1 4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats 1,087,633 6.6 6.7 1 10 1.4 Scottish National Party Scottish National Party 389,503 2.4 0.3 2 2.7 An Independence from Europe An Independence from Europe 235,124 1.4 New0 British National Party British National Party 179,694 1.1 5.0 0 2 Sinn Féin Sinn Féin 159,813 1.0 0.2 1 1.4 Democratic Unionist Party DUP 131,163 0.8 0.2 1 1.4 English Democrats English Democrats 126,024 0.8 1.0 0 Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru 111,864 0.7 0.1 1 1.4 Scottish Greens Scottish Greens 108,305 0.7 0.1 0 Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party 83,438 0.5 New 1 1 1.4 Social Democratic and Labour Party SDLP 81,594 0.5 0 Traditional Unionist Voice TUV 75,806 0.5 0 Christian Peoples Alliance Christian Peoples Alliance 50,222 0.3 1.3 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Alliance 44,432 0.3 0.1 0 No2EU No2EU 31,757 0.2 0.8 0 4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP) 28,014 0.2 New0 We Demand a Referendum Now We Demand a Referendum Now 23,426 0.1 New0 National Health Action Party NHA 23,253 0.1 New0 Animal Welfare Party Animal Welfare Party 21,092 0.1 0 Britain First Britain First 20,272 0.1 New0 Yorkshire First Yorkshire First 19,017 0.1 New0 Europeans Party 10,712 0.1 New0 Green Party Northern Ireland Green (NI) 10,598 0.1 0 NI21 NI21 10,553 0.1 New0 Peace Party (UK) Peace Party10,130 0.1 0 Others 55,011 0.3 3.40 Valid Votes 16,454,950 99.5 73 1 Rejected Votes 90,812 0.6Registered voters 46,481,532 Election results by constituency Staff writer UK European election results https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/eu-uk-results BBC News 26 May 2014 26 May 2014 Constituency Members East Midlands UKIP UKIP Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)   East of England UKIP UKIP UKIP Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)   London UKIP Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Green Party of England and Wales   North East England UKIP Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)   North West England UKIP UKIP UKIP Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)   South East England UKIP UKIP UKIP UKIP Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Green Party of England and Wales Liberal Democrats (UK) South West England UKIP UKIP Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Green Party of England and Wales   West Midlands UKIP UKIP UKIP Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)   Yorkshire and the Humber UKIP UKIP UKIP Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)   Scotland UKIP Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Scottish National Party Scottish National Party   Wales UKIP Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plaid Cymru   Northern Ireland Sinn Féin   Democratic Unionist Party   Ulster Unionist Party     MEPs defeated Conservative Marina Yannakoudakis – London Martin Callanan – North East Marta Andreasen – South East Liberal Democrats Bill Newton Dunn – East Midlands Andrew Duff – East of England Sarah Ludford – London Chris Davies – North West Graham Watson – South West Phil Bennion – West Midlands Edward McMillan-Scott – Yorkshire and the Humber George Lyon – Scotland British National Party Nick Griffin – North West An Independence from Europe Mike Nattrass – West Midlands We Demand a Referendum Nikki Sinclaire – West Midlands Analysis The UK Independence Party (UKIP) came top of the poll, the first time a political party other than the Labour Party or Conservative Party had won the popular vote at a British election since the 1906 general election.Ukip and Front National lead populist earthquake https://www.ft.com/content/aad578e8-e463-11e3-a73a-00144feabdc0 Financial Times 26 May 2014 31 May 2014 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 the December 1910 general election. However, by the end of 2018, following multiple departures and other changes, only 9 MEPs remained affiliated to UKIP.https://news.sky.com/story/ex-ukip-leader-paul-nuttall-quits-party-over-tommy-robinson-role-11573773 Ex-UKIP leader Paul Nuttall quits party over Tommy Robinson role Sky News 2018-12-07 2019-03-05 By February 2019, there were only 7 UKIP MEPs, while 7 former UKIP MEPs had joined the new Brexit Party. The Labour Party became the first Official Opposition party since 1984 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 in Newham at 58.4%.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/5472792/European-elections-2009-Gordon-Brown-on-the-edge-as-Labour-is-humiliated-by-BNP.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/5472792/European-elections-2009-Gordon-Brown-on-the-edge-as-Labour-is-humiliated-by-BNP.html 12 January 2022 subscription live European elections 2009: Gordon Brown on the edge as Labour is humiliated by BNP The Daily Telegraph 8 June 2009 26 May 2014 The governing Conservative 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 in Elmbridge at 43.1%. The Green 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 the Liberal Democrats in a European election. In Scotland, the Scottish National Party won the largest share of the vote taking 28.9% of the vote and retained its two of the six Scottish seats.2014-05-26 European election: UKIP wins first Scottish MEP seat en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27575204 2021-02-13 The Liberal 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.2014-05-26 Under pressure Clegg defiant after Lib Dem election losses en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27571283 2021-02-13 Their highest vote share was recorded in Gibraltar, where they won a 67.2% share of the vote. See also Bloomberg speech List of political parties in the United Kingdom Opinion polling for the 2015 United Kingdom general election 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum 2015 United Kingdom general election Notes References 30em External links UK European Parliament Information Office Euro Election 2014 Manifestos Alliance Conservative https://web.archive.org/web/20220203174758/https://crossborder.ie/site2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2014-Conservative-2014-Euro-Manifesto-English.pdf 3 February 2022 Democratic Unionist Party Green Party in Northern Ireland Labour Plaid Cymru Scottish Green Party Social Democratic and Labour Party Traditional Unionist Voice UK Independence Party Category:2014 elections in the United Kingdom Category:European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom United Kingdom Category:Nigel Farage