Wales (European Parliament constituency)

Wales
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies

Shown in the United Kingdom
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1999
MEPs 5 (1999–2004)
4 (2004 – present)
Sources

Wales is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.[1]

Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the boundaries of Wales, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.[2][3]

History

It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East, and South Wales West.

MEPs for former Welsh constituencies, 1979–1999[4]
Election 1979 – 1984 1984 – 1989 1989 – 1994 1994 – 1999
North Wales Beata Brookes
Conservative		 Joe Wilson
Labour
Mid and West Wales Ann Clwyd
Labour		 David Morris
Labour		 Eluned Morgan
Labour
South East Wales (1979–84)
South Wales East (1984–99)		 Allan Rogers
Labour		 Llew Smith
Labour		 Glenys Kinnock
Labour
South Wales Win Griffiths
Labour		 Wayne David
Labour		 Constituency abolished
South Wales Central Constituency not established Wayne David
Labour
South Wales West Constituency not established David Morris
Labour

Returned members

MEPs for Wales, 1999 onwards
Election 1999 (5th parliament) 2004 (6th parliament) 2009 (7th parliament) 2014 (8th parliament)
MEP
Party		 Jonathan Evans
Conservative		 Kay Swinburne
Conservative
MEP
Party		 Eluned Morgan
Labour		 John Bufton
UKIP		 Nathan Gill
UKIP
MEP
Party		 Glenys Kinnock
Labour		 Derek Vaughan
Labour
MEP
Party		 Jill Evans
Plaid Cymru
MEP
Party		 Eurig Wyn
Plaid Cymru		 Seat abolished
UK Independence Party 22   Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy 46
Conservative Party 20 European Conservatives and Reformists 73
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Labour Party 20   Socialists and Democrats 189
Green Party of England and Wales 3 The Greens–European Free Alliance 50
Scottish National Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Liberal Democrats 1   Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 70
Sinn Féin 1   European United Left–Nordic Green Left 52
Independent 1   Europe of Nations and Freedom 38
Democratic Unionist Party 1   Non-Inscrits 16
No UK party is a member of the EPP   European People's Party 215
Total 73 Total 749

Election results

Wales
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Wales
A map outlining the highest polling party of each political party in Wales by unitary area;
  Labour
  UKIP

