European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom)
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The European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's
component of the 2009 European Parliament election
, the voting for which was held on Thursday 4 June 2009, coinciding with the 2009 local elections
in England. Most of the results of the election were announced on Sunday 7 June, after similar elections were held in the other 26 member states of the European Union. Scotland declared its result on Monday 8 June, as counting in the Western Isles was delayed due to observance of the Sabbath.
In total, 72 Members of the European Parliament
were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation
. (This figure would have been 73 if the Lisbon Treaty had entered into force by June 2009.) England, Scotland and Wales used the D'Hondt method
of PR, whilst Northern Ireland
used Single Transferable Vote
(STV). Owing to the expansion of the European Union, the number of members elected for the United Kingdom was fewer than in 2004. This is because the total number of MEPs increased temporarily with the accession of Bulgaria
and Romania
in 2007, but was subsequently reduced again in accordance with the Treaty of Nice
. The number of members elected from each region was modified by the Boundary Commission and Electoral Commission
, based on the size of the electorate in each region.
Notable outcomes were the significant drop in support for the Labour Party
, who came third, and the United Kingdom Independence Party
(UKIP) finishing second in a major election for the first time in its history. This was the first time in British electoral history that a party in government had been outpolled in a national election by a party with no representation in the House of Commons. Also noteworthy was the election of two British National Party
(BNP) candidates. It was the first time the Scottish National Party
won the largest share of the European election vote in Scotland, and it was the first time since 1918 Labour had failed to come first in a Welsh election. It was the Democratic Unionist Party
's worst ever European election result: the party had previously topped the poll in every European election in Northern Ireland since the first one in 1979. It was also the first time an Irish Republican
topped the poll with Bairbre de Brun
coming first with 125,000 votes.
As the total number of UK seats went down compared to the 2004 election, the number of seats won in the 2004 elections is recalculated as it were in 2009 elections. Both figures are included in the table below, with the relative seat changes figures taking into account the changes in seat numbers per region.
Turnout across Great Britain was 15,136,932, representing 34% of the electorate
Source: BBC News
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:
The recommended changes were approved by the UK Parliament in 2008.
1 Includes Gibraltar
, the only British overseas territory which is part of the European Union.
2 Had the Treaty of Lisbon
come into force prior to these elections, the UK would have been entitled to a 73rd MEP. Were the Electoral Commission to perform a reallocation in keeping with the same procedures they used to allocate 72 MEPs, the extra MEP would have been allocated to the West Midlands constituency, preserving its representation at 7 rather than reducing it to 6.
Source: The Electoral Commission
ComRes
, ICM, Populus
and YouGov
are members of the British Polling Council
, and abide by its disclosure rules. BPIX is not a member of the BPC, and does not publish detailed methodology and findings.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
component of the 2009 European Parliament election
European Parliament election, 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...
, the voting for which was held on Thursday 4 June 2009, coinciding with the 2009 local elections
United Kingdom local elections, 2009
The 2009 United Kingdom local elections were elections held to all 27 County Councils, three existing Unitary Authorities and five new Unitary Authorities, all in England, on 4 June 2009...
in England. Most of the results of the election were announced on Sunday 7 June, after similar elections were held in the other 26 member states of the European Union. Scotland declared its result on Monday 8 June, as counting in the Western Isles was delayed due to observance of the Sabbath.
In total, 72 Members of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
. (This figure would have been 73 if the Lisbon Treaty had entered into force by June 2009.) England, Scotland and Wales used the D'Hondt method
D'Hondt method
The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...
of PR, whilst Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
used Single Transferable Vote
Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...
(STV). Owing to the expansion of the European Union, the number of members elected for the United Kingdom was fewer than in 2004. This is because the total number of MEPs increased temporarily with the accession of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
and Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
in 2007, but was subsequently reduced again in accordance with the Treaty of Nice
Treaty of Nice
The Treaty of Nice was signed by European leaders on 26 February 2001 and came into force on 1 February 2003. It amended the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Rome...
. The number of members elected from each region was modified by the Boundary Commission and Electoral Commission
Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)
The Electoral Commission is an independent body set up by the UK Parliament. It regulates party and election finance and sets standards for well-run elections...
, based on the size of the electorate in each region.
Notable outcomes were the significant drop in support for the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
, who came third, and the United Kingdom Independence Party
United Kingdom Independence Party
The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP...
