Wales (European Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Former European Parliament constituency}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
|title = Wales
|locationmap2014=UK-wal
|coordinates={{coord|53|-3.6}}
|map = British Isles United Kingdom WA highlighted.svg
|mapcaption = Shown in the United Kingdom
|created = 1999
|dissolved = 2020
|meps = 5 (1999–2004)
4 (2004–2020)
|memberstate = United Kingdom
|memberstatelink2=the United Kingdom
|sources = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/newep/en/pptsuk.shtm][http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/uk/law.html]
}}
{{Politics of Wales}}
Wales ({{langx|cy|Cymru}} {{IPA|cy|ˈkəmri||Cymru.ogg}}) was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 4 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8043783.stm | publisher=BBC |access-date=25 May 2013 |title=Q&A: European election in Wales |work=BBC News, Wales politics |date=18 May 2009}} until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Boundaries
The constituency corresponded to the boundaries of Wales, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/faqs/#Question%2011 |publisher=Welsh Government |access-date=25 May 2013 |title=Frequently Asked Questions; Is Wales a country or a principality? |quote=Wales is not a Principality. Although we are joined with England by land, and we are part of Great Britain, Wales is a country in its own right. |work=wales.com |year=2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722013150/http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/FAQs/#Question%2011 |archive-date=22 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.org.uk/view/en/european_elections_in_the_uk/Results_of_2009.html |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=25 May 2013 |title=Results of 2009 European elections in the UK |work=European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523094353/http://www.europarl.org.uk/view/en/european_elections_in_the_uk/Results_of_2009.html |archive-date=23 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
History
It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East, and South Wales West.
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan = 10 | MEPs for former Welsh constituencies, 1979–1999{{cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epwelsh.html |title=United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979–99: Wales |publisher=Election.demon.co.uk |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606032047/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epwelsh.html |archive-date=6 June 2014 |df=dmy-all }} |
|---|
| Election
! style="width:1px;"| ! 1979–1984 ! style="width:1px;"| ! 1984–1989 ! style="width:1px;"| ! 1989–1994 ! style="width:1px;"| ! 1994–1999 ! style="width:1px;"| |
| North Wales
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | Beata Brookes | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | Joe Wilson | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
| Mid and West Wales
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | David Morris | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
| South East Wales (1979–1984) South Wales East (1984–1999) | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | Llew Smith | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
| South Wales
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | Win Griffiths | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 1 | {{nowrap|Wayne David}} ! colspan = 3 | Constituency abolished |
| South Wales Central
! colspan = 6 | Constituency not established | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
| South Wales West
! colspan = 6 | Constituency not established | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
Returned members
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan = 12 | MEPs for Wales, 1999 onwards |
|---|
| Election
| style="width:1px;"| | {{nowrap|1999 (5th parliament)}} | style="width:1px;"| | {{nowrap|2004 (6th parliament)}} | style="width:1px;"| | {{nowrap|2009 (7th parliament)}} | style="width:1px;"| | {{nowrap|2014 (8th parliament)}} | style="width:1px;"| | {{nowrap|2019 (9th parliament)}} | style="width:1px;"| |
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | Jonathan Evans | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | Kay Swinburne | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Brexit Party}}" | | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Brexit Party}}" | |
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | Eluned Morgan | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|UK Independence Party}}" | | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|UK Independence Party}}" | | colspan = 3 | Nathan Gill | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Brexit Party}}" | |
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | Glenys Kinnock | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | colspan = 3 | Derek Vaughan | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" | | colspan = 9 | Jill Evans | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" | |
| MEP Party | width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" | ! colspan = 9 | Seat abolished |
{{UKEUparties}}
Election results
Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
=2019=
