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The European Parliament Election, 1994 was the fourth European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on 5 June. The electoral system was First Past the Post in England, Scotland and Wales and Single Transferable Vote in Northern Ireland. This was the first election with 87 MEPs, the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 had increased the number of seats for the UK from 81. For the time, the UK did not get the lowest turnout in Europe. This was the first European election the UK Independence Party competed in and the first European election the Liberal Democrats won seats. The Conservatives performance in the election was very poor, losing a further 14 seats, taking their number of seats down to 18, which was 42 less seats than in the 1979 election, the year they defeated the Labour Government in the 1979 General Election. The Green Party was unable to build on its highly successful performance of the previous election, losing more than 3/4 of its votes.

  • Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 36.8% (EU average: 57%)
  • Overall votes cast: 15,852,589
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England, Scotland and Wales

Party Votes Seats Loss/Gain Share of Vote (%)
Labour 6,753,881 62 +17 44
Conservative 4,268,539 18 -13 28
Liberal Democrat 2,557,887 2 +2 17
Green Party 494,561 0 0 3
Scottish National Party 487,237 2 +1 3
Plaid Cymru 162,472 0 0 1
UK Independence Party 150,251 0 0 1
Liberal Party 100,500 0 0 1
Natural Law Party 96,554 0 0 1
Others 220,834 0 0 1

Total votes cast - 15,292,722

Northern Ireland

PartySeatsLoss/GainFirst Preference Votes
Number% of vote
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 10163,24629
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) 10161,99229
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 10133,45924
Sinn Fein (SF) 0055,21510
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) 0023,1574
Ulster Independence Movement 007,8581
Conservative 005,5831
Workers Party 002,543<1
Natural Law Party 002,291<1
Others 004,5231

Total votes cast - 559,867

Party Leaders on 5 June 1994

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