(UKIP) finishing second in a major election for the first time in its history. This was the first time in British electoral history that a party in government had been outpolled in a national election by a party with no representation in the House of Commons. Also noteworthy was the election of two British National Party
British National Party
The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...
(BNP) candidates. It was the first time the Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
won the largest share of the European election vote in Scotland, and it was the first time since 1918 Labour had failed to come first in a Welsh election. It was the Democratic Unionist Party
Democratic Unionist Party
The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
's worst ever European election result: the party had previously topped the poll in every European election in Northern Ireland since the first one in 1979. It was also the first time an Irish Republican
Irish Republicanism
Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.In 1801, under the Act of Union, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
topped the poll with Bairbre de Brun
Bairbre de Brún
Bairbre de Brún is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing Northern Ireland.- Political work :...
coming first with 125,000 votes.
Great Britain and Gibraltar – overall result
Source: BBC NewsAs the total number of UK seats went down compared to the 2004 election, the number of seats won in the 2004 elections is recalculated as it were in 2009 elections. Both figures are included in the table below, with the relative seat changes figures taking into account the changes in seat numbers per region.
Turnout across Great Britain was 15,136,932, representing 34% of the electorate
| Party | Votes | Vote % | % Change | Seats | Seats Change | Relative Seats Change | Seats % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,198,394 | 27.7% | +1.0 | 25 | −2 | +1 | 37.7 | ||
| 2,498,226 | 16.5% | +0.3 | 13 | +1 | +1 | 18.8 | ||
| 2,381,760 | 15.7% | −6.9 | 13 | −6 | −5 | 18.8 | ||
| 2,080,613 | 13.7% | −1.2 | 11 | −1 | +1 | 15.9 | ||
| 1,223,303 | 8.1% | +2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | ||
| 943,598 | 6.2% | +1.3 | 2 | +2 | +2 | 2.9 | ||
| 321,007 | 2.1% | +0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | ||
| 126,702 | 0.8% | −0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | ||
| 279,801 | 1.8% | +1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 249,493 | 1.6% | +1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 173,115 | 1.1% | +1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 153,236 | 1.0% | +1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 80,442 | 0.5% | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 78,569 | 0.5% | +0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 74,007 | 0.5% | +0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 73,544 | 0.5% | +0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jan Jananayagam Jan Jananayagam Janani Jananayagam is a British Tamil banking professional, activist and politician. She was an independent candidate for the London region in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections.-Early life:... (Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... ) |
50,014 | 0.3% | +0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37,785 | 0.2% | +0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14,922 | 0.1% | +0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13,201 | 0.1% | +0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10,404 | 0.1% | −0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duncan Robertson (Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... ) |
10,189 | 0.1% | +0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 15,072,325 | 69 | -6 | 0 | 100 | |||
- All parties with over 10,000 votes listed.
Northern Ireland
| Party | Candidate | Seats | Loss/Gain | First Preference Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % of vote | ||||||
| Bairbre de Brún Bairbre de Brún Bairbre de Brún is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing Northern Ireland.- Political work :... |
1 | 0 | 126,184 | 25.8 | |||
| Diane Dodds Diane Dodds Diane Dodds is a Democratic Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland, and a Member of the European Parliament for the Northern Ireland constituency.-Career:... |
1 | 0 | 88,346 | 18.1 | |||
| Jim Nicholson Jim Nicholson (UK politician) James Frederick "Jim" Nicholson is a Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party politician, who is currently a Member of the European Parliament .-Career:... |
1 | 0 | 82,892 | 17.0 | |||
| Alban Maginness Alban Maginness Alban Maginness is a Nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Maginness was born in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. He completed his secondary education at St. Malachy's College, Belfast. He then attended the New University of Ulster and subsequently Queen's University of Belfast where... |
0 | 0 | 78,489 | 16.1 | |||
| Jim Allister Jim Allister James Hugh "Jim" Allister, QC is a Northern Ireland Unionist politician and senior barrister. He is the leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice political party, serving as MLA in the Northern Ireland Assembly, where he represents Antrim North.He was formerly a member of the Democratic Unionist... |
0 | 0 | 66,197 | 13.5 | |||
| Ian Parsley | 0 | 0 | 26,699 | 5.5 | |||
| Steven Agnew Steven Agnew Steven Agnew is the leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland. He was elected as an MLA to the Northern Ireland Assembly in May 2011.... |
0 | 0 | 15,764 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 488,891 | 42.8 | |||||
Source: BBC News
By European Political Group
| EP Group | MEPs | UK Party | MEPs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Conservatives and Reformists European Conservatives and Reformists The European Conservatives and Reformists, abbreviated to ECR, is a conservative anti-federalist political group in the European Parliament. The group currently comprises 57 MEPs, making it the fourth-largest group in the European Parliament.... |