[[File:2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom area results (Wales).svg|thumb|right|Map showing highest polling party by counting area in the 2019 European Parliament election;
{{legend|#12B6CF|Brexit Party }}
{{legend|#008142|Plaid Cymru}} ]]
{{Election box begin for list|
|title=European Election 2019: Wales{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-48417474 |title=European election 2019: Brexit Party tops poll in Wales|work=BBC News |date=26 May 2019 |access-date=2019-05-27}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48403131 |title=European Election 2019: UK results in maps and charts|work=BBC News |date=26 May 2019 |access-date=2019-05-27}}}}[https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Scheduled-elections-and-polls/Documents/Statement%20of%20parties%20nominated.pdf Statement of Parties Nominated and Notice of Poll / Datganiad o’r Pleidiau a Enwebwyd a Rhybudd o Etholiad ] Cardiff City Council
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Brexit Party|candidate=Nathan Gill (1)
James Wells (3)
Gethin James, Julie Price|votes=271,404
(135,702)|percentage=32.46|change={{nowrap|{{increase}}32.46}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Jill Evans (2)
Carmen Smith, Patrick McGuinness, Ioan Bellin|votes=163,928|percentage=19.60|change={{increase}}4.34}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jacqueline Jones (4)
Matthew Dorrance, Mary Wimbury, Mark Whitcutt|votes=127,833|percentage=15.29|change={{decrease}}12.86}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Sam Bennett, Donna Lalek, Alistair Cameron, Andrew Parkhurst|votes=113,885|percentage=13.62|change={{increase}}9.67}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Boucher, Craig Lawton, Fay Jones, Tomos Davies|votes=54,587|percentage=6.53|change={{decrease}}10.90}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Anthony Slaughter, Ian Chandler, Ceri Davies, Duncan Rees|votes=52,660|percentage=6.30|change={{increase}}1.76}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Kristian Hicks, Keith Edwards, Thomas Harrison, Robert McNeil-Wilson|votes=27,566|percentage=3.30|change={{decrease}}24.25}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Change UK|candidate=Jon Owen Jones, June Davies, Matthew Paul, Sally Anne Stephenson|votes=24,332|percentage=2.91|change={{increase}}2.91}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=836,195|percentage=37.1|change={{increase}}5.6}}
{{Election box end}}
==2019 opinion polls==
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| rowspan="2" |Date(s)
! rowspan="2" |Polling organisation/client ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |Sample !Lab !UKIP !Con ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |Others ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |Lead | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#dc241f; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#70147a; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#0087dc; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#008142; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#fdbb30; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Brexit Party}}; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Change UK}}; width:60px;" | | |||||
| 16–20 May 2019 | YouGov/ITVhttps://www.itv.com/news/wales/2019-05-20/poll-puts-brexit-party-on-course-for-european-election-triumph-in-wales/ | 1,009 | 15% | 2% | 7% | 19% | 8% | 10% | style="background:#8fe2ef;" |36% | 2% | 0% | style="background:{{party color|Brexit Party}}; color:white;"| 17% |
| 10–15 May 2019 | YouGov/Plaid Cymruhttps://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/9qcd2nbbdy/PlaidCymruResults_190515_EuropeanElection_W.pdf | 1,133 | 18% | 3% | 7% | 16% | 8% | 10% | style="background:#8fe2ef;" |33% | 4% | 0% | style="background:{{party color|Brexit Party}}; color:white;"| 15% |
| 2–5 April 2019 | YouGov/ITVhttp://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2019/05/April-2019.pdf | 1,025 | style="background:#F8C1BE"|30% | 11% | 16% | 15% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 1% | style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 14% |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"|22 May 2014 | style="background:#D5D5D5"|2014 EU election results | style="background:#D5D5D5"|733,060 | style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"|28.2% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|27.6% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|17.4% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|15.3% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|4.5% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|4.0% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|{{small|N/A}} | style="background:#D5D5D5"|{{small|N/A}} | style="background:#D5D5D5"|3.2% | style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"|0.6% |
=2014=
File:European Parliament election results, 2014 (Wales by council areas).svg in Wales for the 2014 election;
{{legend|#DC241F|Labour }}
{{legend|#702E86|UKIP}}
{{legend|#0087DC|Conservatives}}
{{legend|#008142|Plaid Cymru}} ]]
{{Election box begin for list|
|title=European Election 2014: Wales}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Derek Vaughan
