1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom information
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1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
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81 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout
36.4% (3.8%)
First party
Second party
Lab
Con
Leader
Barry Seal
Christopher Prout
Party
Labour
Conservative
Alliance
PES
EPP
Leader's seat
Yorkshire West
Shropshire and Stafford
Last election
32 seats, 34.8%
45 seats, 38.8%
Seats won
45
32
Seat change
13
13
Popular vote
6,153,640
5,331,077
Percentage
38.7%
33.7%
Swing
3.9%
5.1%
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
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The 1989 European Parliament election, was the third European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on 15 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.
This election saw the best performance ever by the Green Party (UK) (formerly the Ecology Party), collecting over 2 million votes and 15% of the vote share. It had only received 70,853 as the Ecology Party in the previous election. However, because of First Past the Post system, the Green Party did not gain a single MEP, while the Scottish National Party received 1 seat with only 3% of the vote share. The Green Party's vote total of 2,299,287 remains its best performance in a national election, as does its percentage result of 14.5%.
The election also saw Labour overtake the Conservatives for the first time in any election since October 1974 and the first time ever in a European election, winning 13 more seats.
Two by-elections to the British Parliament also took place on the same day in the Vauxhall and Glasgow Central constituencies - Labour held both seats.
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