Wales (European Parliament constituency)


























Wales

European Parliament constituency

Map of the 2014 European Parliament constituencies with Wales highlighted in red
Location among the 2014 constituencies


British Isles United Kingdom WA highlighted.svg
Shown in the United Kingdom

Member state
United Kingdom
Created
1999
MEPs
5 (1999–2004)
4 (2004 – present)
Sources

[1][2]

Wales is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 History


  • 3 Returned members


  • 4 Election results


  • 5 References





Boundaries


The constituency corresponds to the boundaries of Wales, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.[2][3]



History


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]
Election

1979 – 1984

1984 – 1989

1989 – 1994

1994 – 1999

North Wales

Beata Brookes
Conservative

Joe Wilson
Labour

Mid and West Wales

Ann Clwyd
Labour

David Morris
Labour

Eluned Morgan
Labour

South East Wales (1979–84)
South Wales East (1984–99)

Allan Rogers
Labour

Llew Smith
Labour

Glenys Kinnock
Labour

South Wales

Win Griffiths
Labour

Wayne David
Labour
 Constituency abolished

South Wales Central
 Constituency not established

Wayne David
Labour

South Wales West
 Constituency not established

David Morris
Labour


Returned members

















































MEPs for Wales, 1999 onwards
Election
1999 (5th parliament)
2004 (6th parliament)
2009 (7th parliament)
2014 (8th parliament)
MEP
Party

Jonathan Evans
Conservative

Kay Swinburne
Conservative
MEP
Party

Eluned Morgan
Labour

John Bufton
UKIP

Nathan Gill
UKIP
MEP
Party

Glenys Kinnock
Labour

Derek Vaughan
Labour
MEP
Party

Jill Evans
Plaid Cymru
MEP
Party

Eurig Wyn
Plaid Cymru
 Seat abolished































































































Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK)[5]

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UK Independence Party
 22
  
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
 46


Conservative Party
 20

European Conservatives and Reformists
 73


Ulster Unionist Party
1


Labour Party
 20
  
Socialists and Democrats
 189


Green Party of England and Wales
 3

Greens–European Free Alliance
 50


Scottish National Party
 2


Plaid Cymru
1


Liberal Democrats
1
  
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
 70


Sinn Féin
1
  
European United Left–Nordic Green Left
 52


Independent
1
  
Europe of Nations and Freedom
 38


Democratic Unionist Party
1
  
Non-Inscrits
 16
No UK party is a member of the EPP Group
  
European People's Party
 215
Total
 73
 Total
 749


Election results



























Wales
Royal Badge of Wales (2008).svg

This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Wales











Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales portal


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A map outlining the highest polling party of each political party in Wales by unitary area;

  Labour

  UKIP

  Conservatives

  Plaid Cymru



Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.










































































































European Election 2014: Wales
List
 Candidates
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Derek Vaughan
Jayne Bryant, Alex Thomas, Christina Rees[6][7]
 206,332
 28.15
 +7.9


UKIP
Nathan Gill
James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands[7][8]
 201,983
 27.55
 +14.8


Conservative
Kay Swinburne
Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin[7][9]
 127,742
 17.43
 −3.8


Plaid Cymru
Jill Evans
Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin[7][10][11]
 111,864
 15.26
 −3.3


Green
Pippa Bartolotti, John Matthews, Chris Were, Rosemary Cutler[7][12][13]
 33,275
 4.54
 −1.0


Liberal Democrat
Alec Dauncey, Robert Speht, Jackie Radford, Bruce Roberts[7]
 28,930
 3.95
 −6.7


BNP
Mike Whitby, Laurence Reid, Jean Griffin, Gary Tumulty[7]
 7,655
 1.04
 −4.4


Britain First
Paul Golding, Anthony Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone[7]
 6,633
 0.9
 0.00


Socialist Labour
Andrew Jordan, Katherine Jones, David Lloyd Jones, Liz Screen[7]
 4,459
 0.61
 −1.2


NO2EU
Robert Griffiths, Claire Job, Steve Skelly, Laura Picand[7]
 2,803
 0.38
 −0.9


Socialist (GB)
 Brian Johnson, Richard Cheney, Ed Blewitt, Howard Moss[7][14] 1,384
 0.19
 0.00

Turnout
 733,060
 31.5
 +1.1









































































































European Election 2009: Wales[15][16]
List
 Candidates
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
Kay Swinburne
Evan Price, Emma Greenow, David Chipp
 145,193
 21.2
 +1.8


