United Kingdom 2014 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : UK Independence Party won 24 of 73 seats with 27.5% of the vote; 35.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.0 points on 2009.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Independence Party | 24 | +11 | 27.5 | +11.0 | 4,376,635 |
| Labour Party | 20 | +7 | 25.4 | +9.7 | 4,020,646 |
| Conservative Party | 19 | −6 | 23.9 | −3.8 | 3,792,549 |
| Green Party of England and Wales | 3 | +1 | 7.9 | −0.7 | 1,255,573 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | −10 | 6.9 | −6.8 | 1,087,633 |
| Scottish National Party | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | +0.4 | 389,503 |
| Independence from Europe | 0 | 1.5 | 235,124 | ||
| British National Party | 0 | −2 | 1.1 | −5.1 | 179,694 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | +0.2 | 159,813 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | +0.2 | 131,163 |
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | −0.1 | 111,864 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 83,438 |
± is the change against the United Kingdom 2009 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- UK Independence Party 4,376,635
- Labour Party 4,020,646
- Conservative Party 3,792,549
- Green Party of England and Wales 1,255,573
- Liberal Democrats 1,087,633
- Scottish National Party 389,503
- Independence from Europe 235,124
- British National Party 179,694
- Sinn Féin 159,813
- Democratic Unionist Party 131,163
- Plaid Cymru 111,864
- Ulster Unionist Party 83,438
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
35.6% of the 46,481,532 registered voters cast a ballot (16,545,761 ballots), up 2.0 points on 2009. 16,454,949 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- UK Independence Party27.5% of votes32.9% of seats
- Labour Party25.4% of votes27.4% of seats
- Conservative Party23.9% of votes26.0% of seats
- Green Party of England and Wales7.9% of votes4.1% of seats
- Scottish National Party2.5% of votes2.7% of seats
- Liberal Democrats6.9% of votes1.4% of seats
- Sinn Féin1.0% of votes1.4% of seats
- Democratic Unionist Party0.8% of votes1.4% of seats
- Plaid Cymru0.7% of votes1.4% of seats
- Ulster Unionist Party0.5% of votes1.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.8 by votes and 3.9 by seats; UK Independence Party led Labour Party by 2.1 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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