Jayne Bryant, Alex Thomas, Christina Rees{{cite web |url=http://www.labour.org.uk/labour-party-european-election-candidate-selection-results,2013-08-02 |title=Strong, Committed and One Nation Labour MEP Candidates | the Labour Party |access-date=2013-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805211917/http://www.labour.org.uk/labour-party-european-election-candidate-selection-results,2013-08-02 |archive-date=5 August 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
|votes = 206,332
|percentage = 28.15
|change = {{increase}} 7.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Nathan Gill
James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands[http://www.ukip.org/newsroom/news/919-we-announce-regional-mep-candidates-for-the-euro-elections-in-may We announce regional MEP candidates for the Euro Elections] UKIP {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010060102/http://www.ukip.org/newsroom/news/919-we-announce-regional-mep-candidates-for-the-euro-elections-in-may |date=10 October 2013 }}
|votes = 201,983
|percentage = 27.55
|change = {{increase}} 14.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kay Swinburne
Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin{{cite web|title=Results of Ballot|url=http://www.conservatives.com/~/media/Files/Downloadable%20Files/RESULTS%20OF%20BALLOT2.ashx|publisher=conservatives.com|access-date=15 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610214239/https://www.conservatives.com/~/media/Files/Downloadable%20Files/RESULTS%20OF%20BALLOT2.ashx|archive-date=10 June 2016|df=dmy-all}}
|votes = 127,742
|percentage = 17.43
|change = {{decrease}} 3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Jill Evans
Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-22665803 MEP Jill Evans tops list of Plaid Cymru's EU candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622211133/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-22665803 |date=22 June 2013 }} BBC News{{cite web |url=http://www.partyofwales.org/european-elections-2014/?force=1 |title=European Elections 2014 |access-date=2014-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011748/http://www.partyofwales.org/european-elections-2014/?force=1 |archive-date=28 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
|votes = 111,864
|percentage = 15.26
|change = {{decrease}} 3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Pippa Bartolotti, John Matthews, Chris Were, Rosemary Cutler{{cite web |url=http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2013/11/22/wales-leader-is-green-euro-candidate/ |title=The Wales Green Party has announced today that their Leader, Pippa Bartolotti, is their candidate for the upcoming European Elections to be held next May |publisher=Wales.greenparty.org.uk |date=22 November 2013 |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117151341/https://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2013/11/22/wales-leader-is-green-euro-candidate |archive-date=17 November 2015 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://greenparty.org.uk/elections.html |title=Green Party | Elections |access-date=2014-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208092759/http://greenparty.org.uk/elections.html |archive-date=8 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
|votes = 33,275
|percentage = 4.54
|change = {{decrease}} 1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alec Dauncey, Robert Speht, Jackie Radford, Bruce Roberts
|votes = 28,930
|percentage = 3.95
|change = {{decrease}} 6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Mike Whitby, Laurence Reid, Jean Griffin, Gary Tumulty
|votes = 7,655
|percentage = 1.04
|change = {{decrease}} 4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Britain First
|candidate = Paul Golding, Anthony Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone{{cite web |url=http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/objview.asp?object_id=9728&language= |title=Statement of Persons Nominated |publisher=Pembrokeshire County Council |first=Bryn |last=Parry-Jones |date=24 April 2014 |access-date=3 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111050829/http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/objview.asp?object_id=9728&language= |archive-date=11 January 2016 |df=dmy-all }}
|votes = 6,633
|percentage = 0.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Jordan, Katherine Jones, David Lloyd Jones, Liz Screen
|votes = 4,459
|percentage = 0.61
|change = {{decrease}}1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = No to the EU – Yes to Democracy
|candidate = Robert Griffiths, Claire Job, Steve Skelly, Laura Picand
|votes = 2,803
|percentage = 0.38
|change = {{decrease}} 0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Brian Johnson, Richard Cheney, Ed Blewitt, Howard Moss{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2014/no-1315-march-2014/socialists-stand-euro-elections|title=Socialists to Stand in Euro-elections | The Socialist Party of Great Britain|publisher=worldsocialism.org|access-date=15 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617034602/http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2014/no-1315-march-2014/socialists-stand-euro-elections|archive-date=17 June 2016|df=dmy-all}}
|votes = 1,384
|percentage = 0.19
|change = New
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 733,060
|percentage = 31.5
|change = {{increase}} 1.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
==2014 opinion polls==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2" |Date(s)
