Party_lists_in_the_2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom

Party lists in the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

Party lists in the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

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The 2019 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the United Kingdom was held on 23 May 2019. These were the last elections to the European Parliament to be held before Brexit.

Only constituencies in Great Britain used party-list proportional representation, as in Northern Ireland the single transferable vote system is used.

Brexit Party

The Brexit Party was newly founded for the 2019 European Parliament election.[1] On 8 February 2019, party leader Nigel Farage stated he would stand as a candidate for the party in any potential future European Parliament elections contested in the United Kingdom.[2][3] MEPs Steven Woolfe and Nathan Gill, also formerly of UKIP, stated that they would also stand for the party.[4][5]

East of England

The Brexit Party had a list of 7 candidates for the 7 seats available in the East of England.[6] The top three were elected.

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East Midlands

The Brexit Party had a list of 5 candidates for the 5 seats available in the East Midlands. The top three were elected.[10]

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South East England

The Brexit Party had a list of 10 candidates for the 10 seats available in the South East of England.[6] The top four were elected.

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South West England

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Change UK

Main articles: Change UK and Change UK election results

The party announced on 23 April that it would stand a full slate of candidates in Great Britain for the European Parliament elections, including Ashworth, writer Rachel Johnson (sister of Conservative MPs Jo and Boris Johnson); former BBC journalist Gavin Esler;[25] former Conservative MPs Stephen Dorrell and Neil Carmichael; former Labour MEP Carole Tongue; former Labour MPs Roger Casale and Jon Owen Jones; former Liberal Democrat MEP Diana Wallis;[26] and the former deputy Prime Minister of Poland Jacek Rostowski.[27] None of the Change UK candidates won any seats.

London

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Ali Sadjady Naiery, a mixed martial arts fighter and former Conservative Party candidate for Ealing Borough Council, was originally placed sixth on Change UK's London list, but withdrew and was replaced after he was found to have made a tweet saying that Romanian pickpockets on the London Underground made him want Brexit.[28][29][30]

South East England

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South West England

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Scotland

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Conservative Party

South East England

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South West England

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Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales fielded candidates in every constituency in England and Wales.[48]

East Midlands

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East of England

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London

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North East England

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North West England

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South East England

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South West England

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Wales

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Labour Party

The Labour Party stood candidates in all constituencies in Great Britain.[61]

South East England

The Labour Party had a list of 10 candidates for the 10 seats available in the South East of England.

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South West England

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Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party stood 6 candidates for all the seats in Scotland.[77]

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UKIP

South West England

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Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru, the party of Wales, only contested the Wales constituency.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland has a different party system to Great Britain and used the single transferable vote rather than the party list system to elect 3 MEPs.[81] This meant the party list included one candidate per party for the three seats available.[82] There were 11 candidates:

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