United Kingdom 2004 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 27 of 78 seats with 26.7% of the vote; 38.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 14.5 points on 1999.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 27 | −9 | 26.7 | −6.8 | 4,397,087 |
| Labour Party | 19 | −10 | 22.6 | −3.6 | 3,718,683 |
| UK Independence Party | 12 | +9 | 16.2 | +9.7 | 2,660,768 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | +2 | 14.9 | +3.0 | 2,452,327 |
| Green Party of England and Wales | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | +0.2 | 1,033,093 |
| British National Party | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | +3.9 | 808,201 |
| Respect -- The Unity Coalition | 0 | 1.5 | 252,216 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 2 | 0 | 1.4 | −1.1 | 231,505 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | −0.8 | 175,761 |
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | −1 | 1.0 | −0.7 | 159,888 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 0.8 | −0.3 | 144,541 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | −0.6 | 91,164 |
± is the change against the United Kingdom 1999 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Conservative Party 4,397,087
- Labour Party 3,718,683
- UK Independence Party 2,660,768
- Liberal Democrats 2,452,327
- Green Party of England and Wales 1,033,093
- British National Party 808,201
- Respect -- The Unity Coalition 252,216
- Scottish National Party 231,505
- Democratic Unionist Party 175,761
- Plaid Cymru 159,888
- Sinn Féin 144,541
- Ulster Unionist Party 91,164
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
38.5% of the 44,157,267 registered voters cast a ballot (17,007,880 ballots), up 14.5 points on 1999. 16,869,020 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1979. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Conservative Party26.7% of votes34.6% of seats
- Labour Party22.6% of votes24.4% of seats
- UK Independence Party16.2% of votes15.4% of seats
- Liberal Democrats14.9% of votes15.4% of seats
- Green Party of England and Wales6.1% of votes2.6% of seats
- Scottish National Party1.4% of votes2.6% of seats
- Democratic Unionist Party1.0% of votes1.3% of seats
- Plaid Cymru1.0% of votes1.3% of seats
- Sinn Féin0.8% of votes1.3% of seats
- Ulster Unionist Party0.5% of votes1.3% of seats
- British National Party4.9% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.6 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Conservative Party led Labour Party by 4.1 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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