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]



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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