2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

The 2009 European Parliament Election was held in all 27 countries that are part of the European Union on 4 June 2009. In the United Kingdom, 72 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected using proportional representation.

Notable results include the UK Independence Party coming second in a national election for the first time in its history and the far-right British National Party gained its first ever representation in an elected parliament.

Final results across England, Scotland and Wales are shown below:

• Conservative Party (25 MEPs, 27.7% of vote)
• UK Independence Party (13 MEPs, 16.5% of vote)
• Labour Party (13 MEPs, 15.7% of vote)
• Liberal Democrats (11 MEPs, 13.7% of vote)
• Green Party of England and Wales (2 MEPs, 8.6% of vote)
• British National Party (2 MEPs, 6.2% of vote)
• Scottish National Party (2 MEPs, 29.1% of vote in Scotland)
• Plaid Cymru (1 MEP, 18.5% of vote in Wales)

In Northern Ireland, 3 MEPs were elected from Sinn Fein, the Democratic Unionist Party and the Ulster Unionist Party.

The next European Parliament Election will be held in 2014.

2009 European Parliament Election In The United Kingdom Media

• Timothy Kirkhope, Member of the European Parliament

• Nigel Farage MEP 1, Strasbourg - Diliff (cropped).jpg

  Nigel Farage

• Glenis Willmott (cropped).jpg

  Glenis Willmott

• GrahamWatsonMEPHead and Shoulders.jpg

  Graham Watson MEP

• Caroline Lucas 2010.jpg

  Caroline Lucas

• Nick griffin bnp from flickr user britishnationalism (cropped) (cropped).jpg

  Nick griffin bnp from flickr user britishnationalism (cropped) (cropped)

• Ian Hudghton MEP, Strasbourg - Diliff.jpg

  Ian Hudghton, Member of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in Strasbourg, France.

• 2009 UK European Parliament election.svg

  2009 UK European Parliament election

• European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom).svg

  Map showing most popular party by counting area (in Great Britain)

• UKIP activists with UKIP bus (3498165397).jpg

  UKIP activists in Walsall