Results of the 2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

{{Under construction|placedby=Moondragon21}}{{short description|1999 election of members of the European parliament for the United Kingdom}}
[[File:European Parliament election, 2004 (United Kingdom).svg|thumb|Results of the 2004 election by Westminster constituency.]]
[[1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|The United Kingdom's component]] of the [[2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2004 European Parliament election]] was held on Thursday 10 June 2004. They were the first nationwide poll since the [[2001 United Kingdom general election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-06-10 |title=Clarity is everything |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2004/vote_2004/3758863.stm |access-date=2025-07-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In England and Wales the votes were counted in each local authority, and the results were amalgamated for the regional lists. The votes in Scotland were counted in each [[Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|Westminster constituency]]. These European elections were the second to be fought under [[proportional representation]] within Great Britain. The seats were allocated according to the [[d'Hondt system]].

The election saw poor results for the [[First Blair ministry|Labour government]] and the opposition [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. These elections were good for the [[UK Independence Party]] who doubled their support.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Euro Moments: UKIP surge in 2004 European elections |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-27057223 |access-date=2025-07-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-06-14 |title=Kilroy: We'll wreck EU Parliament |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3803599.stm |access-date=2025-07-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] fell to fourth place.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-06-14 |title=Kennedy defends Euro poll results |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3804571.stm |access-date=2025-07-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The [[British National Party]] and the [[Respect Party]] won a sizeable amount of the votes but no seats.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-06-14 |title=Small parties make Euro strides |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3803885.stm |access-date=2025-07-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The results in the [[Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)|Northern Ireland constituency]] were counted as one constituency using the [[single transferable vote]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2022 |title=Single transferable vote – how it works in Northern Ireland |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/stormont-northern-ireland-sdlp-example-ukip-b2072108.html |website=The Independent}}</ref>

== East Midlands ==
{{Main|East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! rowspan="2" |Local authority
! colspan="2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]]
! colspan="2" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]
! colspan="2" |[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]]
! colspan="2" |[[UK Independence Party|UKIP]]
! colspan="2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Green]]
! colspan="2" |[[British National Party|BNP]]
! colspan="2" |[[Respect Party|Respect]]
! colspan="2" |Others
! rowspan="2" |Total
! colspan="2" |Electorate
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party won in [[1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1999]]
|-
!#
!%
!#
!%
!#
!%
!#
!%
!#
!%
!#
!%
!#
!%
!#
!%
!Electorate
!Turnout
|-
|[[Amber Valley]]
| align="right" |10,674
| align="right" |24.25
| align="right" |10,545
| align="right" |23.96
| align="right" |3,920
| align="right" |8.91
| align="right" |12,931
| align="right" |29.38
| align="right" |2,324
| align="right" |5.28
| align="right" |3,341
| align="right" |7.59
| align="right" |197
| align="right" |0.45
| align="right" |80
| align="right" |0.18
| align="right" |44,012
| align="right" |94,559
| align="right" |46.50%
|
|
|-
|[[Ashfield District|Ashfield]]
| align="right" |5,677
| align="right" |16.83
| align="right" |9,707
| align="right" |28.77
| align="right" |3,291
| align="right" |9.75
| align="right" |10,196
| align="right" |30.22
| align="right" |1,645
| align="right" |4.88
