1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox election Template:United Kingdom in the European Union The 1984 European Parliament election was the second European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on 14 June. The electoral system was First Past the Post in England, Scotland and Wales and Single transferable vote in Northern Ireland. The turnout was again the lowest in Europe. In England, Scotland and Wales, the Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party were in alliance, collecting 2,591,635 votes but not a single seat.

The election represented a small recovery for Labour, under Michael Foot's replacement Neil Kinnock, taking 15 seats from the Conservatives. In the general election of 1983, they had only had a vote share of 2% more than the SDP–Liberal Alliance (although they had nearly 10 times more MP's elected) and 15% less than the Conservatives. This was the last European election in the UK in which the governing party won a majority of seats.

A by-election to the British Parliament also took place on the same day in the Portsmouth South constituency – the Alliance gained the seat from the Conservatives.

Results

United Kingdom

Source: UK Parliament briefing

Party		Votes won	% of vote	Loss/Gain	Seats	% of seats	Loss/Gain
Template:Party name with colour	5,426,866	38.8	Template:Decrease9.6	45	55.6	Template:Decrease15
Template:Party name with colour	4,865,224	34.8	Template:Increase3.1	32	39.5	Template:Increase15
Template:Party name with colour	2,591,659	18.5	Template:Increase5.9	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	230,594	1.6	Template:Decrease0.2	1	1.2	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	230,251	1.6	Template:Increase0.4	1	1.2	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	151,399	1.1	Template:Steady	1	1.2	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	147,169	1.1	Template:Increase0.1	1	1.2	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	103,031	0.8	Template:Increase0.1	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	91,476	0.7	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	73,025	0.5	Template:Increase0.4	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	34,046	0.2	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	20,092	0.1	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	11,073	0.1	Template:Decrease0.1	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	8,712	0.1	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Independent Ecology	3,330	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Ind. Conservative	3,249	0.0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Ind. Liberal	2,981	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	2,365	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Cornish Nationalist	1,892	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Federal Republican Party	1,494	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady

• Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 32.6% (EC average: 61%)
• Overall votes cast: 13,998,190

Great Britain

Source: UK Parliament briefing

Party		Votes won	% of vote	Loss/Gain	Seats	% of seats	Loss/Gain
Template:Party name with colour	5,426,866	40.8	Template:Decrease9.8	45	57.7	Template:Decrease15
Template:Party name with colour	4,865,224	36.5	Template:Increase3.5	32	41.0	Template:Increase15
Template:Party name with colour	2,591,659	19.5	Template:Increase6.3	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	230,594	1.7	Template:Decrease0.2	1	1.3	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	103,031	0.8	Template:Increase0.1	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	70,853	0.5	Template:Increase0.4	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	11,073	0.1	Template:Decrease0.1	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Independent Ecology	3,330	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Ind. Conservative	3,249	0.0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Ind. Liberal	2,981	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
Template:Party name with colour	2,365	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Cornish Nationalist	1,892	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady
	Federal Republican Party	1,494	0.0	New	0	Template:Steady	Template:Steady

Total votes cast – 13,312,898. All parties listed.

