Wales (European Parliament constituency)

Wales
Wales
	European Parliament constituency
	; Location among the 2014 constituencies;
	; 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]

Boundaries[edit]

The constituency corresponds 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]
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[edit]

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 (until 2018) Independent (since 2018)
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] v t e
	UK Independence Party	6		Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy	42
	Independent	7
	Social Democratic Party	1
	Libertarian Party	1
	Conservative Party	18		European Conservatives and Reformists	73
	Ulster Unionist Party	1		European Conservatives and Reformists	73
	Labour Party	20		Socialists and Democrats	189
	Green Party of England and Wales	3		Greens–European Free Alliance	52
	Scottish National Party	2
	Plaid Cymru	1
	Independent	2		European People's Party	218
	Liberal Democrats	1		Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	68
	Sinn Féin	1		European United Left–Nordic Green Left	51
	Independent	5		Non-Inscrits	21
	Democratic Unionist Party	1
	UK Independence Party	1
Total		73	Total		751

Election results[edit]

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[edit]

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^ "Electoral Office of Wales". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

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^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.

[1] "Q&A: European election in Wales". BBC News, Wales politics. BBC. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[2] "Frequently Asked Questions; Is Wales a country or a principality?". wales.com. Welsh Government. 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2013. Wales is not a Principality. Although we are joined with England by land, and we are part of Great Britain, Wales is a country in its own right.

[3] "Results of 2009 European elections in the UK". European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom. European Parliament. 2009. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.

[4] "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979–99: Wales". Election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[5] "MEPs by Member State and political group, 8th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)

[pembrokeshire-2014-7] ⁱ^j^k Parry-Jones, Bryn (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Pembrokeshire County Council. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[8] We announce regional MEP candidates for the Euro Elections UKIP Archived 10 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.

[conservatives-9] "Results of Ballot". conservatives.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[10] MEP Jill Evans tops list of Plaid Cymru's EU candidates Archived 22 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. BBC News

[11] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)

[12] "The Wales Green Party has announced today that their Leader, Pippa Bartolotti, is their candidate for the upcoming European Elections to be held next May". Wales.greenparty.org.uk. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[13] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)

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[15] "Electoral Office of Wales". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

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v t e Constituencies in Wales (40)
Labour (28)	Aberavon Alyn and Deeside Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Clwyd South Cynon Valley Delyn Gower Islwyn Llanelli Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Neath Newport East Newport West Ogmore Pontypridd Rhondda Swansea East Swansea West Torfaen Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn
Conservative (8)	Aberconwy Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Clwyd West Monmouth Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire Vale of Glamorgan
Plaid Cymru (4)	Arfon Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Wales European constituency: Conservative (1) Labour (1) Plaid Cymru (1) Independent (formally UKIP) (1)

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