| align="right" |2,880
| align="right" |8.54
| align="right" |181
| align="right" |0.54
| align="right" |161
| align="right" |0.48
| align="right" |33,738
| align="right" |86,424
| align="right" |39.00%
|
|
|-
|[[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]]
| align="right" |9,022
| align="right" |24.93
| align="right" |9,867
| align="right" |27.26
| align="right" |3,511
| align="right" |9.70
| align="right" |9,794
| align="right" |27.06
| align="right" |1,687
| align="right" |4.66
| align="right" |2,085
| align="right" |5.76
| align="right" |124
| align="right" |0.34
| align="right" |101
| align="right" |0.28
| align="right" |36,191
| align="right" |82,901
| align="right" |43.70%
|
|
|-
|[[Blaby District|Blaby]]
| align="right" |9,147
| align="right" |30.18
| align="right" |4,427
| align="right" |14.61
| align="right" |3,653
| align="right" |12.05
| align="right" |8,381
| align="right" |27.65
| align="right" |1,686
| align="right" |5.56
| align="right" |2,794
| align="right" |9.22
| align="right" |173
| align="right" |0.57
| align="right" |48
| align="right" |0.16
| align="right" |30,309
| align="right" |70,091
| align="right" |43.20%
|
|
|-
|[[Bolsover District|Bolsover]]
| align="right" |3,187
| align="right" |14.35
| align="right" |8,133
| align="right" |36.62
| align="right" |2,200
| align="right" |9.90
| align="right" |5,603
| align="right" |25.23
| align="right" |959
| align="right" |4.32
| align="right" |1,925
| align="right" |8.67
| align="right" |136
| align="right" |0.61
| align="right" |69
| align="right" |0.31
| align="right" |22,212
| align="right" |57,527
| align="right" |38.60%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Boston|Boston]]
| align="right" |5,570
| align="right" |26.85
| align="right" |3,029
| align="right" |14.60
| align="right" |1,815
| align="right" |8.75
| align="right" |7,797
| align="right" |37.58
| align="right" |616
| align="right" |2.97
| align="right" |1,817
| align="right" |8.76
| align="right" |70
| align="right" |0.34
| align="right" |34
| align="right" |0.16
| align="right" |20,748
| align="right" |44,426
| align="right" |46.70%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Broxtowe|Broxtowe]]
| align="right" |10,197
| align="right" |25.85
| align="right" |8,472
| align="right" |21.47
| align="right" |5,829
| align="right" |14.77
| align="right" |9,412
| align="right" |23.86
| align="right" |2,350
| align="right" |5.96
| align="right" |2,821
| align="right" |7.15
| align="right" |292
| align="right" |0.74
| align="right" |79
| align="right" |0.20
| align="right" |39,452
| align="right" |81,018
| align="right" |48.70%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Charnwood|Charnwood]]
| align="right" |15,305
| align="right" |28.18
| align="right" |9,879
| align="right" |18.19
| align="right" |6,698
| align="right" |12.33
| align="right" |15,049
| align="right" |27.71
| align="right" |3,058
| align="right" |5.63
| align="right" |3,678
| align="right" |6.77
| align="right" |561
| align="right" |1.03
| align="right" |88
| align="right" |0.16
| align="right" |54,316
| align="right" |122,292
| align="right" |44.40%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Chesterfield|Chesterfield]]
| align="right" |3,652
| align="right" |10.87
| align="right" |9,118
| align="right" |27.13
| align="right" |9,536
| align="right" |28.38
| align="right" |7,224
| align="right" |21.50
| align="right" |1,541
| align="right" |4.59
| align="right" |2,157
| align="right" |6.42
| align="right" |298
| align="right" |0.89
| align="right" |81
| align="right" |0.24
| align="right" |33,607
| align="right" |78,498
| align="right" |42.80%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Corby|Corby]]
| align="right" |2,971
| align="right" |20.24
| align="right" |4,695
| align="right" |31.98
| align="right" |1,588
| align="right" |10.82
| align="right" |3,485
| align="right" |23.74
| align="right" |636
| align="right" |4.33
| align="right" |1,104
| align="right" |7.52
| align="right" |155
| align="right" |1.06
| align="right" |46
| align="right" |0.31
| align="right" |14,680
| align="right" |39,537
| align="right" |37.10%
|
|
|-
|[[Daventry District|Daventry]]
| align="right" |10,306
| align="right" |38.58
| align="right" |3,954
| align="right" |14.80
| align="right" |3,186
| align="right" |11.93
| align="right" |6,163
| align="right" |23.07
| align="right" |1,589
| align="right" |5.95
| align="right" |1,348
| align="right" |5.05
| align="right" |118
| align="right" |0.44
| align="right" |50
| align="right" |0.19
| align="right" |26,714
