Wales (constituency)

Location of Wales within the United Kingdom

Wales ( Welsh Cymru ) was one of the twelve constituencies in the United Kingdom for the European elections . It existed from 1999 to 2020 and covered the entire area of Wales .

history

Between 1979 and 1994 there were initially four and later five separate constituencies for Wales, each of which had one member sent to the EU Parliament according to the majority voting system . In the course of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 , these were replaced by a single constituency with initially five, since 2004 four MPs to be elected. The mandate was awarded based on the principle of proportional representation using the D'Hondt procedure .

In the wake of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union constituency was dissolved 31 January 2020th

Election results

Before 1999

MPs in the individual constituencies
Constituency	1979	1984	1989	1994
North Wales Gogledd Cymru	Beata Brooks Conservative / Ceidwadol		Joe Wilson Labor / Llafur
Mid and West Wales Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru	Ann Clwyd Labor / Llafur	David Morris Labor / Llafur		Eluned Morgan Labor / Llafur
South Wales East Dwyrain De Cymru ^Note	Allan Rogers Labor / Llafur	Llew Smith Labor / Llafur		Glenys Kinnock Labor / Llafur
South Wales De Cymru	Win Griffiths Labor / Llafur		Wayne David Labor / Llafur	Constituency dissolved
South Wales Central Canolog De Cymru	Constituency does not yet exist			Wayne David Labor / Llafur
South Wales West Gorllewin De Cymru	Constituency does not yet exist			David Morris Labor / Llafur

^NoteBetween 1979 and 1984 this constituency was called South East Wales / De-ddwyrain Cymru

From 1999

Wales / Cymru constituency MP
1999	2004	2009	2014	2019
Jonathan Evans Conservative / Ceidwadol		Kay Swinburne Conservative / Ceidwadol		James Wells Brexit Party
Eluned Morgan Labor / Llafur		John Bufton UKIP	Nathan Gill UKIP (until 2018), non-party (2018-2019), Brexit Party (from 2019)
Glenys Kinnock Labor / Llafur		Derek Vaughan Labor / Llafur		Jackie Jones Labor / Llafur
Jill Evans Plaid Cymru
Eurig Wyn Plaid Cymru	Seat abolished

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Q&A: European election in Wales. BBC , May 18, 2009, accessed April 16, 2019
↑ United Kingdom - Electoral Law on the website of the EU Parliament, accessed on April 16, 2019 (English)
^ Wales. In: United Kingdom Election Results. David Boothroyd, accessed January 31, 2020 .
^ UK Office of the European Parliament: 1999 Election Results. European Parliament website, PDF file, 49 kB, accessed on April 16, 2019
↑ Results of 2009 European elections in the UK on the website of the EU Parliament, accessed on April 16, 2019 (English)
↑ Results of the 2014 European Parliament elections in the UK on the EU Parliament's website, accessed on April 16, 2019
↑ MEPs Advanced Search on the website of the EU Parliament, accessed on January 31, 2020 (English)

[BBC180309-1] Q&A: European election in Wales. BBC , May 18, 2009, accessed April 16, 2019

[2] United Kingdom - Electoral Law on the website of the EU Parliament, accessed on April 16, 2019 (English)

[3] Wales. In: United Kingdom Election Results. David Boothroyd, accessed January 31, 2020 .

[4] UK Office of the European Parliament: 1999 Election Results. European Parliament website, PDF file, 49 kB, accessed on April 16, 2019

[5] Results of 2009 European elections in the UK on the website of the EU Parliament, accessed on April 16, 2019 (English)

[6] Results of the 2014 European Parliament elections in the UK on the EU Parliament's website, accessed on April 16, 2019

[7] MEPs Advanced Search on the website of the EU Parliament, accessed on January 31, 2020 (English)