European Parliament Election, 2004 (United Kingdom)

United Kingdom European Parliament election, 2004

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All 78 of the United Kingdom's seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	38.2% 14.2%
First party Second party   Leader Michael Howard Tony Blair Party Conservative Labour Alliance EPP–ED PES Leader since 6 November 2003 21 July 1994 Last election 36 seats, 35.77% 29 seats, 28.03% Seats won 27 19 Seat change 8* 6* Popular vote 4,397,090 3,718,683 Percentage 26.7% 22.6% Swing 9% 5.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Roger Knapman Charles Kennedy Party UKIP Liberal Democrat Alliance ID ALDE Leader since 5 October 2002 9 August 1999 Last election 3 seats, 6.96% 10 seats, 11.9% Seats won 12 12 Seat change 10* 2* Popular vote 2,650,768 2,452,327 Percentage 16.1% 14.9% Swing 9.2% 2.3%
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the results tables *Seat change has been adjusted to allow for direct comparison with the results from the 1999 election.
Leader of Largest Party before election Michael Howard Conservative Subsequent Leader of Largest Party Michael Howard Conservative

Michael Howard
Conservative

Michael Howard
Conservative

The European Parliament election, 2004 was the United Kingdom's part of the wider European Parliament election, 2004 which was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union. The United Kingdom's part of this election was held on Thursday 10 June 2004. The election also coincided with the 2004 local elections and the London Assembly and mayoral elections. In total, 78 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation.

The Conservative Party and the Labour Party both polled poorly. The Conservatives experienced their lowest vote share in a national election since 1832, and Labour their lowest since 1918. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) saw a large increase in support, increasing its number of MEPs from 3 to 12 and on popular vote pushed the Liberal Democrats, who themselves had increased their representation from 10 to 12 seats into fourth place. In Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin beat the SDLP in the polls and took its first Northern Ireland seat.