United Kingdom 1989 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 45 of 81 seats with 39.0% of the vote; 36.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.9 points on 1984.
- United Kingdom
- Held
European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 45 | +13 | 39.0 | +4.2 | 6,153,640 |
| Conservative Party | 32 | −13 | 33.0 | −5.8 | 5,331,077 |
| Green Party of England and Wales | 0 | 14.5 | 2,292,705 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | −12.3 | 986,292 |
| Scottish National Party | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | +0.9 | 406,686 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | −0.6 | 160,110 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 0.9 | −0.2 | 136,335 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | −0.3 | 118,785 |
± is the change against the United Kingdom 1984 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Labour Party 6,153,640
- Conservative Party 5,331,077
- Green Party of England and Wales 2,292,705
- Liberal Democrats 986,292
- Scottish National Party 406,686
- Democratic Unionist Party 160,110
- Social Democratic and Labour Party 136,335
- Ulster Unionist Party 118,785
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
36.8% of the 43,180,720 registered voters cast a ballot (15,896,078 ballots), up 3.9 points on 1984. 15,870,465 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Labour Party39.0% of votes55.6% of seats
- Conservative Party33.0% of votes39.5% of seats
- Scottish National Party2.6% of votes1.2% of seats
- Democratic Unionist Party1.0% of votes1.2% of seats
- Social Democratic and Labour Party0.9% of votes1.2% of seats
- Ulster Unionist Party0.8% of votes1.2% of seats
- Green Party of England and Wales14.5% of votes0.0% of seats
- Liberal Democrats6.2% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 16.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 2.1 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 6.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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