! rowspan="2" |Polling organisation/client ! rowspan="2" |Sample !Con !Lab !UKIP ! rowspan="2" |Others ! rowspan="2" |Lead | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class="unsortable" style="background:#0087dc; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="background:#dc241f; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="background:#008142; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="background:#70147a; width:60px;" | | class="unsortable" style="background:#fdbb30; width:60px;" | | |||||
| style="background:#D5D5D5"|22 May 2014 | style="background:#D5D5D5"|EU election, 2014 (Wales) Results | style="background:#D5D5D5"|733,060 | style="background:#D5D5D5"|17.4% | style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"|28.2% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|15.3% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|27.6% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|4.0% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|7.7% | style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"|0.6% |
| 12–14 May 2014 | YouGov/ITVhttp://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2014/05/May-2014.pdf | 1,092 | 16% | style="background:#F8C1BE"|33% | 15% | 23% | 7% | 7% | style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 10% |
| 11–22 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Cardiff Universityhttp://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/2bleia67gd/UniversityofCardiff_FutureofEngland_Wales_140422_website.pdf | 1,027 | 18% | style="background:#F8C1BE"|39% | 11% | 20% | 7% | 6% | style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 19% |
| 10–12 Feb 2014 | YouGov/ITVhttp://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/why2okdhkr/YG-Archives-Pol-ITVWales-120214.pdf | 1,250 | 17% | style="background:#F8C1BE"|39% | 12% | 18% | 7% | 7% | style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 21% |
| 2–4 Dec 2013 | YouGov/ITVhttp://www.itv.com/news/wales/2013-12-10/new-poll-tracks-welsh-voters | 1,001 | 20% | style="background:#F8C1BE"|41% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 5% | style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 21% |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"|4 Jun 2009 | style="background:#D5D5D5"|EU election, 2009 (Wales) Results | style="background:#D5D5D5"|684,520 | style="background:#0087DC; color:white;"|21.2% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|20.3% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|18.5% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|12.8% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|10.7% | style="background:#D5D5D5"|16.6% | style="background:#0087DC; color:white;"|0.9% |
=2009=
File:European Parliament election, 2009 (Wales).svg in Wales for the 2009 election;
{{legend|#DC241F|Labour }}
{{legend|#0087DC|Conservatives}}
{{legend|#008142|Plaid Cymru}} ]]
{{Election box begin for list|
|title=European Election 2009: Wales{{cite web |url=http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/objview.asp?Language=&object_id=4461 |title=Electoral Office of Wales |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924070802/http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/objview.asp?Language=&object_id=4461 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/euro/09/html/ukregion_20.stm |title=European Election 2009: Wales |publisher=BBC News |date=8 June 2009 |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608151710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/euro/09/html/ukregion_20.stm |archive-date=8 June 2009 |df=dmy-all }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kay Swinburne
Evan Price, Emma Greenow, David Chipp
|votes = 145,193
|percentage = 21.2
|change = {{increase}} 1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Derek Vaughan
Lisa Stevens, Rachel Maycock, Leighton Veale
|votes = 138,852
|percentage = 20.3
|change = {{decrease}} 12.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Jill Evans
Eurig Wyn, Ioan Bellin, Natasha Asghar
|votes = 126,702
|percentage = 18.5
|change = {{increase}} 1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = John Bufton
David Bevan, Kevin Mahoney, David Rowlands
|votes = 87,585
|percentage = 12.8
|change = {{increase}} 2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alan Butt Phillip, Kevin O'Connor, Nick Tregoning, Jackie Radford
|votes = 73,082
|percentage = 10.7
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jake Griffiths, Kay Roney, Ann Were, John Matthews
|votes = 38,160
|percentage = 5.6
|change = {{increase}} 2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Ennys Hughes, Laurence Read, Clive Bennett, Kevin Edwards
|votes = 37,114
|percentage = 5.4
|change = {{increase}} 2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Christian Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeffrey Green, David Griffiths, Alun Owen, John Harrold
|votes = 13,037
|percentage = 1.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert English, Richard Booth, Liz Screen, Judith Sambrook
|votes = 12,402
|percentage = 1.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = No to the EU – Yes to Democracy
|candidate = Robert Griffiths, Rob Williams, Laura Picand, Trevor Jones
|votes = 8,600
|percentage = 1.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jury Team (UK)
|candidate = Paul Sabanskis, James Eustace, Neil Morgan, Steven Partridge
|votes = 3,793
