United Kingdom 1999 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 36 of 87 seats with 33.5% of the vote; 24.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 12.5 points on 1994.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 36 | +18 | 33.5 | +6.5 | 3,578,218 |
| Labour Party | 29 | −33 | 26.3 | −16.4 | 2,803,821 |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | +8 | 11.9 | −4.2 | 1,266,549 |
| UK Independence Party | 3 | 6.5 | 696,057 | ||
| Green Party of England and Wales | 2 | +2 | 5.9 | +2.8 | 625,378 |
| Scottish National Party | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | −0.5 | 268,528 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 1.8 | +0.8 | 192,762 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 1.8 | +0.8 | 190,731 |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 | +2 | 1.7 | +0.7 | 185,235 |
| Pro-Euro Conservative Party | 0 | 1.3 | 138,097 | ||
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | +0.3 | 119,507 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 1.1 | 117,643 | ||
| British National Party | 0 | 1.0 | 102,644 |
± is the change against the United Kingdom 1994 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Conservative Party 3,578,218
- Labour Party 2,803,821
- Liberal Democrats 1,266,549
- UK Independence Party 696,057
- Green Party of England and Wales 625,378
- Scottish National Party 268,528
- Democratic Unionist Party 192,762
- Social Democratic and Labour Party 190,731
- Plaid Cymru 185,235
- Pro-Euro Conservative Party 138,097
- Ulster Unionist Party 119,507
- Sinn Féin 117,643
- British National Party 102,644
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
24.0% of the 44,458,638 registered voters cast a ballot (10,681,062 ballots), down 12.5 points on 1994. 10,656,080 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1979. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Conservative Party33.5% of votes41.4% of seats
- Labour Party26.3% of votes33.3% of seats
- Liberal Democrats11.9% of votes11.5% of seats
- UK Independence Party6.5% of votes3.4% of seats
- Green Party of England and Wales5.9% of votes2.3% of seats
- Scottish National Party2.5% of votes2.3% of seats
- Plaid Cymru1.7% of votes2.3% of seats
- Democratic Unionist Party1.8% of votes1.1% of seats
- Social Democratic and Labour Party1.8% of votes1.1% of seats
- Ulster Unionist Party1.1% of votes1.1% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.9 by votes and 3.3 by seats; Conservative Party led Labour Party by 7.2 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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