Wales (European Parliament constituency)
| Wales | |
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| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the 2014 constituencies | |
 Shown in the United Kingdom | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1999 |
| Dissolved | 31 January 2020 |
| MEPs | 5 (1999–2004) 4 (2004–2020) |
| Sources | |
| [1][2] | |
| This article is part of a series within the Politics of the United Kingdom on the |
| Politics of Wales |
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Wales (Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəmri] ) was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 4 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation,[1] until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency corresponded to the boundaries of Wales, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.[2][3]
History
[edit]It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East, and South Wales West.
| MEPs for former Welsh constituencies, 1979–1999[4] | |||||||||
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| Election | 1979–1984 | 1984–1989 | 1989–1994 | 1994–1999 | |||||
| North Wales | Beata Brookes Conservative |
Joe Wilson Labour |
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| Mid and West Wales | Ann Clwyd Labour |
David Morris Labour |
Eluned Morgan Labour |
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| South East Wales (1979–1984) South Wales East (1984–1999) |
Allan Rogers Labour |
Llew Smith Labour |
Glenys Kinnock Labour |
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| South Wales | Win Griffiths Labour |
Wayne David Labour |
Constituency abolished | ||||||
| South Wales Central | Constituency not established | Wayne David Labour |
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| South Wales West | Constituency not established | David Morris Labour |
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Returned members
[edit]| MEPs for Wales, 1999 onwards | |||||||||||
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| Election | 1999 (5th parliament) | 2004 (6th parliament) | 2009 (7th parliament) | 2014 (8th parliament) | 2019 (9th parliament) | ||||||
| MEP Party |
Jonathan Evans Conservative |
Kay Swinburne Conservative |
James Wells Brexit Party |
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| MEP Party |
Eluned Morgan Labour |
John Bufton UKIP |
Nathan Gill UKIP (until 2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (from 2019) |
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| MEP Party |
Glenys Kinnock Labour |
Derek Vaughan Labour |
Jackie Jones Labour |
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| MEP Party |
Jill Evans Plaid Cymru |
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| MEP Party |
Eurig Wyn Plaid Cymru |
Seat abolished | |||||||||
| Party | Faction in European Parliament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brexit Party | 29 | Non-Inscrits | 57 | |||
| DUP | 1 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 17 | Renew Europe | 108 | ||
| Alliance | 1 | |||||
| Green | 7 | 11 | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 | ||
| SNP | 3 | |||||
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | |||||
| Labour | 10 | Socialists and Democrats | 154 | |||
| Conservative | 4 | European Conservatives and Reformists Group | 62 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 1 | European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 41 | |||
| Total | 73 | Total | 750 | |||
Election results
[edit]Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019
[edit]
| European Election 2019: Wales[6][7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Brexit Party | Nathan Gill (1) James Wells (3) Gethin James, Julie Price |
271,404 (135,702) |
32.46 |  32.46
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| Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans (2) Carmen Smith, Patrick McGuinness, Ioan Bellin |
163,928 | 19.60 | 4.34
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| Labour | Jacqueline Jones (4) Matthew Dorrance, Mary Wimbury, Mark Whitcutt |
127,833 | 15.29 |  12.86
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| Liberal Democrats | Sam Bennett, Donna Lalek, Alistair Cameron, Andrew Parkhurst | 113,885 | 13.62 | 9.67