| align="right" |57,205
| align="right" |46.70%
|
|
|-
|[[City of Derby|Derby]]
| align="right" |14,989
| align="right" |19.38
| align="right" |21,070
| align="right" |27.25
| align="right" |11,410
| align="right" |14.75
| align="right" |19,326
| align="right" |24.99
| align="right" |3,216
| align="right" |4.16
| align="right" |4,697
| align="right" |6.07
| align="right" |2,505
| align="right" |3.24
| align="right" |117
| align="right" |0.15
| align="right" |77,330
| align="right" |166,046
| align="right" |46.60%
|
|
|-
|[[Derbyshire Dales]]
| align="right" |9,541
| align="right" |33.64
| align="right" |4,516
| align="right" |15.92
| align="right" |4,176
| align="right" |14.72
| align="right" |6,705
| align="right" |23.64
| align="right" |2,074
| align="right" |7.31
| align="right" |1,110
| align="right" |3.91
| align="right" |203
| align="right" |0.72
| align="right" |40
| align="right" |0.14
| align="right" |28,365
| align="right" |55,819
| align="right" |50.80%
|
|
|-
|[[East Lindsey]]
| align="right" |14,601
| align="right" |31.81
| align="right" |7,111
| align="right" |15.49
| align="right" |5,700
| align="right" |12.42
| align="right" |13,030
| align="right" |28.39
| align="right" |2,300
| align="right" |5.01
| align="right" |2,813
| align="right" |6.13
| align="right" |206
| align="right" |0.45
| align="right" |133
| align="right" |0.29
| align="right" |45,894
| align="right" |103,643
| align="right" |44.30%
|
|
|-
|[[East Northamptonshire]]
| align="right" |9,203
| align="right" |34.59
| align="right" |4,285
| align="right" |16.11
| align="right" |2,847
| align="right" |10.70
| align="right" |7,217
| align="right" |27.13
| align="right" |1,417
| align="right" |5.33
| align="right" |1,469
| align="right" |5.52
| align="right" |103
| align="right" |0.39
| align="right" |65
| align="right" |0.24
| align="right" |26,606
| align="right" |60,343
| align="right" |44.10%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]]
| align="right" |9,243
| align="right" |24.07
| align="right" |7,993
| align="right" |20.82
| align="right" |3,927
| align="right" |10.23
| align="right" |11,790
| align="right" |30.70
| align="right" |1,866
| align="right" |4.86
| align="right" |3,292
| align="right" |8.57
| align="right" |201
| align="right" |0.52
| align="right" |88
| align="right" |0.23
| align="right" |38,400
| align="right" |83,379
| align="right" |46.10%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Gedling|Gedling]]
| align="right" |10,607
| align="right" |26.60
| align="right" |8,193
| align="right" |20.55
| align="right" |4,713
| align="right" |11.82
| align="right" |10,709
| align="right" |26.86
| align="right" |2,442
| align="right" |6.12
| align="right" |2,753
| align="right" |6.90
| align="right" |369
| align="right" |0.93
| align="right" |88
| align="right" |0.22
| align="right" |39,874
| align="right" |87,192
| align="right" |45.70%
|
|
|-
|[[Harborough District|Harborough]]
| align="right" |10,825
| align="right" |36.94
| align="right" |3,409
| align="right" |11.63
| align="right" |4,585
| align="right" |15.65
| align="right" |6,896
| align="right" |23.53
| align="right" |1,756
| align="right" |5.99
| align="right" |1,670
| align="right" |5.70
| align="right" |115
| align="right" |0.39
| align="right" |48
| align="right" |0.16
| align="right" |29,304
| align="right" |62,301
| align="right" |47.00%
|
|
|-
|[[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]]
| align="right" |7,674
| align="right" |24.87
| align="right" |6,646
| align="right" |21.54
| align="right" |4,679
| align="right" |15.16
| align="right" |7,245
| align="right" |23.48
| align="right" |2,592
| align="right" |8.40
| align="right" |1,509
| align="right" |4.89
| align="right" |450
| align="right" |1.46
| align="right" |63
| align="right" |0.20
| align="right" |30,858
| align="right" |68,714
| align="right" |44.90%
|
|
|-
|[[Hinckley and Bosworth]]
| align="right" |10,379
| align="right" |29.99
| align="right" |5,499
| align="right" |15.89
| align="right" |4,369
| align="right" |12.63
| align="right" |9,622
| align="right" |27.81
| align="right" |1,837
| align="right" |5.31
| align="right" |2,643
| align="right" |7.64
| align="right" |174
| align="right" |0.50
| align="right" |80
| align="right" |0.23
| align="right" |34,603
| align="right" |80,461
| align="right" |43.00%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Kettering|Kettering]]
| align="right" |9,169
| align="right" |32.55
| align="right" |5,487
| align="right" |19.48
| align="right" |3,067
| align="right" |10.89
| align="right" |7,062
