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The 1994 European Parliament election was the fourth European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on Thursday 9 June, though, as usual, the ballots were not counted until the evening of Sunday 12 June. The electoral system was, for the final European election, 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 having increased the number of seats for the UK from 81. For the first time, the UK did not have the lowest turnout in Europe. Turnout was lower in the Netherlands and Portugal .
This was the first European election contested by the recently formed UK Independence Party (UKIP) , and the first European election in which the Liberal Democrats won seats. The Green Party lost more than three-quarters of the votes they secured in the previous election. The Conservatives lost 14 seats, taking their number of seats down to 18, which was 42 fewer seats than in the 1979 election , the year they defeated the Labour Party in the 1979 General Election . This reflected the general unpopularity of the Major government at the time.
Five by-elections to the British Parliament also took place on the same day in the Barking , Bradford South , Dagenham , Eastleigh , and Newham North East constituencies. The Conservatives lost Eastleigh to the Liberal Democrats; Labour would hold the other four.
Labour was under the interim leadership of Margaret Beckett following the sudden death of leader John Smith the previous month.
Results United Kingdom Sources:
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Votes won[ 1]
% of vote
Loss/Gain
Seats
% of seats
Loss/Gain
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6,753,881
42.6
Increase 62
71.3
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4,274,122
26.8
Decrease 18
20.7
Decrease
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2,557,887
16.1
Increase 2
2.3
Increase
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487,237
3.1
Increase 2
2.3
Increase
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471,257
3.0
Decrease 0
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163,246
1.0
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1.1
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162,478
1.0
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161,992
1.0
Increase 1
1.1
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153,917
1.0
Increase 0
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150,251
1.0
New
0
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133,459
0.8
Increase 1
1.1
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100,500
0.6
New
0
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98,845
0.6
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0
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55,215
0.3
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23,304
0.1
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0
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23,157
0.1
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0
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12,469
0.1
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Moderate Labour
12,113
0.1
New
0
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Literal Democrat
10,203
0.1
New
0
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7,858
0.1
New
0
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7,798
0.1
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0
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5,847
0.0
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0
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Independent Socialist
5,071
0.0
New
0
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4,323
0.0
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3,315
0.0
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2,543
0.0
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0
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2,464
0.0
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0
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Other
7,837
0.1
N/A
0
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Total votes cast – 15,852,589. All parties shown.
Great Britain File:European Parliament election, 1994 (Scotland).svg Map of the Scottish results. Sources:
Party
Votes won[ 1]
% of vote
Loss/Gain
Seats
% of seats
Loss/Gain
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6,753,881
44.2
Increase 62
73.8
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4,268,539
27.8
Decrease 18
21.4
Decrease
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2,557,887
16.7
Increase 2
2.4
Increase
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487,237
3.2
Increase 2
2.4
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471,257
3.1
Decrease 0
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162,478
1.1
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151,858
1.0
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150,251
1.0
New
0
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100,500
0.7
New
0
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96,554
0.6
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0
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23,304
0.2
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0
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12,469
0.1
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0
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Moderate Labour
12,113
0.1
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0
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Literal Democrat
10,203
0.1
New
0
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7,798
0.1
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0
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5,847
0.0
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0
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Independent Socialist
5,071
0.0
New
0
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4,323
0.0
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0
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3,315
0.0
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0
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Other
7,837
0.1
N/A
0
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Total votes cast – 15,292,722. All parties shown.
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Note 1: Campion's candidacy, with the ballot paper description 'Peace Coalition', was supported by Democratic Left , the Greens and some Labour groups.
Note 2: Kerr appeared on the ballot paper with the description Independence for Ulster .
Note 3: Mooney appeared on the ballot paper with the description Constitutional Independent Northern Ireland . MEPs retiring Conservative Labour MEPs defeated Labour Conservative See also References
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