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| Conservative | Daniel Boucher, Craig Lawton, Fay Jones, Tomos Davies | 54,587 | 6.53 | 10.90
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| Green | Anthony Slaughter, Ian Chandler, Ceri Davies, Duncan Rees | 52,660 | 6.30 | 1.76
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| UKIP | Kristian Hicks, Keith Edwards, Thomas Harrison, Robert McNeil-Wilson | 27,566 | 3.30 | 24.25
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| Change UK | Jon Owen Jones, June Davies, Matthew Paul, Sally Anne Stephenson | 24,332 | 2.91 | 2.91
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| Turnout | 836,195 | 37.1 | 5.6
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2019 opinion polls
[edit]| Date(s) | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Lab | UKIP | Con | Plaid | Green | Lib Dems | Brexit | Change UK | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–20 May 2019 | YouGov/ITV[9] | 1,009 | 15% | 2% | 7% | 19% | 8% | 10% | 36% | 2% | 0% | 17% |
| 10–15 May 2019 | YouGov/Plaid Cymru[10] | 1,133 | 18% | 3% | 7% | 16% | 8% | 10% | 33% | 4% | 0% | 15% |
| 2–5 April 2019 | YouGov/ITV[11] | 1,025 | 30% | 11% | 16% | 15% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 1% | 14% |
| 22 May 2014 | 2014 EU election results | 733,060 | 28.2% | 27.6% | 17.4% | 15.3% | 4.5% | 4.0% | N/A | N/A | 3.2% | 0.6% |
2014
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| European Election 2014: Wales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Labour | Derek Vaughan Jayne Bryant, Alex Thomas, Christina Rees[12][13] |
206,332 | 28.15 | 7.8
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| UKIP | Nathan Gill James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands[13][14] |
201,983 | 27.55 | 14.7
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| Conservative | Kay Swinburne Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin[13][15] |
127,742 | 17.43 | 3.8
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| Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin[13][16][17] |
111,864 | 15.26 | 3.2
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| Green | Pippa Bartolotti, John Matthews, Chris Were, Rosemary Cutler[13][18][19] | 33,275 | 4.54 | 1.1
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| Liberal Democrats | Alec Dauncey, Robert Speht, Jackie Radford, Bruce Roberts[13] | 28,930 | 3.95 | 6.8
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| BNP | Mike Whitby, Laurence Reid, Jean Griffin, Gary Tumulty[13] | 7,655 | 1.04 | 4.4
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| Britain First | Paul Golding, Anthony Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone[13] | 6,633 | 0.9 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Andrew Jordan, Katherine Jones, David Lloyd Jones, Liz Screen[13] | 4,459 | 0.61 | 1.2
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| NO2EU | Robert Griffiths, Claire Job, Steve Skelly, Laura Picand[13] | 2,803 | 0.38 | 0.9
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| Socialist (GB) | Brian Johnson, Richard Cheney, Ed Blewitt, Howard Moss[13][20] | 1,384 | 0.19 | New | |
| Turnout | 733,060 | 31.5 | 1.1
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2014 opinion polls
[edit]| Date(s) | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Con | Lab | Plaid | UKIP | Lib Dems | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | EU election, 2014 (Wales) Results | 733,060 | 17.4% | 28.2% | 15.3% | 27.6% | 4.0% | 7.7% | 0.6% |
| 12–14 May 2014 | YouGov/ITV[21] | 1,092 | 16% | 33% | 15% | 23% | 7% | 7% | 10% |
| 11–22 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Cardiff University[22] | 1,027 | 18% | 39% | 11% | 20% | 7% | 6% | 19% |
| 10–12 Feb 2014 | YouGov/ITV[23] | 1,250 | 17% | 39% | 12% | 18% | 7% | 7% | 21% |
| 2–4 Dec 2013 | YouGov/ITV[24] | 1,001 | 20% | 41% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 5% | 21% |
| 4 Jun 2009 | EU election, 2009 (Wales) Results | 684,520 | 21.2% | 20.3% | 18.5% | 12.8% | 10.7% | 16.6% | 0.9% |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| European Election 2009: Wales[25][26] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Conservative | Kay Swinburne Evan Price, Emma Greenow, David Chipp |
145,193 | 21.2 | 1.8
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| Labour | Derek Vaughan Lisa Stevens, Rachel Maycock, Leighton Veale |