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

European Election 2014: Wales
List Candidates Votes % ±
Labour Derek Vaughan
Jayne Bryant, Alex Thomas, Christina Rees[6][7]		 206,332 28.15 +7.9
UKIP Nathan Gill
James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands[7][8]		 201,983 27.55 +14.8
Conservative Kay Swinburne
Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin[7][9]		 127,742 17.43 −3.8
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans
Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin[7][10][11]		 111,864 15.26 −3.3
Green Pippa Bartolotti, John Matthews, Chris Were, Rosemary Cutler[7][12][13] 33,275 4.54 −1.0
Liberal Democrat Alec Dauncey, Robert Speht, Jackie Radford, Bruce Roberts[7] 28,930 3.95 −6.7
BNP Mike Whitby, Laurence Reid, Jean Griffin, Gary Tumulty[7] 7,655 1.04 −4.4
Britain First Paul Golding, Anthony Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone[7] 6,633 0.9 0.00
Socialist Labour Andrew Jordan, Katherine Jones, David Lloyd Jones, Liz Screen[7] 4,459 0.61 −1.2
NO2EU Robert Griffiths, Claire Job, Steve Skelly, Laura Picand[7] 2,803 0.38 −0.9
Socialist (GB) Brian Johnson, Richard Cheney, Ed Blewitt, Howard Moss[7][14] 1,384 0.19 0.00
Turnout 733,060 31.5 +1.1
European Election 2009: Wales[15][16]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Conservative Kay Swinburne
Evan Price, Emma Greenow, David Chipp		 145,193 21.2 +1.8
Labour Derek Vaughan
Lisa Stevens, Rachel Maycock, Leighton Veale		 138,852 20.3 −12.2
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans
Eurig Wyn, Ioan Bellin, Natasha Asghar		 126,702 18.5 +1.1
UKIP John Bufton
David Bevan, Kevin Mahoney, David Rowlands		 87,585 12.8 +2.3
Liberal Democrat Alan Butt Phillip, Kevin O'Connor, Nick Tregoning, Jackie Radford 73,082 10.7 +0.2
Green Jake Griffiths, Kay Roney, Ann Were, John Matthews 38,160 5.6 +2.0
BNP Ennys Hughes, Laurence Read, Clive Bennett, Kevin Edwards 37,114 5.4 +2.5
Christian Jeffrey Green, David Griffiths, Alun Owen, John Harrold 13,037 1.9 N/A
Socialist Labour Robert English, Richard Booth, Liz Screen, Judith Sambrook 12,402 1.8 N/A
NO2EU Robert Griffiths, Rob Williams, Laura Picand, Trevor Jones 8,600 1.3 N/A
Jury Team Paul Sabanskis, James Eustace, Neil Morgan, Steven Partridge 3,793 0.6 N/A
Turnout 684,520 30.4 −11.0
European Election 2004: Wales[17]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Labour Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan
Gareth Williams, Gwennan Jeremiah		 297,810
(148,905)		 32.5 +0.6
Conservative Jonathan Evans
Owen Williams, Felicity Elphick, Albert Fox		 177,771 19.4 −3.3
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans
Jon Blackwood, Eilian Williams, Gwenllian Lansdown		 159,888 17.4 −12.2
UKIP David Rowlands, Clive Easton, Elizabeth Phillips, Timothy Jenkins 96,677 10.5 +7.4
Liberal Democrat David John Williams, Alison Goldsworthy, Nicholas Tregoning, Nilmini Priyanga de Silva 96,116 10.5 +2.3
Green Martyn Shrewsbury, Molly Scott Cato, David Bradney, Dorienne Robinson 32,761 3.6 +1.0
BNP John Walker, Pauline Gregory, James Roberts, Mark Stringfellow[18] 27,135 3.0 N/A
Forward Wales Ron Davies, Wendy Paintsil, Janet Williams, Graham Jones 17,280 1.9 N/A
Christian Democratic Party Catherine Smith, Christine West, Joseph Biddulph, Robert Evans 6,821 0.7 N/A
Respect Helen Griffin, Huw Williams, Raja Gul Raiz, Taran O'Sullivan 5,427 0.6 N/A
Turnout 917,686 41.4 +12.4
European Election 1999: Wales[19]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Labour Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan
Joe Wilson, Gareth Williams, Jane Hutt		 199,690
(99,845)		 31.9 N/A
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans, Eurig Wyn
Marc Phillips, Susanna Perkins, Owain Llywelyn		 185,235
(92,617.5)		 29.6 N/A
Conservative Jonathan Evans
Chris Butler, Owen John Williams, Robert Buckland, Edmund Hayward		 142,631 22.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Roger Roberts, Peter Price, Alistair Cameron, Juliana Hughes, John Dixon 51,283 8.2 N/A
UKIP Dai Rees, Niall Warry, Idris Richard Francis, Alan Barham, David Lloyd 19,702 3.1 N/A
Green Molly Scott Cato, Klaus Armstrong-Braun, Sue Walker, Rachel Kalela, John Matthews 16,146 2.6 N/A
Pro-Euro Conservative William Powell, Jennifer Harris, Antonio Fernandes-Vidal, Alan Morris, Christopher Hodgkinson 5,834 0.9 N/A
Socialist Labour Elizabeth Screen, Darren Hickery, Stephen Bell, Miriam Bowen, George Tafarides 4,283 0.7 N/A
Natural Law David Hughes, Brian Francis, Helen Evans, Andrea Jarman, John Ashforth 1,621 0.3 N/A
Turnout 626,425 29.0 N/A

References

  1. ↑ "Q&A: European election in Wales". BBC News, Wales politics. BBC. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions; Is Wales a country or a principality?". wales.com. Welsh Government. 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013. Wales is not a Principality. Although we are joined with England by land, and we are part of Great Britain, Wales is a country in its own right.
  3. ↑ "Results of 2009 European elections in the UK". European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom. European Parliament. 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979–99: Wales". Election.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "MEPs by Member State and political group, 8th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.labour.org.uk/labour-party-european-election-candidate-selection-results,2013-08-02
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Parry-Jones, Bryn (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Pembrokeshire County Council. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  8. ↑ We announce regional MEP candidates for the Euro Elections UKIP Archived 10 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "RESULTS%20OF%20BALLOT2". conservatives.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  10. ↑ MEP Jill Evans tops list of Plaid Cymru's EU candidates BBC News
  11. ↑ http://www.partyofwales.org/european-elections-2014/?force=1
  12. ↑ "The Wales Green Party has announced today that their Leader, Pippa Bartolotti, is their candidate for the upcoming European Elections to be held next May". Wales.greenparty.org.uk. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  13. ↑ http://greenparty.org.uk/elections.html
  14. ↑ "Socialists to Stand in Euro-elections | The Socialist Party of Great Britain". worldsocialism.org. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Electoral Office of Wales". Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "European Election 2009: Wales". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  17. ↑ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  18. ↑ "walescand". Web.archive.org. 3 June 2004. Archived from the original on 18 February 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  19. ↑ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
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