European elections in the United Kingdom in 1984
The European elections in the United Kingdom in 1984 took place on June 14, 1984. It was part of the 1984 European elections , the second direct election to the European Parliament . In the UK , 81 of the 434 MEPs were elected.
Electoral system
The voting system was identical to the 1979 election . Of the 81 mandates, 78 in England, Wales and Scotland were awarded in single-electoral constituencies according to relative majority voting, similar to the right to vote in the British House of Commons . The three mandates for Northern Ireland were given in an electoral constituency with single transferable voting.
Election result
At 33%, voter turnout was just above the 1984 election.
As a result, the opposition Labor recorded a slight increase in votes, which led to 15 additional votes. The ruling Conservative Tories remained the strongest party. The alliance of SDP and Liberals achieved third place with 19.5%, albeit with a significantly lower percentage than in the 1983 general election . In addition, she was unable to win a mandate due to the majority vote.
Otherwise, only the Scottish National Party (SNP) could win a mandate in Great Britain . As in 1979, the three seats in Northern Ireland went to DUP, UUP and SDLP.
Great Britain
Political party | be right | percent | +/- | Mandates | +/- | fraction | |
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Conservative party | 5,426,866 | 40.8% | -9.8 | 45 | -15 | European democrats | |
Labor Party | 4,865,224 | 36.5% | +3.5 | 32 | +15 | Socialist faction | |
SDP-Liberal Alliance | 2,591,659 | 19.5% | +5.9 | - | - | ||
Scottish National Party | 230.594 | 1.7% | -0.2 | 1 | ± 0 | European Democrats rallying movement | |
Plaid Cymru | 103.031 | 0.8% | +0.1 | - | - | ||
Ecology Party | 70.853 | 0.5% | +0.4 | - | - | ||
Other | 15.021 | 0.1% | ± 0.0 | - | - | ||
Independent | 11.073 | 0.1% | -0.1 | - | - | ||
Voters | 13,312,898 |
Northern Ireland
Political party | First preferences | proportion of | +/- | Seats | fraction | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Unionist Party | 170,688 | 33.6% | +3.8 | 1 | Non-attached | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 125.169 | 21.5% | -0.4 | 1 | European democrats | |
Social Democratic and Labor Party | 140,622 | 22.1% | −3.4 | 1 | Socialist faction | |
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 39,026 | 5.0% | -1.8 | - | ||
Other / independents | 30,976 | 4.5% | -12.4 | - | ||
Voters | 696,994 |
By-elections
After the death of two elected MPs, by-elections took place on March 5, 1987 in the constituency of Midlands West and on December 15, 1988 in the Hampshire Central constituency . In both cases the mandate went to the same party as in the 1984 election (Labor in Midlands West, Tories in Hampshire Central).