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 684,520
|percentage = 30.4
|change = {{decrease}} 11.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2004=
File:European Parliament election, 2004 (Wales).svg in Wales for the 2004 election;
{{legend|#DC241F|Labour }}
{{legend|#0087DC|Conservatives}}
{{legend|#008142|Plaid Cymru}} ]]
{{Election box begin for list| title=European Election 2004: Wales{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/2004/2004-election-candidates|title=2004 Election candidates|work=UK Office of the European Parliament|access-date=4 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004091828/http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/2004/2004-election-candidates|archive-date=4 October 2009|df=dmy-all}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour Party
|candidate = Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan
Gareth Williams, Gwennan Jeremiah
|votes = 297,810
(148,905)
|percentage = 32.5
|change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservative Party
|candidate = Jonathan Evans
Owen Williams, Felicity Elphick, Albert Fox
|votes = 177,771
|percentage = 19.4
|change = {{decrease}} 3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Jill Evans
Jon Blackwood, Eilian Williams, Gwenllian Lansdown
|votes = 159,888
|percentage = 17.4
|change = {{decrease}} 12.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = David Rowlands, Clive Easton, Elizabeth Phillips, Timothy Jenkins
|votes = 96,677
|percentage = 10.5
|change = {{increase}} 7.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David John Williams, Alison Goldsworthy, Nicholas Tregoning, Nilmini Priyanga de Silva
|votes = 96,116
|percentage = 10.5
|change = {{increase}} 2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Martyn Shrewsbury, Molly Scott Cato, David Bradney, Dorienne Robinson
|votes = 32,761
|percentage = 3.6
|change = {{increase}} 1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = John Walker, Pauline Gregory, James Roberts, Mark Stringfellow{{cite web|url=http://www.bnp.org.uk/freedom/regions/walescand.html |title=walescand |date=3 June 2004 |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218090805/http://www.bnp.org.uk/freedom/regions/walescand.html |archive-date=18 February 2005 }}
|votes = 27,135
|percentage = 3.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Forward Wales
|candidate = Ron Davies, Wendy Paintsil, Janet Williams, Graham Jones
|votes = 17,280
|percentage = 1.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Christian Democratic Party
|candidate = Catherine Smith, Christine West, Joseph Biddulph, Robert Evans
|votes = 6,821
|percentage = 0.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
|candidate = Helen Griffin, Huw Williams, Raja Gul Raiz, Taran O'Sullivan
|votes = 5,427
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 917,686
|percentage = 41.4
|change = {{increase}} 12.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1999=
File:European Parliament election, 1999 (Wales).svg in Wales for the 1999 election;
{{legend|#DC241F|Labour }}
{{legend|#0087DC|Conservatives}}
{{legend|#008142|Plaid Cymru}} ]]
{{Election box begin for list| title=European Election 1999: Wales{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidates|title=1999 Election candidates|work=UK Office of the European Parliament|access-date=4 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828022854/http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidates|archive-date=28 August 2009|df=dmy-all}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour Party
|candidate = Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan
Joe Wilson, Gareth Williams, Jane Hutt
|votes = 199,690
(99,845)
|percentage = 31.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Jill Evans, Eurig Wyn
Marc Phillips, Susanna Perkins, Owain Llywelyn
|votes = 185,235
(92,617.5)
|percentage = 29.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservative Party
|candidate = Jonathan Evans
Chris Butler, Owen John Williams, Robert Buckland, Edmund Hayward
|votes = 142,631
|percentage = 22.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Roger Roberts, Peter Price, Alistair Cameron, Juliana Hughes, John Dixon
|votes = 51,283
|percentage = 8.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Dai Rees, Niall Warry, Idris Richard Francis, Alan Barham, David Lloyd
|votes = 19,702
|percentage = 3.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Molly Scott Cato, Klaus Armstrong-Braun, Sue Walker, Rachel Kalela, John Matthews
|votes = 16,146
|percentage = 2.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pro-Euro Conservative Party
|candidate = William Powell, Jennifer Harris, Antonio Fernandes-Vidal, Alan Morris, Christopher Hodgkinson
|votes = 5,834
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Screen, Darren Hickery, Stephen Bell, Miriam Bowen, George Tafarides
|votes = 4,283
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = David Hughes, Brian Francis, Helen Evans, Andrea Jarman, John Ashforth
|votes = 1,621
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 626,425
|percentage = 29.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Constituencies in Wales}}
{{British European Parliament elections}}
{{Former European Parliament constituencies}}
Category:European Parliament constituencies in Wales
Category:1999 establishments in Wales
Category:Constituencies established in 1999