European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom)

The European elections in the UK in 2009 was held in conjunction with the British local elections on June 4, 2009. She was part of the EU-wide European elections in 2009, the election results were, therefore, only on Sunday, June 7, 2009, announced as the choice in the other European states was over. In the UK, this 72 of the 736 seats were awarded in the European Parliament. If provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon expansion of the Parliament during the legislative period 2009-14 to enter into force, as well as another British Member will move up in the Parliament. Polling stations were open 8-23 clock.

Electoral system

The election was by proportional representation law in twelve constituencies, namely the nine regions of England and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. While the English, Scottish and Welsh constituencies use the D' Hondt method, in Northern Ireland, the method of communicable Einzelstimmgebung applies. On a proposal from the Electoral Commission in 2008 laid down the distribution of deputies to the constituencies, the British Parliament. Accordingly, selected the East Midlands five parliamentarians, East of England 7, 8 London, North East England 3, 8 North West England, South East England 10, South West England (including Gibraltar ) 6, Yorkshire and the Humber 6, the West Midlands 6, 4 Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 6 3

Choice advertiser parties

In addition to the represented in Parliament since the 2004 European elections, political parties occurred in the choice of numerous other parties.

Already 2004-09 represented in Parliament were:

  • Conservative Party (27 seats, the EPP -ED Group )
  • Labour Party ( 19 seats, PES Group )
  • Liberal Democrats ( Lib -Dem, 12 seats, the ALDE Group )
  • United Kingdom Independence Party ( UKIP 12 seats, Ind / Dem Group or NI)
  • Green Party of England and Wales ( greens, 2 seats, the Greens / EFA Group, only in England and Wales)
  • Scottish National Party (SNP, 2 seats, the Greens / EFA Group, only in Scotland)
  • Plaid Cymru ( PC, 1 seat, the Greens / EFA Group, only in Wales)
  • Sinn Féin (1 seat, GUE - NGL Group, Northern Ireland only )
  • Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, 1 seat, EPP- ED Group, Northern Ireland only )

Of the other parties were merely the far-right British National Party (BNP ) and the British section of the Eurosceptic party Libertas, which contested the election for the first time, attributed still some chances to move into the Parliament.

It is still unclear whether the Conservative Party will remain after the elections in the EPP -ED. The Conservatives had formed in 1992 with the European Democrats ( ED ) is one of the European People's Party (EPP) independent party, which had then but united with it. However, the ED represented a significantly europaskeptischeren course as the EPP. In 2005, urged David Cameron, who was elected leader of the Conservative Party later, the exit from the common fraction. This led in 2006 to the founding of the Movement for European Reform ( MER) by the Conservative Party and the Czech ODS party. This MER should be an independent European party with their own group, but not fulfilled until 2009 making the necessary conditions after the elections. As a possible alternative was therefore (in addition to remaining in the EPP -ED ), a compound of the British Conservatives with the smaller right-wing Union for a Europe of Nations (UEN), may be discussed under a new name.

The political pre-election period was characterized by in May 2009 uncovered by the Daily Telegraph expenses scandal, which concerned all three major British parties ( Labour, Conservatives and Lib Dems - ). In the polls this then rushed from partly significantly, so various small parties outlook can be attributed to an increase in their number of seats. The bad poll numbers of the Labour Party also contributed to a government crisis, when in the days immediately comes to choosing receded several ministers. A resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for in the party.

Overall result

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

1 = The Conservative Party and the Ulster Unionist Party came after the election of the newly established European party AECR and the new ECR group at.

2 = The United Kingdom Independence Party ( UKIP ), was the newly founded EFD Group after the election of a member.

Poll

From 45,315,669 eligible voters in the United Kingdom 15,625,823 went to vote, representing a turnout of 34.5 %. In Britain, the voter turnout was 34.3% and in Northern Ireland at 42.8 %.

Surveys

The following surveys are only related to the UK ( excluding Northern Ireland):

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