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The European Parliament election will be the United Kingdom's component of the European Parliament election, 2009 and will be held on Thursday 4 June 2009, coinciding with the 2009 local elections in England. It has also been suggested that the next general election could be held alongside these elections 1, however such a suggestion remains pure speculation. Similar elections will be held in all of the other 26 member states of the European Union in early June 2009.
A total of 72, or 73 should the Lisbon Treaty be ratified, Members of the European Parliament will be elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation. England, Scotland and Wales will use the D'Hondt method of PR, whilst Northern Ireland will use Single Transferable Vote (STV). Due to the expansion of the European Union, the number of members elected for the United Kingdom is fewer than were elected in 2004. The number of members elected from each region have been modified by the Boundary Commission and Electoral Commission, based on the size of the electorate in each region.
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Constituencies & Representation
As has been the case since 1999, the electoral constituencies will be based on the government's nine English regions, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, creating a total of 12 constitencuies. On 31 July 2007, in line with the required reduction in representation from the United Kingdom, the Electoral Commission recommended reductions in representation from Scotland, and from 5 English regions, resulting in new representation as below:
| Constituency | Representation in 2004 | Representation in 2009 | Net Gain/Loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 6 | 5 | -1 |
| East of England | 7 | 7 | No Change |
| London | 9 | 8 | -1 |
| North East England | 3 | 3 | No Change |
| North West England | 9 | 8 | -1 |
| South East England | 10 | 10 | No Change |
| South West England | 7 | 6 | -1 |
| West Midlands1 | 7 | 6 | -1 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 6 | 6 | No Change |
| Wales | 4 | 4 | No Change |
| Scotland | 7 | 6 | -1 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 3 | No Change |
1: If the Treaty of Lisbon is ratifed by all member states prior to the 2009 elections, the UK will be entitled to a 73rd MEP. Were The Electoral Commission to perform a reallocation in keeping with the same procedures they used to allocate 72 MEPs, the extra MEP would be allocated to the West Midlands constituency2, preserving its representation at 7 rather than reducing it to 6.
Source: The Electoral Commission
Results
England, Scotland and Wales - Overall Result
| Party | 2004 Seats |
2004 Seats Restated |
Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 27 | 25 | ||||||
| Labour | 19 | 18 | ||||||
| UK Independence | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrat | 12 | 10 | ||||||
| Green | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| British National | - | - | ||||||
| Respect | - | - | ||||||
| Scottish National Party | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Mebyon Kernow | - | - | ||||||
| English Democrats | - | - | ||||||
| Liberal | - | - | ||||||
| Scottish Green | - | - | ||||||
| Scottish Socialist | - | - | ||||||
| Christian Peoples | - | - | ||||||
| Senior Citizens | - | - | ||||||
| Countryside Party | - | - | ||||||
| Pensioners | - | - | ||||||
| Christian Vote | - | - | ||||||
| ProLife Alliance | - | - | ||||||
| Forward Wales | - | - | ||||||
| Alliance for Green Socialism | - | - | ||||||
| Peace | - | - | ||||||
| Total | 75 | 70 | ||||||
Northern Ireland
| Party | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % of vote | |||||
| Democratic Unionist | ||||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | ||||||
| Progressive Unionist | ||||||
| British National | ||||||
| UK Unionist | ||||||
| Alliance | ||||||
| Natural Law | ||||||
| Total | ||||||
See also
- European Parliament election, 2009
- Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2004-2009 (alphabetic order)
- United Kingdom local elections, 2009
- Next United Kingdom general election
References
- ^ "Gordon Goes for Super Thursday", The People website 11 March 2007. URL accessed 11 March 2007
- ^ Distribution between electoral regions of UK MEPs (PDF)
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