# Wales (European Parliament constituency)

Wales (Welsh: Cymru ) was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 4 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, 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.

## 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.
MEPs for former Welsh constituencies, 1979–1999 :
| Election | | 1979–1984 | | 1984–1989 | | 1989–1994 | | 1994–1999 | |
| North Wales | | Beata Brookes Conservative | Beata Brookes Conservative | Beata Brookes Conservative | | Joe Wilson Labour | Joe Wilson Labour | Joe Wilson Labour | |
| Mid and West Wales | | Ann Clwyd Labour | | David Morris Labour | David Morris Labour | David Morris Labour | | Eluned Morgan Labour | |
| South East Wales (1979–1984) South Wales East (1984–1999) | | Allan Rogers Labour | | Llew Smith Labour | Llew Smith Labour | Llew Smith Labour | | Glenys Kinnock Labour | |
| South Wales | | Win Griffiths Labour | Win Griffiths Labour | Win Griffiths Labour | | Wayne David Labour | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |
| South Wales Central | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | | Wayne David Labour | |
| South Wales West | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | Constituency not established | | David Morris Labour | |

## Returned members

MEPs for Wales, 1999 onwards :
| Election | 1999 (5th parliament) | | 2004 (6th parliament) | | 2009 (7th parliament) | | 2014 (8th parliament) | | 2019 (9th parliament) | |
| MEP Party | Jonathan Evans Conservative | Jonathan Evans Conservative | Jonathan Evans Conservative | | Kay Swinburne Conservative | Kay Swinburne Conservative | Kay Swinburne Conservative | | James Wells Brexit Party | |
| MEP Party | Eluned Morgan Labour | Eluned Morgan Labour | Eluned Morgan Labour | | John Bufton UKIP | | Nathan Gill UKIP (until 2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (from 2019) | Nathan Gill UKIP (until 2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (from 2019) | Nathan Gill UKIP (until 2018) Independent (2018–2019) Brexit Party (from 2019) | |
| MEP Party | Glenys Kinnock Labour | Glenys Kinnock Labour | Glenys Kinnock Labour | | Derek Vaughan Labour | Derek Vaughan Labour | Derek Vaughan Labour | | Jackie Jones Labour | |
| MEP Party | Jill Evans Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Plaid Cymru | |
| MEP Party | Eurig Wyn Plaid Cymru | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |
Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK)vte :
| Party | Party | Party | Party | Faction in European Parliament | Faction in European Parliament | Faction in European Parliament |
| | Brexit Party | 29 | 29 | | Non-Inscrits | 57 |
| | DUP | 1 | 1 | | | Non-Inscrits | 57 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 16 | 17 | | Renew Europe | 108 |
| | Alliance | 1 | 17 | | Renew Europe | 108 |
| | Green | 7 | 11 | | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 |
| | SNP | 3 | 11 | | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 |
| | Plaid Cymru | 1 | 11 | | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 |
| | Labour | 10 | 10 | | Socialists and Democrats | 154 |
| | Conservative | 4 | 4 | | European Conservatives and Reformists Group | 62 |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | | European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 41 |
| Total | Total | 73 | 73 | Total | Total | 750 |

## Election results

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

### 2019

European Election 2019: Wales :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | Brexit Party | Nathan Gill (1) James Wells (3) Gethin James, Julie Price | 271,404 (135,702) | 32.46 | 32.46 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans (2) Carmen Smith, Patrick McGuinness, Ioan Bellin | 163,928 | 19.60 | 4.34 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Jones (4) Matthew Dorrance, Mary Wimbury, Mark Whitcutt | 127,833 | 15.29 | 12.86 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Bennett, Donna Lalek, Alistair Cameron, Andrew Parkhurst | 113,885 | 13.62 | 9.67 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Boucher, Craig Lawton, Fay Jones, Tomos Davies | 54,587 | 6.53 | 10.90 |
| | Green | Anthony Slaughter, Ian Chandler, Ceri Davies, Duncan Rees | 52,660 | 6.30 | 1.76 |
| | UKIP | Kristian Hicks, Keith Edwards, Thomas Harrison, Robert McNeil-Wilson | 27,566 | 3.30 | 24.25 |
| | Change UK | Jon Owen Jones, June Davies, Matthew Paul, Sally Anne Stephenson | 24,332 | 2.91 | 2.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 836,195 | 37.1 | 5.6 |