Labour
Derek Vaughan
Lisa Stevens, Rachel Maycock, Leighton Veale
 138,852
 20.3
 −12.2


Plaid Cymru
Jill Evans
Eurig Wyn, Ioan Bellin, Natasha Asghar
 126,702
 18.5
 +1.1


UKIP
John Bufton
David Bevan, Kevin Mahoney, David Rowlands
 87,585
 12.8
 +2.3


Liberal Democrat
Alan Butt Phillip, Kevin O'Connor, Nick Tregoning, Jackie Radford
 73,082
 10.7
 +0.2


Green
Jake Griffiths, Kay Roney, Ann Were, John Matthews
 38,160
 5.6
 +2.0


BNP
Ennys Hughes, Laurence Read, Clive Bennett, Kevin Edwards
 37,114
 5.4
 +2.5


Christian
Jeffrey Green, David Griffiths, Alun Owen, John Harrold
 13,037
 1.9
N/A


Socialist Labour
Robert English, Richard Booth, Liz Screen, Judith Sambrook
 12,402
 1.8
N/A


NO2EU
Robert Griffiths, Rob Williams, Laura Picand, Trevor Jones
 8,600
 1.3
N/A


Jury Team
Paul Sabanskis, James Eustace, Neil Morgan, Steven Partridge
 3,793
 0.6
N/A

Turnout
 684,520
 30.4
 −11.0

































































































European Election 2004: Wales[17]
List
 Candidates
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan
Gareth Williams, Gwennan Jeremiah
 297,810
(148,905)
 32.5
 +0.6


Conservative
Jonathan Evans
Owen Williams, Felicity Elphick, Albert Fox
 177,771
 19.4
 −3.3


Plaid Cymru
Jill Evans
Jon Blackwood, Eilian Williams, Gwenllian Lansdown
 159,888
 17.4
 −12.2


UKIP
David Rowlands, Clive Easton, Elizabeth Phillips, Timothy Jenkins
 96,677
 10.5
 +7.4


Liberal Democrat
David John Williams, Alison Goldsworthy, Nicholas Tregoning, Nilmini Priyanga de Silva
 96,116
 10.5
 +2.3


Green
Martyn Shrewsbury, Molly Scott Cato, David Bradney, Dorienne Robinson
 32,761
 3.6
 +1.0


BNP
John Walker, Pauline Gregory, James Roberts, Mark Stringfellow[18]
 27,135
 3.0
N/A


Forward Wales
Ron Davies, Wendy Paintsil, Janet Williams, Graham Jones
 17,280
 1.9
N/A


Christian Democratic Party
Catherine Smith, Christine West, Joseph Biddulph, Robert Evans
 6,821
 0.7
N/A


Respect
Helen Griffin, Huw Williams, Raja Gul Raiz, Taran O'Sullivan
 5,427
 0.6
N/A

Turnout
 917,686
 41.4
 +12.4

























































































European Election 1999: Wales[19]
List
 Candidates
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan
Joe Wilson, Gareth Williams, Jane Hutt

 199,690
(99,845)
 31.9
N/A


Plaid Cymru
Jill Evans, Eurig Wyn
Marc Phillips, Susanna Perkins, Owain Llywelyn
 185,235
(92,617.5)
 29.6
N/A


Conservative
Jonathan Evans
Chris Butler, Owen John Williams, Robert Buckland, Edmund Hayward
 142,631
 22.8
N/A


Liberal Democrat
Roger Roberts, Peter Price, Alistair Cameron, Juliana Hughes, John Dixon
 51,283
 8.2
N/A


UKIP
Dai Rees, Niall Warry, Idris Richard Francis, Alan Barham, David Lloyd
 19,702
 3.1
N/A


Green
Molly Scott Cato, Klaus Armstrong-Braun, Sue Walker, Rachel Kalela, John Matthews
 16,146
 2.6
N/A


Pro-Euro Conservative
William Powell, Jennifer Harris, Antonio Fernandes-Vidal, Alan Morris, Christopher Hodgkinson
 5,834
 0.9
N/A


Socialist Labour
Elizabeth Screen, Darren Hickery, Stephen Bell, Miriam Bowen, George Tafarides
 4,283
 0.7
N/A


Natural Law
David Hughes, Brian Francis, Helen Evans, Andrea Jarman, John Ashforth
 1,621
 0.3
N/A

Turnout
 626,425
 29.0
N/A


References





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