Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)

Northern Ireland was a constituency of the European Parliament. The Northern Ireland members of the European Parliament were chosen using Single Transferable Vote. The constituency was all of Northern Ireland.

Members of the European Parliament

Year	Party		Member	Party		Member	Party		Member
1979	Ian Paisley		DUP	John Hume		SDLP	John Taylor
1989							Jim Nicholson		[[]]
2004	Jim Allister		DUP	Bairbre de Brún		Sinn Féin
2007

Election results

European Parliament election 2004: Northern Ireland
Party		Candidate(s)	Seats	Loss/Gain	First Preference Votes
					Number	% of vote
	DUP	Jim Allister	1	0	175,761	31.9
	Sinn Féin	Bairbre de Brun	1	+1	144,541	26.3
	Jim Nicholson	1	0	91,164	16.6
	SDLP	Martin Morgan	0	-1	87,559	15.9
	Independent	John Gilliland	0	0	36,270	6.6
	Socialist Environmental	Eamon McCann	0	0	9,172	1.6
	Lindsay Whitcroft	0	0	4,810	0.9
Turnout						51.7

European Parliament election 1999: Northern Ireland
Party		Candidate(s)	Seats	Loss/Gain	First Preference Votes
					Number	% of vote
	DUP	Ian Paisley	1	0	192,762	28.4
	SDLP	John Hume	1	0	190,731	28.1
	Jim Nicholson	1	0	119,507	17.6
	Sinn Féin	Mitchel McLaughlin	0	0	117,643	17.3
	David Ervine	0	0	22,494	3.31
	Robert McCartney	0	0	20,283	2.98
	Alliance	Sean Neeson	0	0	14,391	2.12
	James Anderson	0	0	998	0.15
Turnout					678,809

European Parliament election 1994: Northern Ireland
Party		Candidate(s)	Seats	Loss/Gain	First Preference Votes
					Number	% of vote
	DUP	Ian Paisley	1	0	163,246	29.2
	SDLP	John Hume	1	0	161,992	28.9
	Jim Nicholson	1	0	133,459	23.8
	Sinn Féin	Tom Hartley Dodie McGuinness Francie Molloy	0	0	55,215	9.9
	Alliance	Mary Clark-Glass	0	0	23,157	4.1
	Hugh Ross	0	0	7,858	1.4
	Conservative	Myrtle Boal	0	0	5,583	1.0
	John Lowry	0	0	2,543	0.5
	Labour Party NI	Niall Cusack	0	0	2,464	0.4
	James Anderson Susannah Thompson Michael Kennedy	0	0	2,291	0.4
	Peace Coalition	June Campion	0	0	1,088	0.2
	Independent Ulster	David Kerr	0	0	579	0.1
	Constitutional Independent NI	Robert Mooney	0	0	400	0.1
Turnout					559,867

European Parliament election 1989: Northern Ireland
Party		Candidate(s)	Seats	Loss/Gain	First Preference Votes
					Number	% of vote
	DUP	Ian Paisley	1	0	160,110	30
	SDLP	John Hume	1	0	136,335	25
	Jim Nicholson	1	0	118,785	22
	Sinn Féin	Danny Morrison	0	0	48,914	9
	Alliance	John Alderdice	0	0	27,905	5
	Conservative	Myrtle Boal	0	0	25,789	5
	Malcolm Samuel	0	0	6,569	1
	Seamus Lynch	0	0	5,590	1
	Labour Representation	Mark Langhammer	0	0	3,540	0
	Labour '87	Brian Caul	0	0	1,274	0
Turnout					534,811

European Parliament election 1984: Northern Ireland
Party		Candidate(s)	Seats	Loss/Gain	First Preference Votes
					Number	% of vote
	DUP	Ian Paisley	1	0	230,251	33.6
	SDLP	John Hume	1	0	151,399	22.1
	John Taylor	1	0	147,169	21.5
	Sinn Féin	Danny Morrison	0	0	91,476	13.3
	Alliance	David Cook	0	0	34,046	5.0
	James Kilfedder	0	0	20,092	2.9
	Seamus Lynch	0	0	8,712	1.3
	Colin McGuigan	0	0	2,172	0.3
Turnout					685,317

European Parliament election 1979: Northern Ireland
Party		Candidate(s)	Seats	Loss/Gain	First Preference Votes
					Number	% of vote
	DUP	Ian Paisley	1	N/A	170,688	29.8
	SDLP	John Hume	1	N/A	140,622	25.5
	John Taylor Harry West	1	N/A	125,169	21.9
	Alliance	Oliver Napier	0	N/A	39,026	6.8
	Ind. Unionist	James Kilfedder	0	N/A	38,198	6.7
	Independent	Bernadette McAliskey	0	N/A	33,969	5.9
	United Community	David Bleakley	0	N/A	9,383	1.6
	United Labour	Paddy Devlin	0	N/A	6,122	1.1
	Brian Brennan Francis Donnelly	0	N/A	4,418	0.8
	Eddie Cummings	0	N/A	3,712	0.6
	James Murray	0	N/A	932	0.2
Turnout					572,239