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United Kingdom European Parliament election, 2014
← 2009 June 2014 2019 →
73 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party Third party
  David Cameron Nigel Farage
Leader David Cameron Nigel Farage Ed Milliband
Party Conservative UKIP Labour
Alliance ECR EFD S&D
Leader since 6 December 2005 12 September 2006 25 September 2010
Last election 26 (including 1 UCUNF) 13 seats 13 seats
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Nick Clegg Caroline Lucas Nick Griffin
Leader Nick Clegg Caroline Lucas Nick Griffin
Party Liberal Democrats Green BNP
Alliance ALDE European Greens NI
Leader since 18 December 2007 5 September 2008 1999
Last election 11 seats 2 seats 2 seats

The United Kingdom's component of the 2014 European Parliament election is scheduled to be held in June 2014, coinciding with the 2014 local elections in England.

By European Political Group

EP Group MEPs UK Party MEPs
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:European Conservatives and Reformists/meta/color"| European Conservatives and Reformists bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative
bgcolor="Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color"| Conservatives and Unionists
bgcolor="Template:Europe of Freedom and Democracy/meta/color"| Europe of Freedom and Democracy bgcolor="Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color"| UKIP
bgcolor="Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color"| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour
bgcolor="Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color"| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats
bgcolor="Template:The Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/color" rowspan="3"| The Greens–European Free Alliance bgcolor="Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| Green Party of England and Wales
BGCOLOR="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party
bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color"| Plaid Cymru
bgcolor="Template:European United Left–Nordic Green Left/meta/color"| European United Left-Nordic Green Left BGCOLOR="Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color"| Sinn Féin
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" rowspan="2" colsapn="2"| Non-Inscrits bgcolor="Template:British National Party/meta/color"| British National Party
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color"| Democratic Unionist

Constituencies and representation

As has been the case since 1999, the electoral constituencies were based on the government's nine English regions, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, creating a total of 12 constituencies. On 31 July 2007, in line with the required reduction in representation from the United Kingdom, the Electoral Commission recommended reductions in representation from Scotland, and from 5 English regions, resulting in new representation as below, which were first used in 2009:

Constituency Representation
in 2009		 Representation
in 2014		 Net Gain/Loss
East Midlands 5 5
East of England 7 7
London 8 8
North East England 3 3
North West England 8 8
South East England 10 10
South West England 6 6
West Midlands 7 7
Yorkshire and the Humber 6 6
Wales 4 4
Scotland 6 6
Northern Ireland 3 3

The recommended changes were approved by the UK Parliament in 2008.

Includes Gibraltar, the only British overseas territory which is part of the European Union.
Due to the Treaty of Lisbon coming into force before the 2014, the UK is entitled to a 73rd MEP. The Electoral Commission performed a reallocation in keeping with the same procedures they used to allocate 72 MEPs and the extra Conservative MEP was allocated to the West Midlands constituency.

Retiring/Resigned Incumbents

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Conservatives

UKIP

Liberal Democrats

Opinion Polls

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References

  1. "The European Parliament (Number of MEPs and Distribution between Electoral Regions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2008 No. 1954". Opsi.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  2. Woman MEP Anthea McIntyre takes post despite not a single vote | Mail Online
  3. ^ Would you like to be a Tory MEP? There could be nine vacancies in 2014... Tory MPs
  4. BBC News - Nattrass to step down as West Midlands UKIP MEP
  5. BBC News - MEP Diana Wallis criticised over resignation 'nepotism'
  6. BBC News - Lib Dem MEP Liz Lynne to stand down

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