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United Kingdom: European Parliament election results 2004

UNITED KINGDOM - 78 seats

Updated at 17:32 CET, Monday 14 June

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Strong gains for the eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), who pushed the more-established Liberal Democrats into fourth place. Terrible result for the governing centre-left Labour Party, who also suffered in local elections.

Turnout - 41.23 percent

Party

Conservatives (EPP-ED)

26.7 percent --- 27 seats

*Labour Party (LAB) (PES)

22.6 percent --- 19 seats

United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) (EDD)

16.1 percent --- 12 seats

Liberal Democrats (LD) (EDLR)

14.9 percent --- 12 seats

Green Party (Greens/EFA)

6.3 percent --- 2 seats

Scottish National Party (SNP) (Greens/EFA)

x percent --- y seats

Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales (PCYMRU) (Greens/EFA)

1.4 percent --- 2 seats

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)

x percent --- y seats

Social Democratic and Labour Party - N. Ireland (SDLP) (PES)

x percent --- y seats

Democratic Unionist Party - N. Ireland (NI)

x percent --- y seats

Sinn Fein - N. Ireland (NI)

x percent --- y seats

* Party in government

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