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United Kingdom European Parliament election, 1999
All 87 seats from the United Kingdom to the European Parliament
10 June 1999

The European Parliament Election, 1999 was the UK part of the European Parliament election 1999. It was held on 10 June. It was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom using a system of proportional representation. The European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 introduced the Party List system, using a Closed list. Single Transferable Vote was retained in Northern Ireland. The Act also introduced the new twelve electoral regions. The turnout was again the lowest in Europe, the lowest ever for a European election in the UK.

The Conservatives doubled the number of seats from last European election. Labour saw their 62 seats reduced to just 29. The Liberal Democrats saw their number of seats increase to 10 from just 2 in the previous election. The UK Independence Party, Green Party and Plaid Cymru won their first ever seats in the European Parliament. These changes are largely due to the move from proportional representation from first past the post, introduced by the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999.

Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 23.3% (EU average: 49.5%)
Overall votes cast: 10,681,082

[edit] England, Scotland and Wales

Note: Percentages are approximate

All parties with more than 50,000 votes shown

Total votes cast - 10,002,273.

European Parliament election 1999: Northern Ireland ^[1]
Party		Candidate(s)	Seats	Loss/Gain	First Preference Votes
Party		Candidate(s)	Seats	Loss/Gain	Number	% of vote
	Democratic Unionist	Ian Paisley	1	0	192,762	28.4
	SDLP	John Hume	1	0	190,731	28.1
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Nicholson	1	0	119,507	17.6
	Sinn Féin	Mitchel McLaughlin	0	0	117,643	17.3
	Progressive Unionist	David Ervine	0	0	22,494	3.31
	UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	0	0	20,283	2.98
	Alliance	Sean Neeson	0	0	14,391	2.12
	Natural Law	James Anderson	0	0	998	0.15
Turnout					678,809