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Former European Parliament constituency
Northern Ireland (Irish : Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] ⓘ ;[ 1] Ulster-Scots : Norlin Airlann ) was a constituency of the European Parliament from 1979 until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020. It elected three MEPs using the single transferable vote , making it the only constituency in the United Kingdom which did not use first-past-the-post or party-list proportional representation .
The constituency covered the entirety of Northern Ireland , a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It was the only constituency in the United Kingdom the boundaries of which remained unchanged from the first direct election in 1979 until the UK left the European Union in 2020.
Members of the European Parliament [ edit ]
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
2019 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Sinn Féin
Martina Anderson
22.17
126,951
128,117
128,190
128,200.50
152,436.50
DUP
Diane Dodds
21.83
124,991
127,291
155,422
Alliance
Naomi Long
18.50
105,928
115,327
122,263
123,917.00
170,370.00
SDLP
Colum Eastwood
13.72
78,589
80,949
82,101
82,413.50
TUV
Jim Allister
10.83
62,021
63,872
79,540
89,854.00
90,079.00
UUP
Danny Kennedy
9.26
53,052
54,736
Green (NI)
Clare Bailey
2.18
12,471
UKIP
Robert Hill
0.89
5,115
Independent
Jane Morrice
0.30
1,719
Independent
Neil McCann
0.17
948
NI Conservatives
Amandeep Singh Bhogal
0.12
662
Electorate: 1,278,951 Valid: 572,447 Spoilt: 4,649 (0.81%) Quota: 143,112 Turnout: 577,275 (45.14%)
Ten candidates stood in the election.[ 3] [ 4]
2014 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 5] [ 6]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Sinn Féin
Martina Anderson
25.5
159,813
DUP
Diane Dodds
20.9
131,163
131,831
131,845
133,465
139,791
143,009
179,302
UUP
Jim Nicholson
13.3
83,438
84,418
84,426
86,672
92,301
99,260
135,993
158,212
SDLP
Alex Attwood
13.0
81,594
81,790
83,845
87,028
88,147
112,822
114,981
115,273
TUV
Jim Allister
12.1
75,806
76,182
76,195
77,065
84,438
86,020
Alliance
Anna Lo
7.1
44,432
44,978
45,292
53,953
55,347
UKIP
Henry Reilly
3.9
24,584
24,914
24,945
26,017
Green (NI)
Ross Brown
1.7
10,598
10,923
11,038
NI21
Tina McKenzie
1.7
10,553
10,823
10,862
NI Conservatives
Mark Brotherston
0.7
4,144
Electorate: 1,226,771 Valid: 626,125 Spoilt: 9,968 (1.6%) Quota: 156,532 Turnout: 635927
2009 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Sinn Féin
Bairbre de Brún
26.0
126,184
DUP
Diane Dodds
18.2
88,346
91,260
115,722
UCU-NF
Jim Nicholson
17.1
82,893
94,285
132,227
SDLP
Alban Maginness
16.2
78,489
94,814
97,428
TUV
Jim Allister
13.7
66,197
70,481
Alliance
Ian Parsley
5.5
26,699
Green (NI)
Steven Agnew
3.3
15,764
Electorate: 1,141,979 Valid: 484,572 Spoilt: 4,319 (0.9%) Quota: 121,144 Turnout: 488,891
2004 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 8]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
DUP
Jim Allister
32.0
175,761
Sinn Féin
Bairbre de Brún
26.3
144,541
UUP
Jim Nicholson
16.6
91,164
124,646
147,058
SDLP
Martin Morgan
15.9
87,559
88,010
108,531
Independent
John Gilliland
6.6
36,270
39,390
Socialist Environmental
Eamonn McCann
1.6
9,172
9,268
Green (NI)
Lindsay Whitcroft
0.9
4,810
5,134
Electorate: 1,072,669 Valid: 549,277 Spoilt: 5,467 (1.0%) Quota: 137,320 Turnout: 554,744
Gilliland's candidacy was supported by Alliance , Workers' Party , Labour and others.[ 9]
1999 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 10]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
DUP
Ian Paisley
28.4
192,762
SDLP
John Hume
28.1
190,731
UUP
Jim Nicholson
17.6
119,507
162,627
184,739
Sinn Féin
Mitchel McLaughlin
17.3
117,643
119,352
119,384
PUP
David Ervine
3.31
22,494
UK Unionist
Robert McCartney
2.98
20,283
Alliance
Seán Neeson
2.12
14,391
Natural Law
James Anderson
0.15
998
Electorate: 1,191,307 Valid: 678,809 Spoilt: 8,764 Quota: 169,703 Turnout: 687,573
1994 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland - 3 seats[ 11] [ 12]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
DUP
Ian Paisley
29.2
163,246
SDLP
John Hume
28.9
161,992
UUP
Jim Nicholson
23.8
133,459
149,541.25
Alliance
Mary Clark-Glass
4.1
23,157
23,375.55
Sinn Féin
Tom Hartley
3.8
21,273
21,278.10
Sinn Féin
Dodie McGuinness
3.1
17,195
17,238.95
Sinn Féin
Francie Molloy
3.0
16,747
16.756.60
Ulster Independence
Hugh Ross
1.4
7,858
12,575.05
NI Conservatives
Myrtle Boal
1.0
5,583
6,106.95
Workers' Party
John Lowry
0.5
2,543
2,579.00
Labour Party NI
Niall Cusack
0.4
2,464
2,518.90
Natural Law
James Anderson
0.2
1,418
1,492.70
Independent
June Campion
0.2
1,088
1,127.15
Independent
David Kerr
0.1
571
877.15
Natural Law
Susannah Thompson
0.1
454
534.40
Natural Law
Michael Kennedy
0.1
419
443.90
Independent
Robert Mooney
0.1
400
455.95
Electorate: 1,151,389 Valid: 559,867 Spoilt: 9,234 Quota: 139,967 Turnout: 49.4%
Note 1: Campion's candidacy, with the ballot paper description 'Peace Coalition', was supported by Democratic Left , the Greens and some Labour groups.
