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1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

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Field	Value
election_name	1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
country	United Kingdom
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
previous_year	1979
next_election	1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
next_year	1989
seats_for_election	81 seats to the European Parliament
election_date	14 June 1984
turnout	32.6% (0.2%)
<!-- Conservative -->	image1	[[File:Plumb EC President Portrait.jpg	170x170px]]
leader1	Henry Plumb
leaders_seat1	Cotswolds
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
alliance1	European People's Party Group
last_election1	60 seats, 48.4%
seats1	45
seat_change1	15
popular_vote1	5,426,866
percentage1	38.8%
swing1	9.6%
<!-- Labour -->	image2	[[File:1657543218962 NP0238 Barbara CASTLE 001 MOBILE (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader2	Barbara Castle
leaders_seat2	Greater Manchester West
party2	Labour Party (UK)
alliance2	Party of European Socialists
last_election2	17 seats, 31.6%
seats2	32
seat_change2	15
popular_vote2	4,865,224
percentage2	34.8%
swing2	3.1%
map_image	European Parliament election, 1984 (United Kingdom).svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
map2	[[File:1984 UK European Parliament election.svg	300px]]
elected_members	List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (1984–1989)
outgoing_members	List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (1979–1984)

The 1984 European Parliament election was the second European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on 14 June. The electoral system was First Past the Post in England, Scotland and Wales and Single transferable vote in Northern Ireland. The turnout was again the lowest in Europe. In England, Scotland and Wales, the Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party were in alliance, collecting 2,591,635 votes but not a single seat.

The election represented a small recovery for Labour, under Michael Foot's replacement Neil Kinnock, taking 15 seats from the Conservatives. In the general election of 1983, they had only had a vote share of 2% more than the SDP–Liberal Alliance (although they had nearly 10 times more MP's elected) and 15% less than the Conservatives. This was the last European election in the UK in which the governing party won either the greatest number of seats or the highest vote share.

A by-election to the British Parliament also took place on the same day in the Portsmouth South constituency – the Alliance gained the seat from the Conservatives.

Results

United Kingdom

Source: UK Parliament briefing

Votes won	% of vote	Loss/Gain	Seats	% of seats	Loss/Gain
5,426,866	38.8	9.6	45	55.6	15
4,865,224	34.8	3.1	32	39.5	15
2,591,659	18.5	5.9	0
230,594	1.6	0.2	1	1.2
230,251	1.6	0.4	1	1.2
151,399	1.1		1	1.2
147,169	1.1	0.1	1	1.2
103,031	0.8	0.1	0
91,476	0.7	New	0
73,025	0.5	0.4	0
34,046	0.2		0
20,092	0.1	New	0
11,073	0.1	0.1	0
8,712	0.1		0
Independent Ecology	3,330	0.0	New	0
Ind. Conservative	3,249	0.0		0
Ind. Liberal	2,981	0.0	New	0
2,365	0.0	New	0
Cornish Nationalist	1,892	0.0	New	0
Federal Republican Party	1,494	0.0	New	0

Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 32.6% (EC average: 61%)
Overall votes cast: 13,998,190

Great Britain

Source: UK Parliament briefing

Votes won	% of vote	Loss/Gain	Seats	% of seats	Loss/Gain
5,426,866	40.8	9.8	45	57.7	15
4,865,224	36.5	3.5	32	41.0	15
2,591,659	19.5	6.3	0
230,594	1.7	0.2	1	1.3
103,031	0.8	0.1	0
70,853	0.5	0.4	0
11,073	0.1	0.1	0
Independent Ecology	3,330	0.0	New	0
Ind. Conservative	3,249	0.0		0
Ind. Liberal	2,981	0.0	New	0
2,365	0.0	New	0
Cornish Nationalist	1,892	0.0	New	0
Federal Republican Party	1,494	0.0	New	0

Total votes cast – 13,312,898. All parties listed.