| align="right" |25.07
| align="right" |1,427
| align="right" |5.07
| align="right" |1,692
| align="right" |6.01
| align="right" |194
| align="right" |0.69
| align="right" |67
| align="right" |0.24
| align="right" |28,165
| align="right" |65,484
| align="right" |43.00%
|
|
|-
|[[City of Leicester|Leicester]]
| align="right" |14,873
| align="right" |18.58
| align="right" |22,061
| align="right" |27.55
| align="right" |10,690
| align="right" |13.35
| align="right" |15,252
| align="right" |19.05
| align="right" |4,802
| align="right" |6.00
| align="right" |4,858
| align="right" |6.07
| align="right" |7,375
| align="right" |9.21
| align="right" |152
| align="right" |0.19
| align="right" |80,063
| align="right" |200,312
| align="right" |40.00%
|
|
|-
|[[City of Lincoln|Lincoln]]
| align="right" |5,840
| align="right" |23.69
| align="right" |6,229
| align="right" |25.27
| align="right" |3,320
| align="right" |13.47
| align="right" |6,001
| align="right" |24.34
| align="right" |1,381
| align="right" |5.60
| align="right" |1,575
| align="right" |6.39
| align="right" |217
| align="right" |0.88
| align="right" |87
| align="right" |0.35
| align="right" |24,650
| align="right" |59,371
| align="right" |41.50%
|
|
|-
|[[Mansfield District|Mansfield]]
| align="right" |5,048
| align="right" |16.49
| align="right" |8,705
| align="right" |28.44
| align="right" |3,128
| align="right" |10.22
| align="right" |9,735
| align="right" |31.81
| align="right" |1,453
| align="right" |4.75
| align="right" |2,081
| align="right" |6.80
| align="right" |174
| align="right" |0.57
| align="right" |284
| align="right" |0.93
| align="right" |30,608
| align="right" |76,731
| align="right" |39.90%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Melton|Melton]]
| align="right" |5,559
| align="right" |32.88
| align="right" |2,373
| align="right" |14.04
| align="right" |1,828
| align="right" |10.81
| align="right" |5,346
| align="right" |31.62
| align="right" |847
| align="right" |5.01
| align="right" |853
| align="right" |5.05
| align="right" |68
| align="right" |0.40
| align="right" |31
| align="right" |0.18
| align="right" |16,905
| align="right" |38,706
| align="right" |43.70%
|
|
|-
|[[Newark and Sherwood]]
| align="right" |10,803
| align="right" |29.48
| align="right" |7,601
| align="right" |20.74
| align="right" |4,543
| align="right" |12.40
| align="right" |9,488
| align="right" |25.89
| align="right" |1,953
| align="right" |5.33
| align="right" |1,914
| align="right" |5.22
| align="right" |146
| align="right" |0.40
| align="right" |195
| align="right" |0.53
| align="right" |36,643
| align="right" |82,176
| align="right" |44.60%
|
|
|-
|[[North East Derbyshire]]
| align="right" |6,575
| align="right" |19.16
| align="right" |9,832
| align="right" |28.66
| align="right" |4,318
| align="right" |12.59
| align="right" |8,808
| align="right" |25.67
| align="right" |1,762
| align="right" |5.14
| align="right" |2,741
| align="right" |7.99
| align="right" |195
| align="right" |0.57
| align="right" |79
| align="right" |0.23
| align="right" |34,310
| align="right" |75,599
| align="right" |45.40%
|
|
|-
|[[North Kesteven]]
| align="right" |11,510
| align="right" |31.75
| align="right" |5,207
| align="right" |14.36
| align="right" |4,804
| align="right" |13.25
| align="right" |10,865
| align="right" |29.97
| align="right" |1,720
| align="right" |4.74
| align="right" |1,912
| align="right" |5.27
| align="right" |141
| align="right" |0.39
| align="right" |94
| align="right" |0.26
| align="right" |36,253
| align="right" |75,538
| align="right" |48.00%
|
|
|-
|[[North West Leicestershire]]
| align="right" |7,704
| align="right" |25.66
| align="right" |6,976
| align="right" |23.24
| align="right" |3,178
| align="right" |10.59
| align="right" |7,853
| align="right" |26.16
| align="right" |1,613
| align="right" |5.37
| align="right" |2,495
| align="right" |8.31
| align="right" |122
| align="right" |0.41
| align="right" |78
| align="right" |0.26
| align="right" |30,019
| align="right" |69,604
| align="right" |43.10%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Northampton|Northampton]]
| align="right" |15,171
| align="right" |26.76
| align="right" |10,671
| align="right" |18.82
| align="right" |8,667
| align="right" |15.29
| align="right" |13,959
| align="right" |24.62
| align="right" |3,129
| align="right" |5.52
| align="right" |4,291
| align="right" |7.57
| align="right" |725
| align="right" |1.28
| align="right" |89
| align="right" |0.16
| align="right" |56,702
| align="right" |147,704
| align="right" |38.40%
|
|
|-
