european parliament election, 1984 (uk)

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The European Parliament Election, 1984 was the second European election to be held in the United Kingdom. The electoral system was First Past the Post in England, Scotland and Wales and Single Transferable Vote in Northern Ireland. The turnout was again the lowest in Europe. In England, Scotland and Wales, the Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party were in alliance, collecting 2,591,635 votes. The election represented a small recovery for Labour, under Michael Foot's replacement Neil Kinnock, taking 15 seats from the Conservatives. In the general election of 1983, they had only had a vote share of 2% more than the SDP-Liberal Alliance and 15% less than the Conservatives.

Overall (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) turnout: 33% (EC average: 61%)
Overall votes cast: 13,998,190

England, Scotland and Wales

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Conservative	align="right" \| 5,426,821	align="center" \| 45	align="center" \| -15	align="center" \| 41
Labour	align="right" \| 4,865,261	align="center" \| 32	align="center" \| +15	align="center" \| 37
Liberal Party	align="right" \| 1,358,145	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 10
Social Democratic Party	align="right" \| 1,233,490	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 9
Scottish National Party	align="right" \| 230,594	align="center" \| 1	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 2
Plaid Cymru	align="right" \| 103,031	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 1
Ecology Party	align="right" \| 70,853	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 1
Others	align="right" \| 24,678	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| 0	align="center" \| <1

Total votes cast - 13,312,873

rowspan="2" \| Party	rowspan="2" \| Seats	rowspan="2" \| Loss/Gain	colspan="3" \| First Preference Votes
Number	% of vote
align="left" \| Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	1	0	230,251	34
align="left" \| Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)	1	0	151,399	22
align="left" \| Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	1	0	147,169	21
align="left" \| Sinn Fein (SF)	0	0	91,476	13
align="left" \| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)	0	0	34,046	5
align="left" \| Workers Party	0	0	8,712	1
align="left" \| Others	0	0	22,264	3

Total votes cast - 685,317