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Wales
European Parliament constituency
Shown in the United Kingdom
Member state	United Kingdom
Created	]
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.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the boundaries of Wales, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

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
Election		1979 – 1984		1984 – 1989		1989 – 1994		1994 – 1999
North Wales	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Beata Brookes Conservative			width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Joe Wilson Labour			width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|
Mid and West Wales	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Ann Clwyd Labour	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	David Morris Labour			width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Eluned Morgan Labour	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|
South East Wales (1979–1984) South Wales East (1984–1999)	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Allan Rogers Labour	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Llew Smith Labour			width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Glenys Kinnock Labour	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|
South Wales	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Win Griffiths Labour	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Wayne David Labour			Constituency abolished
South Wales Central	Constituency not established						width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Wayne David Labour	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|
South Wales West	Constituency not established						width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	David Morris Labour	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|

Returned members

MEPs for Wales, 1999 onwards
Election	1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)	2009 (7th parliament)
MEP Party	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Jonathan Evans Conservative		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Kay Swinburne Conservative	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|
MEP Party	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Eluned Morgan Labour		width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" \|	John Bufton UKIP	width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" \|
MEP Party	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Glenys Kinnock Labour		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Derek Vaughan Labour	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|
MEP Party	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" \|	Jill Evans Plaid Cymru				width=1px style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" \|
MEP Party	width=1px style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" \|	Eurig Wyn Plaid Cymru	Seat abolished

Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK) v t e
Party				Faction in European Parliament
	Brexit Party	29			Non-Inscrits	57
	DUP	1			Non-Inscrits	57
	Liberal Democrats	16	17		Renew Europe	108
	Alliance	1	17		Renew Europe	108
	Green	7	11		Greens–European Free Alliance	75
	SNP	3
	Plaid Cymru	1
	Labour	10			Socialists and Democrats	154
	Conservative	4			European Conservatives and Reformists Group	62
	Sinn Féin	1			European United Left–Nordic Green Left	41
Total		73		Total		750

Election results

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Politics of Wales

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Politics of Wales

The CrownThe Monarch

Charles III

Heir Apparent
William, Prince of Wales

GovernmentWelsh Government
Eluned Morgan government (list)

First Minister (list)
Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS (L)

Deputy First Minister
Huw Irranca-Davies MS (L)

Counsel General-designate – Elisabeth Jones Chief Whip and Trefnydd – Jane Hutt MS (L) Permanent Secretary

International relations

Welsh Government international offices

LegislatureSenedd

Sixth Senedd

Llywydd (Presiding Officer)
Elin Jones MS (PC)

Leader of the Opposition
Darren Millar MS (C)
Shadow Cabinet

- Welsh law
  - Primary (
    )
  - Secondary (
    - Statutory instruments
    - list
    )

Wales and the United KingdomHM Government Starmer ministry

Prime Minister
Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP (L)

Secretary of State for Wales
Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP (L)

UK Parliament

Politics of the United Kingdom

Law and justice

Local administration History

Subdivisions of Wales

Local government

Principal councils (leader list) Corporate Joint Committees

Local twinning

see also: Regional terms and Regional economy

Elections and referendumsSenedd elections

United Kingdom Parliament elections

European Parliament elections (1979–2020)

Local elections

Police and crime commissioner elections

Referendums

Represented in the Senedd

Think tanks

Other countries

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

European Election 2014: Wales
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Conservative	Kay Swinburne, Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin
	Green	Pippa Bartolotti
	Labour	Derek Vaughan, Jayne Bryant, Alex Thomas, Christina Rees
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Dauncey, Rob Speht, Anna White, Bruce Roberts
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans, Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin
	UKIP	Nathan Gill, James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands

European Election 2009: Wales
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	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 Democrats	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 (UK)	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
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	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 Lansdowne	159,888	17.4	−12.2
	UKIP	David Rowlands, Clive Easton, Elizabeth Phillips, Timothy Jenkins	96,677	10.5	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	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	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
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	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 Democrats	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

"Q&A: European election in Wales". BBC News, Wales politics. BBC. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
"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.
"Results of 2009 European elections in the UK". European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom. European Parliament. 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979–99: Wales
"Results by national party: 2019-2024 United Kingdom - Final results". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
[http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2013/11/22/wales-leader-is-green-euro-candidate/ 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.
MEP Jill Evans tops list of Plaid Cymru's EU candidates BBC News
We announce regional MEP candidates for the Euro Elections UKIP
Electoral Office of Wales
European Election 2009: Wales
"2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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"1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

v t e UK Parliament constituencies in Wales (32)
Labour (27)	Aberafan Maesteg Alyn and Deeside Bangor Aberconwy Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff East Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Clwyd East Clwyd North Gower Llanelli Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare Mid and South Pembrokeshire Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr Neath and Swansea East Newport East Newport West and Islwyn Pontypridd Rhondda and Ogmore Swansea West Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham
Plaid Cymru (4)	Caerfyrddin Ceredigion Preseli Dwyfor Meirionnydd Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrats (1)	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

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