Note 2: Kerr appeared on the ballot paper with the description Independence for Ulster .
Note 3: Mooney appeared on the ballot paper with the description Constitutional Independent Northern Ireland .
1989 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 13]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
DUP
Ian Paisley
29.9
160,110
SDLP
John Hume
25.5
136,335
UUP
Jim Nicholson
22.2
118,785
141,583
Sinn Féin
Danny Morrison
9.1
48,914
48,987
Alliance
John Alderdice
5.2
27,905
28,633
NI Conservatives
Laurence Kennedy
4.8
25,789
26,872
Green (NI)
Malcolm Samuel
1.2
6,569
6,876
Workers' Party
Seamus Lynch
1.0
5,590
5,668
Labour
Mark Langhammer
0.7
3,540
3,661
Labour Party NI
Brian Caul
0.2
1,274
1,304
Electorate: 1,106,852 Valid: 534,811 Spoilt: 5,356 Quota: 133,703 Turnout: 540,167
Langhammer appeared on the ballot as the 'Labour Representation' candidate – the Campaign for Labour Representation aimed to persuade the British Labour Party to organise in Northern Ireland.
Caul appeared on the ballot as the candidate of Labour '87 , a merger of the Labour Party of Northern Ireland , Northern Ireland Labour Party , Ulster Liberal Party and United Labour Party .
1984 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 14]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
DUP
Ian Paisley
33.6
230,251
SDLP
John Hume
22.1
151,399
151,664
156,310
183,256
UUP
John Taylor
21.5
147,169
185,714
Sinn Féin
Danny Morrison
13.3
91,476
91,525
92,644
93,079
Alliance
David Cook
5.0
34,046
34,892
37,401
UPUP
James Kilfedder
2.9
20,092
38,293
38,854
Workers' Party
Seamus Lynch
1.3
8,712
8,813
Ecology
Colin McGuigan
0.3
2,172
2,236
Electorate: 1,065,363 Valid: 685,317 Spoilt: 11,654 Quota: 171,330 Turnout: 696,994
1979 European Parliament election : Northern Ireland[ 15]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
DUP
Ian Paisley
29.8
170,688
SDLP
John Hume
24.5
140,622
140,676
146,072
UUP
John Taylor
11.9
68,185
77,228
80,207
80,405
96,407
153,466
UUP
Harry West
10.0
56,984
61,163
61,952
62,140
65,915
Alliance
Oliver Napier
6.8
39,026
39,404
45,702
51,263
Ind. Unionist
James Kilfedder
6.7
38,198
50,622
53,986
54,623
69,383
72,557
Ind. Republican
Bernadette McAliskey
5.9
33,969
33,975
36,105
Independent
David Bleakley
1.6
9,383
9,600
United Labour
Paddy Devlin
1.1
6,122
6,146
Unionist Party NI
Eddie Cummings
0.6
3,712
3,836
Republican Clubs
Brian Brennan
0.6
3,258
3,263
Republican Clubs
Francis Donnelly
0.2
1,160
1,164
Ulster Liberal
James Murray
0.2
932
948
Electorate: 1,029,490 Valid: 572,239 Spoilt: 13,773 Quota: 143,060 Turnout: 586,059
Bleakley appeared on the ballot paper with the description 'United Community'.
^ Tuaisceart Éireann . DFA.ie. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ NI, Electoral Office (27 May 2019). "Updated Stage 1 resultspic.twitter.com/Ii6oAVzWP5" .
^ Purdy, Martina (24 April 2014). "Ten candidates for NI Euro seats" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ Shields, Graham (25 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated" . Electoral Office for Northern Ireland . Retrieved 3 May 2014 .
^ The 2014 European Elections , Northern Ireland Elections
^ BBC News - Vote 2014 , Northern Ireland European election count
^ The 2009 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections
^ The 2004 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections
^ "Independent Candidate John Gilliland" . BBC News. 18 May 2004.
^ The 1999 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections
^ The 1994 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections
^ [1] , Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive
^ The 1989 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections
^ The 1984 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections
^ The 1979 European Election , Northern Ireland Elections
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