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1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

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81 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout36.4% (Increase3.8%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Barry Seal Christopher Prout
Party Labour Conservative
Alliance PES EPP
Leader's seat Yorkshire West Shropshire and Stafford
Last election 32 seats, 34.8% 45 seats, 38.8%
Seats won 45 32
Seat change Increase13 Decrease13
Popular vote 6,153,640 5,331,077
Percentage 38.7% 33.7%
Swing Increase3.9% Decrease5.1%

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

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The 1989 European Parliament election, was the third European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on 15 June. The electoral system was First-past-the-post voting in England, Scotland and Wales and Single transferable vote in Northern Ireland. The turnout was again the lowest in Europe.

This election saw the best performance ever by the Green Party (UK) (formerly the Ecology Party), collecting over 2 million votes and 15% of the vote share. It had only received 70,853 as the Ecology Party in the previous election. However, because of the first past the post system, the Green Party did not gain a single MEP, while the Scottish National Party received 1 seat with only 3% of the vote share. The Green Party's vote total of 2,299,287 remains its best performance in a national election, as does its percentage result of 14.5%.

The election also saw Labour overtake the Conservatives for the first time in any election since October 1974 and the first time ever in a European election, winning 13 more seats.

Two by-elections to the British Parliament also took place on the same day in the Vauxhall and Glasgow Central constituencies - Labour held both seats.

Results

United Kingdom

Party Votes won % of vote Loss/Gain Seats % of seats Loss/Gain
Labour 6,153,661 38.7 Increase3.9 45 55.6 Increase13
Conservative 5,356,887 33.7 Decrease5.1 32 39.5 Decrease13
Green 2,299,287 14.5 Increase14.0 0 Steady Steady
SLD 944,861 5.9 Decrease12.6 0 Steady Steady
SNP 406,686 2.6 Increase1.0 1 1.2 Steady
DUP 160,110 1.0 Decrease0.6 1 1.2 Steady
SDLP 136,335 0.9 Decrease0.2 1 1.2 Steady
UUP 118,785 0.7 Decrease0.4 1 1.2 Steady
Plaid Cymru 115,062 0.7 Decrease0.1 0 Steady Steady
SDP 75,886 0.5 New 0 Steady Steady
Sinn Féin 48,914 0.3 Decrease0.4 0 Steady Steady
Alliance 27,905 0.2 Steady 0 Steady Steady
Independent 12,724 0.1 Steady 0 Steady Steady
Ind. Conservative 6,996 0.0 Steady 0 Steady Steady
Workers' Party 5,590 0.0 Decrease0.1 0 Steady Steady
Labour Representation Group 3,540 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Communist 4,420 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Monster Raving Loony 4,263 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Mebyon Kernow 4,224 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Wessex Regionalist 2,332 0.0 Steady 0 Steady Steady
International Communist 1,567 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
National Front 1,471 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Humanist 1,349 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Labour Party NI 1,274 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Socialist (GB) 919 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Corrective 707 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Communist League 323 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
  • Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 36% (EU average: 59%)
  • Overall votes cast: 15,896,078

Great Britain

Party Votes won % of vote Loss/Gain Seats % of seats Loss/Gain
Labour 6,153,661 40.1 Increase3.6 45 57.7 Increase13
Conservative 5,331,098 34.7 Decrease6.1 32 41.0 Decrease13
Green 2,292,718 14.9 Increase14.4 0 Steady Steady
SLD 944,861 6.2 Decrease13.3 0 Steady Steady
SNP 406,686 2.6 Increase0.9 1 1.3 Steady
Plaid Cymru 115,062 0.7 Decrease0.1 0 Steady Steady
SDP 75,886 0.5 New 0 Steady Steady
Independent 12,724 0.1 Steady 0 Steady Steady
Ind. Conservative 6,996 0.0 Steady 0 Steady Steady
Communist 4,420 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Monster Raving Loony 4,263 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Mebyon Kernow 4,224 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Wessex Regionalist 2,332 0.0 Steady 0 Steady Steady
International Communist 1,567 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
National Front 1,471 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Humanist 1,349 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Socialist (GB) 919 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Corrective 707 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady
Communist League 323 0.0 New 0 Steady Steady

Total votes cast: 15,361,267

Northern Ireland

Party Candidate(s) Seats Loss/Gain First Preference Votes
Number % of vote
DUP Ian Paisley 1 0 160,110 29.9
SDLP John Hume 1 0 136,335 25.5
UUP Jim Nicholson 1 0 118,785 22.2
Sinn Féin Danny Morrison 0 0 48,914 9.1
Alliance John Alderdice 0 0 27,905 5.2
NI Conservatives Myrtle Boal 0 0 25,789 4.8
Green Malcolm Samuel 0 0 6,569 1.2
Workers' Party Seamus Lynch 0 0 5,590 1.0
Labour Representation Mark Langhammer 0 0 3,540 0.7
Labour '87 Brian Caul 0 0 1,274 0.2

Total votes cast – 534,811.

Party Leaders in 1989

See also

References

  1. ^ "European Parliament elections: 1979 to 1994". House of Commons Library.
  2. http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papersRP99-57.pdf
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