138,852 | 20.3 | 12.2
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| Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Eurig Wyn, Ioan Bellin, Natasha Asghar |
126,702 | 18.5 | 1.1
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| UKIP | John Bufton David Bevan, Kevin Mahoney, David Rowlands |
87,585 | 12.8 | 2.3
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| Liberal Democrats | Alan Butt Phillip, Kevin O'Connor, Nick Tregoning, Jackie Radford | 73,082 | 10.7 | 0.2
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| Green | Jake Griffiths, Kay Roney, Ann Were, John Matthews | 38,160 | 5.6 | 2.0
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| BNP | Ennys Hughes, Laurence Read, Clive Bennett, Kevin Edwards | 37,114 | 5.4 | 2.4
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| Christian | Jeffrey Green, David Griffiths, Alun Owen, John Harrold | 13,037 | 1.9 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Robert English, Richard Booth, Liz Screen, Judith Sambrook | 12,402 | 1.8 | New | |
| NO2EU | Robert Griffiths, Rob Williams, Laura Picand, Trevor Jones | 8,600 | 1.3 | New | |
| Jury Team (UK) | Paul Sabanskis, James Eustace, Neil Morgan, Steven Partridge | 3,793 | 0.6 | New | |
| Turnout | 684,520 | 30.4 | 11.0
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| European Election 2004: Wales[27] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Labour | Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan Gareth Williams, Gwennan Jeremiah |
297,810 (148,905) |
32.5 | 0.6
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| Conservative | Jonathan Evans Owen Williams, Felicity Elphick, Albert Fox |
177,771 | 19.4 | 3.3
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| Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Jon Blackwood, Eilian Williams, Gwenllian Lansdown |
159,888 | 17.4 | 12.2
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| UKIP | David Rowlands, Clive Easton, Elizabeth Phillips, Timothy Jenkins | 96,677 | 10.5 | 7.4
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| Liberal Democrats | David John Williams, Alison Goldsworthy, Nicholas Tregoning, Nilmini Priyanga de Silva | 96,116 | 10.5 | 2.4
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| Green | Martyn Shrewsbury, Molly Scott Cato, David Bradney, Dorienne Robinson | 32,761 | 3.6 | 1.0
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| BNP | John Walker, Pauline Gregory, James Roberts, Mark Stringfellow[28] | 27,135 | 3.0 | New | |
| Forward Wales | Ron Davies, Wendy Paintsil, Janet Williams, Graham Jones | 17,280 | 1.9 | New | |
| Christian Democratic Party | Catherine Smith, Christine West, Joseph Biddulph, Robert Evans | 6,821 | 0.7 | New | |
| Respect | Helen Griffin, Huw Williams, Raja Gul Raiz, Taran O'Sullivan | 5,427 | 0.6 | New | |
| Turnout | 917,686 | 41.4 | 12.4
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Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| European Election 1999: Wales[29] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Labour | Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan Joe Wilson, Gareth Williams, Jane Hutt |
199,690 (99,845) |
31.9 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans, Eurig Wyn Marc Phillips, Susanna Perkins, Owain Llywelyn |
185,235 (92,617.5) |
29.6 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Evans Chris Butler, Owen John Williams, Robert Buckland, Edmund Hayward |
142,631 | 22.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Roberts, Peter Price, Alistair Cameron, Juliana Hughes, John Dixon | 51,283 | 8.2 | ||
| UKIP | Dai Rees, Niall Warry, Idris Richard Francis, Alan Barham, David Lloyd | 19,702 | 3.1 | ||
| Green | Molly Scott Cato, Klaus Armstrong-Braun, Sue Walker, Rachel Kalela, John Matthews | 16,146 | 2.6 | ||
| Pro-Euro Conservative | William Powell, Jennifer Harris, Antonio Fernandes-Vidal, Alan Morris, Christopher Hodgkinson | 5,834 | 0.9 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Elizabeth Screen, Darren Hickery, Stephen Bell, Miriam Bowen, George Tafarides | 4,283 | 0.7 | ||
| Natural Law | David Hughes, Brian Francis, Helen Evans, Andrea Jarman, John Ashforth | 1,621 | 0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 626,425 | 29.0 | |||
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