UK/2019 European Parliament elections
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The United Kingdom's component of the 2019 European Parliament elections took place on Thursday 23 May 2019.[1] Initially, the elections were not planned since the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (following the 2016 EU Referendum) was set for 29 March 2019. However, the British government requested a delay in the withdrawal date and the European Council approved it following a European summit on 11 April 2019.[2]
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Results
England and Wales
The Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats were the big winners across England and Wales in the European elections.
Nigel Farage's party took 28 of the 64 seats in England and Wales, while the pro-EU Lib Dems have 14 MEPs - up from just one five years ago.
Labour saw just 11 MEPs elected, while the Greens gained seven.
The Conservatives with just three MEPs were in fifth place overall.
Plaid Cymru gained one MEP in Wales.
Scotland
In Scotland, the SNP won three of the six Scottish MEP seats, with Scottish Labour losing its two MEPs.
The SNP, which fought the election campaign on a strong pro-European platform, polled 37.7 per cent.
The Brexit Party finished on 14.8 per cent of the votes in Scotland, with the Liberal Democrats on 13.8 per cent and the Conservatives on 11.6 per cent, gaining one MEP seat each.[3]
Northern Ireland
Counting began on Monday 27 May 2019 for Northern Ireland's three European Parliament seats.
Eleven candidates were on the ballot paper in Thursday's election. Votes were sorted and verified on Friday ahead of the count.
Despite the intense focus on Northern Ireland in the Brexit debate, the turnout of 45.14 per cent is down more than 6 per cent from the UK/2014 European Parliament elections.
It would represent a seismic political shock if the two largest parties in the region - the pro-Brexit DUP and anti-Brexit Sinn Féin - failed to hold their respective seats.
The Ulster Unionists could be facing a fight to retain the third seat.[4]
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| Document:Cognitive Dissidents? | Article | 27 May 2019 | Alun Smith | I voted remain but I would happily leave under a Corbyn government with a deal that protects our rights and our jobs. Isn't that the sensible thing to do now? Isn't that the compromise that can bring us all together again? |
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- ↑ "European election results 2019 LIVE: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party and Lib Dems win as Tories and Labour suffer humiliating losses"
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