2019 European Parliament election in Gibraltar

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← 2014 23 May 2019
Contributes towards 6 seats to the European Parliament
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Leader Vince Cable Nigel Farage Jonathan Bartley and Siân Berry
Party Liberal Democrat Brexit Party Green
Alliance Liberal
Leader since 20 July 2017 22 March 2019 4 September 2018
Last election 67.16% – 1.17%
Popular vote 7,220 746 467
Percentage 77.38% 7.99% 5.00%
Swing Increase10.22pp New Increase3.83pp

European Parliament elections were held in Gibraltar (which formed part of the European Parliament constituency of South West England).[1] 23 May 2019 as part of the EU-wide elections after the date of EU withdrawal was delayed by the UK Government.[2]

Background

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See also: 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom § Background, and Effect of Brexit on Gibraltar

Gibraltar's European Union Withdrawal Act was passed in March 2019 with the support of the governing GSLP–Liberal coalition and an independent MP. The opposition Gibraltar Social Democrats originally did not intend to support the bill but later voted for it, but against parts of the legislation.[3][4]

The withdrawal agreement is supported by the governing GSLP-Liberal coalition,[5] but opposed by the opposition Gibraltar Social Democrats.[6]

According to the Gibraltar newspaper Panorama, there had been a rise in Euroscepticism in Gibraltar since Spain was given a veto by the EU over Gibraltar's participation in the withdrawal agreement.[7]

Campaign

Candidates from the Brexit Party, Liberal Democrats, English Democrats and UKIP visited Gibraltar to campaign in the elections. The Liberal Democrat lead candidate for the constituency accepted that there was "anger and frustration" with regards to the EU's actions towards Gibraltar after the referendum result, but stated that she felt the party's anti-Brexit message was being received well.[8]

Brexit Party candidate, James Glancy expressed concerns over the ramifications for Gibraltar of European federalisation, the Common Security and Defence Policy and influence of Spanish politicians in the EU in the event that Brexit would not happen.[9]

Result

The result was a win for the Liberal Democrats, reflecting "clearly pro-EU and pro Remain" sentiment and with the Brexit Party taking second place, which "reflects not just frustration with the stagnated Brexit process, but also anger at the way the EU has backed Spain during the withdrawal negotiations", according to the Gibraltar Chronicle.[10]

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See also

References

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