Since England, ( including Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland ) is a
member of the EU, English citizens vote in EU elections.
England
does
not have proportional representation in the House of Commons, but EU
elections use proportional representation.
EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION OF 13 JUNE 2004 ============================================= Sources: ARCOS website
VOTING BY MEMBER STATE ======================
BRITAIN ========
Parties ---------------------------------------------------------------- * Conservative Party: affiliated with the European People's Party - European Democrats (EPP-ED) * Democratic Unionist Party (DUP): unaffiliated * Green Party: affiliated with the Green - European Freedom Alliance (Green-EFA) * Labour Party (PES): affiliated with the Party of European Socialists (PES) * Liberal Democrats: affiliated with the European Liberal Democratic and Reform Party (ELDRP) * Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales, PC): affiliated with the Green - European Freedom Alliance (Green-EFA) * Scottish National Party (SNP): affiliated with the Green - European Freedom Alliance (Green-EFA) * Sinn Fein (Ourselves Alone): unaffiliated * UK Independence Party (UKIP): affiliated with the Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities (GEDD) * Unionist Party of Northern Ireland: affiliated with the European People's Party - European Democrats (EPP-ED) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Registered voters: 45,309,760 Valid votes: 16,992,677 37.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Conservative Party 4,397,090 26.7 -09.0 27 -8 * Democratic Unionist Party 175,761 01.0 -00.8 1 * Green Party 1,028,283 06.3 00.0 2 * Labour Party 3,718,683 22.6 -05.4 19 -6 * Liberal Democrat 2,452,327 14.9 +02.3 12 +2 * Ourselves Alone 144,541 00.8 1 +1 * Party of Wales 159,888 01.0 -00.9 1 * Scottish National Party 231,505 01.4 -01.3 2 * United Kingdom Independence Party 2,650,768 16.1 +09.2 12 +10 * Unionist Party of Northern Ireland 91,164 00.5 -00.6 1 * Others 1,942,667 11.4 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,992,677 78 -9