#### 2019 opinion polls

| Date(s) | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Lab | UKIP | Con | Plaid | Green | Lib Dems | Brexit | Change UK | Others | Lead |
| 16–20 May 2019 | YouGov/ITV | 1,009 | 15% | 2% | 7% | 19% | 8% | 10% | 36% | 2% | 0% | 17% |
| 10–15 May 2019 | YouGov/Plaid Cymru | 1,133 | 18% | 3% | 7% | 16% | 8% | 10% | 33% | 4% | 0% | 15% |
| 2–5 April 2019 | YouGov/ITV | 1,025 | 30% | 11% | 16% | 15% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 1% | 14% |
| 22 May 2014 | 2014 EU election results | 733,060 | 28.2% | 27.6% | 17.4% | 15.3% | 4.5% | 4.0% | N/A | N/A | 3.2% | 0.6% |

### 2014

European Election 2014: Wales :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | Labour | Derek Vaughan Jayne Bryant, Alex Thomas, Christina Rees | 206,332 | 28.15 | 7.8 |
| | UKIP | Nathan Gill James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands | 201,983 | 27.55 | 14.7 |
| | Conservative | Kay Swinburne Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin | 127,742 | 17.43 | 3.8 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin | 111,864 | 15.26 | 3.2 |
| | Green | Pippa Bartolotti, John Matthews, Chris Were, Rosemary Cutler | 33,275 | 4.54 | 1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alec Dauncey, Robert Speht, Jackie Radford, Bruce Roberts | 28,930 | 3.95 | 6.8 |
| | BNP | Mike Whitby, Laurence Reid, Jean Griffin, Gary Tumulty | 7,655 | 1.04 | 4.4 |
| | Britain First | Paul Golding, Anthony Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone | 6,633 | 0.9 | New |
| | Socialist Labour | Andrew Jordan, Katherine Jones, David Lloyd Jones, Liz Screen | 4,459 | 0.61 | 1.2 |
| | NO2EU | Robert Griffiths, Claire Job, Steve Skelly, Laura Picand | 2,803 | 0.38 | 0.9 |
| | Socialist (GB) | Brian Johnson, Richard Cheney, Ed Blewitt, Howard Moss | 1,384 | 0.19 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 733,060 | 31.5 | 1.1 |

#### 2014 opinion polls

| Date(s) | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Con | Lab | Plaid | UKIP | Lib Dems | Others | Lead |
| 22 May 2014 | EU election, 2014 (Wales) Results | 733,060 | 17.4% | 28.2% | 15.3% | 27.6% | 4.0% | 7.7% | 0.6% |
| 12–14 May 2014 | YouGov/ITV | 1,092 | 16% | 33% | 15% | 23% | 7% | 7% | 10% |
| 11–22 Apr 2014 | YouGov/Cardiff University | 1,027 | 18% | 39% | 11% | 20% | 7% | 6% | 19% |
| 10–12 Feb 2014 | YouGov/ITV | 1,250 | 17% | 39% | 12% | 18% | 7% | 7% | 21% |
| 2–4 Dec 2013 | YouGov/ITV | 1,001 | 20% | 41% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 5% | 21% |
| 4 Jun 2009 | EU election, 2009 (Wales) Results | 684,520 | 21.2% | 20.3% | 18.5% | 12.8% | 10.7% | 16.6% | 0.9% |

