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United Kingdom 1984 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 45 of 81 seats with 38.8% of the vote; 32.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.3 points on 1979.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Conservative Party45−1538.8−9.65,426,866
Labour Party32+1534.8+3.24,865,224
Liberal Party0018.5+5.92,591,659
Scottish National Party101.6−0.3230,594
Democratic Unionist Party101.6+0.3230,251
Social Democratic and Labour Party101.10.0151,399
Ulster Unionist Party101.1+0.1147,169

± is the change against the United Kingdom 1979 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Conservative Party 5,426,866
  • Labour Party 4,865,224
  • Liberal Party 2,591,659
  • Scottish National Party 230,594
  • Democratic Unionist Party 230,251
  • Social Democratic and Labour Party 151,399
  • Ulster Unionist Party 147,169

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

Share of the vote

Turnout

32.9% of the 42,493,122 registered voters cast a ballot (13,998,190 ballots), up 0.3 points on 1979. 13,961,422 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Conservative Party38.8% of votes55.6% of seats
  • Labour Party34.8% of votes39.5% of seats
  • Scottish National Party1.6% of votes1.2% of seats
  • Democratic Unionist Party1.6% of votes1.2% of seats
  • Social Democratic and Labour Party1.1% of votes1.2% of seats
  • Ulster Unionist Party1.1% of votes1.2% of seats
  • Liberal Party18.5% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 18.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 2.1 by seats; Conservative Party led Labour Party by 4.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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