United Kingdom 2009 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 25 of 72 seats with 27.7% of the vote; 33.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.9 points on 2004.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 25 | −2 | 27.7 | +1.0 | 4,198,394 |
| UK Independence Party | 13 | +1 | 16.5 | +0.3 | 2,489,226 |
| Labour Party | 13 | −6 | 15.7 | −6.9 | 2,381,760 |
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | −1 | 13.7 | −1.2 | 2,080,613 |
| Green Party of England and Wales | 2 | 0 | 8.6 | +2.5 | 1,303,745 |
| British National Party | 2 | +2 | 6.2 | +1.3 | 943,598 |
| Scottish National Party | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | +0.7 | 321,007 |
| English Democrats | 0 | 1.8 | 279,801 | ||
| The Christian Party -- Christian Peoples Alliance in England | 0 | 1.6 | 249,493 | ||
| Socialist Labour Party | 0 | 1.1 | 173,115 | ||
| No2EU | 0 | 1.0 | 153,236 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | −0.2 | 126,702 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | −0.1 | 126,184 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | −0.5 | 88,346 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 82,893 |
± is the change against the United Kingdom 2004 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Conservative Party 4,198,394
- UK Independence Party 2,489,226
- Labour Party 2,381,760
- Liberal Democrats 2,080,613
- Green Party of England and Wales 1,303,745
- British National Party 943,598
- Scottish National Party 321,007
- English Democrats 279,801
- The Christian Party -- Christian Peoples Alliance in England 249,493
- Socialist Labour Party 173,115
- No2EU 153,236
- Plaid Cymru 126,702
- Sinn Féin 126,184
- Democratic Unionist Party 88,346
- Ulster Unionist Party 82,893
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
33.6% of the 45,312,626 registered voters cast a ballot (15,235,619 ballots), down 4.9 points on 2004. 15,136,932 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Conservative Party27.7% of votes34.7% of seats
- UK Independence Party16.5% of votes18.1% of seats
- Labour Party15.7% of votes18.1% of seats
- Liberal Democrats13.7% of votes15.3% of seats
- Green Party of England and Wales8.6% of votes2.8% of seats
- British National Party6.2% of votes2.8% of seats
- Scottish National Party2.1% of votes2.8% of seats
- Plaid Cymru0.8% of votes1.4% of seats
- Sinn Féin0.8% of votes1.4% of seats
- Democratic Unionist Party0.6% of votes1.4% of seats
- Ulster Unionist Party0.5% of votes1.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.2 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Conservative Party led UK Independence Party by 11.2 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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