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
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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

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 (1979–1984) South Wales East (1984–1999)		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

			(v.d.e)
UK Independence Party	22	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy	45
Conservative Party	20	European Conservatives and Reformists	73
Ulster Unionist Party	1	European Conservatives and Reformists	73
Labour Party	20	Socialists and Democrats	190
Green Party of England and Wales	3	The 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	36
Democratic Unionist Party	1	Non-Inscrits	16

Election results

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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^[5]^[6]	206,332	28.15	+7.9
	UKIP	Nathan Gill James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands^[6]^[7]	201,983	27.55	+14.8
	Conservative	Kay Swinburne Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin^[6]^[8]	127,742	17.43	−3.8
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin^[6]^[9]^[10]	111,864	15.26	−3.3
	Green	Pippa Bartolotti, John Matthews, Chris Were, Rosemary Cutler^[6]^[11]^[12]	33,275	4.54	−1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alec Dauncey, Robert Speht, Jackie Radford, Bruce Roberts^[6]	28,930	3.95	−6.7
	BNP	Mike Whitby, Laurence Reid, Jean Griffin, Gary Tumulty^[6]	7,655	1.04	−4.4
	Britain First	Paul Golding, Anthony Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone^[6]	6,633	0.9	0.00
	Socialist Labour	Andrew Jordan, Katherine Jones, David Lloyd Jones, Liz Screen^[6]	4,459	0.61	−1.2
	NO2EU	Robert Griffiths, Claire Job, Steve Skelly, Laura Picand^[6]	2,803	0.38	−0.9
	Socialist (GB)	Brian Johnson, Richard Cheney, Ed Blewitt, Howard Moss^[6]^[13]	1,384	0.19	0.00
Turnout			733,060	31.5	+1.1

European Election 2009: Wales^[14]^[15]
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^[16]
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^[17]	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^[18]
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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v t e Constituencies in Wales (40)
Labour (25)	Aberavon Alyn and Deeside Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Central Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Clwyd South Cynon Valley Delyn Islwyn Llanelli Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Neath Newport East Newport West Ogmore Pontypridd Rhondda Swansea East Swansea West Torfaen Wrexham Ynys Môn
Conservative (11)	Aberconwy Brecon and Radnorshire Cardiff North Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Clwyd West Gower Monmouth Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire Vale of Clwyd Vale of Glamorgan
Plaid Cymru (3)	Arfon Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Liberal Democrats (1)	Ceredigion
Wales European constituency: Conservative (1) Labour (1) Plaid Cymru (1) UKIP (1)

v t e 2004–2009 ← European Parliament constituencies 2009–2014 → 2014–2019
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking German-speaking
France	East Île-de-France Massif central–Centre North-West Overseas South-East South-West West
Ireland	Dublin East^†2 North-West^†2 South^†2
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
Poland	Pomeranian Kuyavian-Pomeranian Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian Warsaw Masovian Łódź Greater Poland Lublin Subcarpathian Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie Silesian Lower Silesian and Opole Lubusz and West Pomeranian
United Kingdom	East Midlands East of England London North East England Northern Ireland North West England Scotland South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) Wales West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber
National	Austria Bulgaria Croatia^¤1 Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Greece Hungary Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden
Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 2013; ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 2014

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