26 | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
25 | ||
| Conservatives and Unionists | 1 | ||||
| Europe of Freedom and Democracy Europe of Freedom and Democracy Europe of Freedom and Democracy is a Eurosceptic political group in the European Parliament. Formed after the European parliamentary election in 2009, it is mostly made up of elements of the now defunct Independence/Democracy and Union for a Europe of Nations groups from the out-going... |
13 | UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... |
13 | ||
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats is the social-democratic political group in the European Parliament, formed by MEPs of the Party of European Socialists and allied centre-left parties. The group dates its ancestry via various names back to the beginning of the European... |
13 | Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
13 | ||
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the... |
11 | Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the... |
11 | ||
| The Greens–European Free Alliance | 5 | Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including... |
2 | ||
| Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
2 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966... |
1 | ||||
| European United Left-Nordic Green Left | 1 | Sinn Féin Sinn Féin Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... |
1 | ||
| Non-Inscrits Non-Inscrits Non-Inscrits are Members of the European Parliament who do not sit in one of the recognized political groups.... |
3 | British National Party British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982... |
2 | ||
| Democratic Unionist Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the... |
1 | ||||
Constituencies and representation
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
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:
| Constituency | Representation in 2004 | Representation in 2009 | East Midlands East Midlands (European Parliament constituency) East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elects 5 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... | 6 | 5 | −1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East of England East of England (European Parliament constituency) East of England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... |
7 | 7 | No Change | |||
| London London (European Parliament constituency) London is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 8 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :The constituency corresponds to Greater London, in the south east of the United Kingdom.... |
9 | 8 | −1 | |||
| North East England North East England (European Parliament constituency) North East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 3 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... |
3 | 3 | No Change | |||
| North West England North West England (European Parliament constituency) North West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. For the 2009 elections it elects 8 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.-Boundaries:... |
9 | 8 | −1 | |||
| South East England South East England (European Parliament constituency) South East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 10 Members of the European Parliament using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... |
10 | 10 | No Change | |||
| South West England South West England (European Parliament constituency) South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, reduced from 7 in 2004.-Boundaries:... 1 |
7 | 6 | −1 | |||
| West Midlands West Midlands (European Parliament constituency) West Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elected 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. The constituency will also elect a "virtual MEP" who will be able to sit in the Parliament if the Treaty of Lisbon comes into effect... 2 |
7 | 6 | −1 | |||
| Yorkshire and the Humber Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency) Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... |
6 | 6 | No Change | |||
| Wales Wales (European Parliament constituency) Wales is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... |
4 | 4 | No Change | |||
| Scotland Scotland (European Parliament constituency) Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... |
7 | 6 | −1 | |||
| Northern Ireland Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency) Northern Ireland is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects three MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote, the only United Kingdom constituency to do so.- Members of the European Parliament :- 2009 :... |
3 | 3 | No Change |
The recommended changes were approved by the UK Parliament in 2008.
1 Includes Gibraltar
European Parliament election, 2009 (Gibraltar)
The European Parliament election of 2009 in Gibraltar was the election of the delegation for the combined region of South West England and Gibraltar to the European Parliament in 2009. It took place on 4 June 2009, with the results announced on 7 June 2009. The Conservatives won with 51% of the...
, the only British overseas territory which is part of the European Union.
2 Had the Treaty of Lisbon
Treaty of Lisbon
The Treaty of Lisbon of 1668 was a peace treaty between Portugal and Spain, concluded at Lisbon on 13 February 1668, through the mediation of England, in which Spain recognized the sovereignty of Portugal's new ruling dynasty, the House of Braganza....
come into force prior to these elections, the UK would have been entitled to a 73rd MEP. Were the Electoral Commission to perform a reallocation in keeping with the same procedures they used to allocate 72 MEPs, the extra MEP would have been allocated to the West Midlands constituency, preserving its representation at 7 rather than reducing it to 6.