Northern Ireland

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Constituency results

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Constituency	Constituency result by party							Winning party 1984
	Conservative	Labour	Alliance	PC	SNP	Ecology	Others
Bedfordshire South	72,088	57,106	36,444					Template:Party name with colour
Birmingham East	54,994	76,377	21,927				1,440	Template:Party name with colour
Birmingham West	55,702	61,946	19,422					Template:Party name with colour
Bristol	94,652	77,008	33,698					Template:Party name with colour
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North	86,117	38,901	36,341					Template:Party name with colour
Cheshire East	71,182	52,806	31,374					Template:Party name with colour
Cheshire West	74,579	64,887	30,470					Template:Party name with colour
Cleveland and Yorkshire North	73,217	52,887	31,374					Template:Party name with colour
Cornwall and Plymouth	81,627	35,952	63,876				10,518	Template:Party name with colour
Cotswolds	94,740	36,738	45,798					Template:Party name with colour
Cumbria and Lancashire North	86,127	62,332	39,622					Template:Party name with colour
Derbyshire	72,613	79,466	30,824					Template:Party name with colour
Devon	110,129	30,017	53,519				7,278	Template:Party name with colour
Dorset East and Hampshire West	109,072	31,223	49,181					Template:Party name with colour
Durham	44,846	106,073	32,307					Template:Party name with colour
Essex North East	97,138	42,836	34,769					Template:Party name with colour
Essex South West	72,190	56,169	29,385					Template:Party name with colour
Glasgow	25,282	91,015	20,867		16,456			Template:Party name with colour
Greater Manchester Central	48,753	76,830	24,192				1,430	Template:Party name with colour
Greater Manchester East	56,415	65,101	27,801			3,158		Template:Party name with colour
Greater Manchester West	56,042	93,740	17,894					Template:Party name with colour
Hampshire Central	84,086	39,228	39,265					Template:Party name with colour
Hereford and Worcester	84,077	44,143	37,854			8,179		Template:Party name with colour
Hertfordshire	87,603	41,671	40,877					Template:Party name with colour
Highlands and Islands	18,847	16,644	33,133		49,410			Template:Party name with colour
Humberside	61,952	53,937	27,318					Template:Party name with colour
Kent East	92,340	43,473	34,601			5,405		Template:Party name with colour
Kent West	85,414	50,784	33,306			4,991		Template:Party name with colour
Lancashire Central	82,370	56,175	24,936					Template:Party name with colour
Lancashire East	67,806	75,711	26,320					Template:Party name with colour
Leeds	60,178	70,535	36,097					Template:Party name with colour
Leicester	72,508	69,616	29,656				3,249	Template:Party name with colour
Lincolnshire	92,606	47,161	37,244					Template:Party name with colour
London Central	64,545	77,842	30,269				7,514	Template:Party name with colour
London East	61,711	73,870	26,379					Template:Party name with colour
London North	74,846	69,993	31,344				4,682	Template:Party name with colour
London North East	27,242	79,907	17,344				4,797	Template:Party name with colour
London North West	69,803	62,381	29,609					Template:Party name with colour
London South and Surrey East	82,122	37,465	34,522					Template:Party name with colour
London South East	81,508	61,493	38,614				989	Template:Party name with colour
London South Inner	46,180	77,661	25,391				3,281	Template:Party name with colour
London South West	41,096	32,632	23,842				2,135	Template:Party name with colour
London West	74,325	79,554	36,687				4,361	Template:Party name with colour
Lothians	49,065	74,989	36,636		22,331		2,560	Template:Party name with colour
Merseyside East	38,047	87,086	17,259					Template:Party name with colour
Merseyside West	52,718	65,915	37,303					Template:Party name with colour
Mid and West Wales	52,910	89,362	35,168	32,880			4,266	Template:Party name with colour
Mid Scotland and Fife	52,872	80,038	24,220		30,511			Template:Party name with colour
Midlands East	67,884	55,155	27,912				1,494	Template:Party name with colour
Midlands West	54,406	74,091	17,709					Template:Party name with colour
Norfolk	95,459	58,602	37,703					Template:Party name with colour
North East Scotland	53,809	44,648	25,490		33,448			Template:Party name with colour
North Wales	69,139	54,768	56,861	38,117				Template:Party name with colour
Northamptonshire	88,668	48,809	37,421				3,330	Template:Party name with colour
Northumbria	62,717	78,412	42,946					Template:Party name with colour
Nottingham	82,500	66,374	33,169					Template:Party name with colour
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire	94,136	39,164	45,055					Template:Party name with colour
Sheffield	47,247	93,530	23,935					Template:Party name with colour
Shropshire and Stafford	82,291	57,359	37,209					Template:Party name with colour
Somerset and Dorset West	98,928	36,863	58,677					Template:Party name with colour
South of Scotland	60,843	57,706	23,598		22,242			Template:Party name with colour
South Wales	55,678	99,936	26,588	13,201				Template:Party name with colour
South Wales East	36,359	131,916	28,330	18,833				Template:Party name with colour
Staffordshire East	68,886	76,753	26,093					Template:Party name with colour
Strathclyde East	24,857	90,792	11,883		27,330			Template:Party name with colour
Strathclyde West	47,196	70,234	25,955		28,866			Template:Party name with colour
Suffolk	88,243	41,145	34,084					Template:Party name with colour
Surrey West	96,675	22,531	44,087					Template:Party name with colour
Sussex East	102,287	32,213	36,666			5,401		Template:Party name with colour
Sussex West	104,257	22,857	46,755			3,842		Template:Party name with colour
Thames Valley	74,928	36,123	32,704					Template:Party name with colour
Tyne and Wear	39,610	89,024	19,081					Template:Party name with colour
Wight and Hampshire East	96,666	36,445	53,738					Template:Party name with colour
Wiltshire	86,873	35,457	60,404					Template:Party name with colour
York	80,636	44,234	33,356					Template:Party name with colour
Yorkshire South	30,271	98,020	19,306					Template:Party name with colour
Yorkshire South West	44,291	88,464	26,964					Template:Party name with colour
Yorkshire West	65,405	86,259	28,709					Template:Party name with colour

See also

• Elections in the United Kingdom: European elections
• List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (1984–1989)