Eu Election Count Uk
The european parliament is one of the eu s institutions and it s democratically elected by all 28 member states.
Eu election count uk. Composition of the european union. Until 2019 751 meps were elected to the european parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. The uk went to the polls.
161 104 51 85 as eapn 64 49 13 44 eu19 eu without united kingdom 2019 04 23 181. Belgium germany france italy luxembourg and the netherlands. 1995 austria finland and sweden join.
Uk votes to leave the eu the uk has voted to leave the eu by 52 to 48. In total 73 members of the european parliament were elected from the united kingdom using proportional representation. As the uk was still in the eu at the time of the elections it is forced to take part even though the majority of voters said they wanted to leave in the referendum vote.
The european election results have left those on all sides of the brexit divide claiming victory. Leave won the majority of votes in england and wales while every council in scotland saw remain majorities. This was the united kingdom s final participation in a european parliament election before leaving the european union on 31 january 2020 and was also the last election to be held under the provisions of the european parliamentary elections act 2002 before its repeal under the european union withdrawal act 2018.
145 107 49 75 58 45 25 20 europeanelectionsstats eu with united kingdom 2019 04 16 177. Nigel farage alexandra lesley phillips robert andrew rowland belinda claire de camborne lucy james gilbert bartholomew christopher graham ellis john kennedy matthew peter taylor george thomas stahel farmer peter david wiltshire. England scotland and wales use a closed list party list system of pr with the d hondt method while northern ireland used the single transferable vote stv.
Support for pro remain. 2007 bulgaria and romania join. 2004 cyprus czechia estonia hungary lithuania latvia malta poland slovenia slovakia join.