European elections in the United Kingdom in 1984

← 1979
European elections in the United Kingdom in 19791989 →

Turnout: 33.0%

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

40.8

37.6

19.7

1.7

0.8

1.4

Tories

Labor ^b

SDP-Liberal Alliance ^c

SNP

plaid

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-7.6

+5.0

+6.8

-0.2

+0.2

-2.2

Tories

Labor ^b

SDP-Liberal Alliance ^c

SNP

plaid

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^b with SDLP

^c with Alliance

British seats in the European Parliament by political group

    

A total of 81 seats

• Socialists (Labor, SDLP): 33
• Collection assessment Europ. Dem. (SNP): 1
• European Democrats (Tories, UUP): 46
• non-attached (DUP): 1

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
	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).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fe79.htm