Northern Ireland

Source: Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive

Constituency results

Source: http://aei.pitt.edu/5178/1/5178.pdf

Constituency	Constituency result by party	Winning party 1984	Conservative	Labour	Alliance	PC	SNP
Bedfordshire South	72,088	57,106	36,444
Birmingham East	54,994	76,377	21,927				1,440
Birmingham West	55,702	61,946	19,422
Bristol	94,652	77,008	33,698
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North	86,117	38,901	36,341
Cheshire East	71,182	52,806	31,374
Cheshire West	74,579	64,887	30,470
Cleveland and Yorkshire North	73,217	52,887	31,374
Cornwall and Plymouth	81,627	35,952	63,876				10,518
Cotswolds	94,740	36,738	45,798
Cumbria and Lancashire North	86,127	62,332	39,622
Derbyshire	72,613	79,466	30,824
Devon	110,129	30,017	53,519				7,278
Dorset East and Hampshire West	109,072	31,223	49,181
Durham	44,846	106,073	32,307
Essex North East	97,138	42,836	34,769
Essex South West	72,190	56,169	29,385
Glasgow	25,282	91,015	20,867		16,456
Greater Manchester Central	48,753	76,830	24,192				1,430
Greater Manchester East	56,415	65,101	27,801			3,158
Greater Manchester West	56,042	93,740	17,894
Hampshire Central	84,086	39,228	39,265
Hereford and Worcester	84,077	44,143	37,854			8,179
Hertfordshire	87,603	41,671	40,877
Highlands and Islands	18,847	16,644	33,133		49,410
Humberside	61,952	53,937	27,318
Kent East	92,340	43,473	34,601			5,405
Kent West	85,414	50,784	33,306			4,991
Lancashire Central	82,370	56,175	24,936
Lancashire East	67,806	75,711	26,320
Leeds	60,178	70,535	36,097
Leicester	72,508	69,616	29,656				3,249
Lincolnshire	92,606	47,161	37,244
London Central	64,545	77,842	30,269				7,514
London East	61,711	73,870	26,379
London North	74,846	69,993	31,344				4,682
London North East	27,242	79,907	17,344				4,797
London North West	69,803	62,381	29,609
London South and Surrey East	82,122	37,465	34,522
London South East	81,508	61,493	38,614				989
London South Inner	46,180	77,661	25,391				3,281
London South West	41,096	32,632	23,842				2,135
London West	74,325	79,554	36,687				4,361
Lothians	49,065	74,989	36,636		22,331		2,560
Merseyside East	38,047	87,086	17,259
Merseyside West	52,718	65,915	37,303
Mid and West Wales	52,910	89,362	35,168	32,880			4,266
Mid Scotland and Fife	52,872	80,038	24,220		30,511
Midlands East	67,884	55,155	27,912				1,494
Midlands West	54,406	74,091	17,709
Norfolk	95,459	58,602	37,703
North East Scotland	53,809	44,648	25,490		33,448
North Wales	69,139	54,768	56,861	38,117
Northamptonshire	88,668	48,809	37,421				3,330
Northumbria	62,717	78,412	42,946
Nottingham	82,500	66,374	33,169
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire	94,136	39,164	45,055
Sheffield	47,247	93,530	23,935
Shropshire and Stafford	82,291	57,359	37,209
Somerset and Dorset West	98,928	36,863	58,677
South of Scotland	60,843	57,706	23,598		22,242
South Wales	55,678	99,936	26,588	13,201
South Wales East	36,359	131,916	28,330	18,833
Staffordshire East	68,886	76,753	26,093
Strathclyde East	24,857	90,792	11,883		27,330
Strathclyde West	47,196	70,234	25,955		28,866
Suffolk	88,243	41,145	34,084
Surrey West	96,675	22,531	44,087
Sussex East	102,287	32,213	36,666			5,401
Sussex West	104,257	22,857	46,755			3,842
Thames Valley	74,928	36,123	32,704
Tyne and Wear	39,610	89,024	19,081
Wight and Hampshire East	96,666	36,445	53,738
Wiltshire	86,873	35,457	60,404
York	80,636	44,234	33,356
Yorkshire South	30,271	98,020	19,306
Yorkshire South West	44,291	88,464	26,964
Yorkshire West	65,405	86,259	28,709

References

[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fe84.htm The 1984 European Election], Northern Ireland Elections

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