Source: The Electoral Commission
Opinion polls
In the run up to the election, several polling organisations carried out public opinion polling in regards to voting intentions in Great Britain (i.e. the UK excluding Northern Ireland, which is always excluded from such voting intention surveys). Results of such polls are displayed below.ComRes
ComRes
ComRes is a polling and research consultancy with British origins. The company has its registered company headquarters in London, United Kingdom and also has offices in Brussels, Edinburgh and Cardiff...
, ICM, Populus
Populus Ltd
Populus is a market research company in the United Kingdom formed in 2003. Populus co-founded the British Polling Council in 2004 and regularly publishes opinion polls on voting intention and as well as other political and commercial issues. Clients have included national brands such as the AA and...
and YouGov
YouGov
YouGov, formerly known as PollingPoint in the United States, is an international internet-based market research firm launched in the UK in May 2000 by Stephan Shakespeare, now Chief Executive Officer, and Nadhim Zahawi...
are members of the British Polling Council
British Polling Council
The British Polling Council is an association of market research companies whose opinion polls are regularly published or broadcast in media in the United Kingdom...
, and abide by its disclosure rules. BPIX is not a member of the BPC, and does not publish detailed methodology and findings.
| European Parliament Election – Opinion Polling | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm/Client | Survey end date | Con Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
UKIP | Lib Dem Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the... |
Green Parties* |
BNP British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982... |
SNP Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966... |
Others |
| YouGov/Daily Telegraph | 3 June 2009 | 26% | 16% | 18% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 4% SNP + PC | 6% | |
| ComRes/Green Party of England and Wales |
31 May 2009 | 24% | 22% | 17% | 14% | 15% | 2% | 3% | - | 4% |
| YouGov/Daily Telegraph | 29 May 2009 | 27% | 17% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 7% | 4% SNP + PC | 6% | |
| ICM/Sunday Telegraph | 28 May 2009 | 29% | 17% | 10% | 20% | 11% | 5% | 5% SNP + PC | 3% | |
| Populus/Times | 28 May 2009 | 30% | 16% | 19% | 12% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 4% |
| ICM/Guardian | 21 May 2009 | 30% | 24% | 10% | 18% | 9% | 1% | 4% SNP + PC | 3% | |
| YouGov/Daily Telegraph | 16 May 2009 | 28% | 22% | 15% | 17% | 7% | 5% | 4% SNP + PC | 1% | |
| BPIX/Mail on Sunday | 16 May 2009 | 30% | 17% | 17% | 15% | - | 5% | - | - | - |
| ComRes/UKIP | 14 May 2009 | 28% | 23% | 15% | 14% | 11% | 4% | - | - | 5% |
| YouGov/Sun | 14 May 2009 | 29% | 20% | 15% | 19% | 6% | 3% | 4% SNP + PC | 1% | |
| Populus/Times | 10 May 2009 | 34% | 25% | 6% | 20% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% |
| YouGov/Sunday Times | 8 May 2009 | 36% | 25% | 7% | 20% | 4% | 4% | 4% SNP + PC | 1% | |
| ICM/TPA | 4 May 2009 | 32% | 28% | 9% | 22% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 2% | - |
| YouGov/TPA | 8 January 2009 | 35% | 29% | 7% | 15% | 5% | 4% | 4% SNP + PC | 2% | |
| 2004 Election | 26.7% | 22.6% | 16.1% | 14.9% | 5.8% | 4.9% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 6% | |
| 2009 Election | 27.7% | 15.7% | 16.5% | 13.7% | 9.1% | 6.2% | 2.1% | 0.8% | 7.9% | |
- Note: there are two Green parties standing for election in Great Britain: the Green Party of England and WalesGreen Party of England and WalesThe Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...
and the Scottish Green PartyScottish Green PartyThe Scottish Green Party is a green party in Scotland. It has two MSPs in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone, representing Lothian, and Patrick Harvie, for Glasgow.-Organisation:...
.
See also
- European Parliament election, 2009European Parliament election, 2009Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...
- Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2009–2014Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2009–2014This is a list of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in the 2009 to 2014 session, ordered by name.See European Parliament election, 2009 for further information on these elections in the UK, and European Parliament election, 2009 for discussion on likely changes to the...
(alphabetic order) - United Kingdom local elections, 2009United Kingdom local elections, 2009The 2009 United Kingdom local elections were elections held to all 27 County Councils, three existing Unitary Authorities and five new Unitary Authorities, all in England, on 4 June 2009...
- United Kingdom general election, 2010