### 2009

European Election 2009: Wales :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | Conservative | Kay Swinburne Evan Price, Emma Greenow, David Chipp | 145,193 | 21.2 | 1.8 |
| | Labour | Derek Vaughan Lisa Stevens, Rachel Maycock, Leighton Veale | 138,852 | 20.3 | 12.2 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Eurig Wyn, Ioan Bellin, Natasha Asghar | 126,702 | 18.5 | 1.1 |
| | UKIP | John Bufton David Bevan, Kevin Mahoney, David Rowlands | 87,585 | 12.8 | 2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Butt Phillip, Kevin O'Connor, Nick Tregoning, Jackie Radford | 73,082 | 10.7 | 0.2 |
| | Green | Jake Griffiths, Kay Roney, Ann Were, John Matthews | 38,160 | 5.6 | 2.0 |
| | BNP | Ennys Hughes, Laurence Read, Clive Bennett, Kevin Edwards | 37,114 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| | Christian | Jeffrey Green, David Griffiths, Alun Owen, John Harrold | 13,037 | 1.9 | New |
| | Socialist Labour | Robert English, Richard Booth, Liz Screen, Judith Sambrook | 12,402 | 1.8 | New |
| | NO2EU | Robert Griffiths, Rob Williams, Laura Picand, Trevor Jones | 8,600 | 1.3 | New |
| | Jury Team (UK) | Paul Sabanskis, James Eustace, Neil Morgan, Steven Partridge | 3,793 | 0.6 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 684,520 | 30.4 | 11.0 |

### 2004

European Election 2004: Wales :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | Labour | Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan Gareth Williams, Gwennan Jeremiah | 297,810 (148,905) | 32.5 | 0.6 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Evans Owen Williams, Felicity Elphick, Albert Fox | 177,771 | 19.4 | 3.3 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans Jon Blackwood, Eilian Williams, Gwenllian Lansdown | 159,888 | 17.4 | 12.2 |
| | UKIP | David Rowlands, Clive Easton, Elizabeth Phillips, Timothy Jenkins | 96,677 | 10.5 | 7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Williams, Alison Goldsworthy, Nicholas Tregoning, Nilmini Priyanga de Silva | 96,116 | 10.5 | 2.4 |
| | Green | Martyn Shrewsbury, Molly Scott Cato, David Bradney, Dorienne Robinson | 32,761 | 3.6 | 1.0 |
| | BNP | John Walker, Pauline Gregory, James Roberts, Mark Stringfellow | 27,135 | 3.0 | New |
| | Forward Wales | Ron Davies, Wendy Paintsil, Janet Williams, Graham Jones | 17,280 | 1.9 | New |
| | Christian Democratic Party | Catherine Smith, Christine West, Joseph Biddulph, Robert Evans | 6,821 | 0.7 | New |
| | Respect | Helen Griffin, Huw Williams, Raja Gul Raiz, Taran O'Sullivan | 5,427 | 0.6 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 917,686 | 41.4 | 12.4 |

### 1999

European Election 1999: Wales :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) |
| | Labour | Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan Joe Wilson, Gareth Williams, Jane Hutt | 199,690 (99,845) | 31.9 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans, Eurig Wyn Marc Phillips, Susanna Perkins, Owain Llywelyn | 185,235 (92,617.5) | 29.6 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Evans Chris Butler, Owen John Williams, Robert Buckland, Edmund Hayward | 142,631 | 22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Roberts, Peter Price, Alistair Cameron, Juliana Hughes, John Dixon | 51,283 | 8.2 |
| | UKIP | Dai Rees, Niall Warry, Idris Richard Francis, Alan Barham, David Lloyd | 19,702 | 3.1 |
| | Green | Molly Scott Cato, Klaus Armstrong-Braun, Sue Walker, Rachel Kalela, John Matthews | 16,146 | 2.6 |
| | Pro-Euro Conservative | William Powell, Jennifer Harris, Antonio Fernandes-Vidal, Alan Morris, Christopher Hodgkinson | 5,834 | 0.9 |
| | Socialist Labour | Elizabeth Screen, Darren Hickery, Stephen Bell, Miriam Bowen, George Tafarides | 4,283 | 0.7 |
| | Natural Law | David Hughes, Brian Francis, Helen Evans, Andrea Jarman, John Ashforth | 1,621 | 0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 626,425 | 29.0 |