Distribution of seats for United Kingdom MPs in the European Parliament

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The following tables show the distribution of seats in the European Parliament for UK MEPs since the first direct election in 1979.

British MPs

The following table shows the number of MPs from Great Britain at the beginning and end of each legislative period. Until 1994, the MPs were elected by majority vote in 78 and 84 constituencies. Since 1999 the election has taken place as proportional representation in eleven constituencies.

Political party 1979/1984 1984/1989 1989/1994 1994/1999 1999/2004 2004/2009 2009/2014 2014/2019 2019
Conservative party 60 60 45 45 32 32 18th 15th 36 36 27 28 3 25th 25th 19th 18th 4th
Labor Party 17th 16 32 32 45 45 62 60 29 28 16 16 13 13 20th 20th 10
Liberal Democrats 1 1 2 3 10 11 12 11 11 12 1 1 16
UKIP 3 3 12 10 13 9 3 24 7 8
Green Party of England and Wales 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 7th
Scottish National Party 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
Plaid Cymru 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brexit party 9 29
British National Party 2 1
Other 2 2 2 5 4 6 1
2 4 2
5 7
1
total 78 84 75 69 70
1 Social Democratic Party , merged with LibDem in 1988
3 One MP is not a member of the group
6th British Democratic Party, An Independence Party, We Demand a Referendum Party and a non-party
7thOne MP from the Social Democratic Party and four non-party members
8th Three MPs in ENF, three in EFDD, one non-attached

MPs from Northern Ireland

The three Northern Irish MPs are elected using an electoral system with transferable individual votes.

Northern Irish MPs
1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
Ulster Unionist Party 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1
Social Democratic and Labor Party 1 1 1 1 1
Sinn Féin 1 1 1 1
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1
0At the beginning of 1987 he moved to the European Rights group
11997 move to the Independent Group for a Europe of Nations
2 Elected for the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists, an electoral alliance of UUP and Northern Irish Conservatives

Legend

Color of faction affiliation
European Democrats (1979–1992), European Conservatives and Reformers (since 2009)
European People's Party / European Democrats (1992-2009)
Socialist Group (until 1993, 2004–2009), Party of European Socialists (1993–2004), Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats (since 2009)
European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Party (1994–2009), Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2009–2019), Renew Europe (since 2019)
Europe of Democracies and Differences (1999–2004), Independence and Democracy (2004–2009), Europe of Freedom and Democracy (2009–2014), Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014–2019)
Rainbow Group (1984–1994), Greens / European Free Alliance (since 1999)
European Progressive Democrats (1979–1984), European Democratic Alliance (1984–1995)
Group for the technical coordination and defense of independent groups and MEPs (1979–1984)
Europe of Nations and Freedom (2015-2019)
Confederal Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left
Non-attached