|[[City of Nottingham|Nottingham]]
| align="right" |13,206
| align="right" |19.17
| align="right" |18,755
| align="right" |27.23
| align="right" |8,987
| align="right" |13.05
| align="right" |15,935
| align="right" |23.14
| align="right" |4,681
| align="right" |6.80
| align="right" |4,793
| align="right" |6.96
| align="right" |2,343
| align="right" |3.40
| align="right" |177
| align="right" |0.26
| align="right" |68,877
| align="right" |191,853
| align="right" |35.90%
|
|
|-
|[[Oadby and Wigston]]
| align="right" |5,134
| align="right" |26.36
| align="right" |2,574
| align="right" |13.21
| align="right" |3,673
| align="right" |18.86
| align="right" |5,354
| align="right" |27.49
| align="right" |817
| align="right" |4.19
| align="right" |1,526
| align="right" |7.83
| align="right" |371
| align="right" |1.90
| align="right" |29
| align="right" |0.15
| align="right" |19,478
| align="right" |42,864
| align="right" |45.40%
|
|
|-
|[[Rushcliffe]]
| align="right" |13,735
| align="right" |33.58
| align="right" |6,685
| align="right" |16.35
| align="right" |6,068
| align="right" |14.84
| align="right" |9,016
| align="right" |22.05
| align="right" |3,203
| align="right" |7.83
| align="right" |1,730
| align="right" |4.23
| align="right" |381
| align="right" |0.93
| align="right" |80
| align="right" |0.20
| align="right" |40,898
| align="right" |81,067
| align="right" |50.40%
|
|
|-
|[[County of Rutland|Rutland]]
| align="right" |4,752
| align="right" |37.38
| align="right" |1,601
| align="right" |12.59
| align="right" |1,674
| align="right" |13.17
| align="right" |3,365
| align="right" |26.47
| align="right" |822
| align="right" |6.47
| align="right" |428
| align="right" |3.37
| align="right" |48
| align="right" |0.38
| align="right" |22
| align="right" |0.17
| align="right" |12,712
| align="right" |26,527
| align="right" |47.90%
|
|
|-
|[[South Derbyshire]]
| align="right" |8,425
| align="right" |29.54
| align="right" |6,884
| align="right" |24.14
| align="right" |2,864
| align="right" |10.04
| align="right" |6,339
| align="right" |22.23
| align="right" |1,136
| align="right" |3.98
| align="right" |2,728
| align="right" |9.57
| align="right" |92
| align="right" |0.32
| align="right" |52
| align="right" |0.18
| align="right" |28,520
| align="right" |65,830
| align="right" |43.30%
|
|
|-
|[[South Holland District|South Holland]]
| align="right" |9,530
| align="right" |34.55
| align="right" |3,823
| align="right" |13.86
| align="right" |2,661
| align="right" |9.65
| align="right" |8,274
| align="right" |30.00
| align="right" |1,084
| align="right" |3.93
| align="right" |2,036
| align="right" |7.38
| align="right" |112
| align="right" |0.41
| align="right" |60
| align="right" |0.22
| align="right" |27,580
| align="right" |63,905
| align="right" |43.20%
|
|
|-
|[[South Kesteven]]
| align="right" |13,899
| align="right" |31.61
| align="right" |6,311
| align="right" |14.35
| align="right" |5,199
| align="right" |11.82
| align="right" |13,567
| align="right" |30.85
| align="right" |2,593
| align="right" |5.90
| align="right" |2,139
| align="right" |4.86
| align="right" |178
| align="right" |0.40
| align="right" |90
| align="right" |0.20
| align="right" |43,976
| align="right" |94,123
| align="right" |46.70%
|
|
|-
|[[South Northamptonshire]]
| align="right" |10,749
| align="right" |37.72
| align="right" |3,885
| align="right" |13.63
| align="right" |3,620
| align="right" |12.70
| align="right" |6,907
| align="right" |24.24
| align="right" |1,815
| align="right" |6.37
| align="right" |1,300
| align="right" |4.56
| align="right" |154
| align="right" |0.54
| align="right" |70
| align="right" |0.25
| align="right" |28,500
| align="right" |61,409
| align="right" |46.40%
|
|
|-
|[[Borough of Wellingborough|Wellingborough]]
| align="right" |7,212
| align="right" |30.58
| align="right" |4,312
| align="right" |18.28
| align="right" |2,288
| align="right" |9.70
| align="right" |7,038
| align="right" |29.84
| align="right" |1,183
| align="right" |5.02
| align="right" |1,334
| align="right" |5.66
| align="right" |174
| align="right" |0.74
| align="right" |43
| align="right" |0.18
| align="right" |23,584
| align="right" |52,978
| align="right" |44.50%
|
|
|-
|[[West Lindsey]]
| align="right" |9,695
| align="right" |31.23
| align="right" |4,398
| align="right" |14.17
| align="right" |5,754
| align="right" |18.53
| align="right" |7,759
| align="right" |24.99
| align="right" |1,621
| align="right" |5.22
| align="right" |1,528
| align="right" |4.92
| align="right" |168
| align="right" |0.54
| align="right" |124
| align="right" |0.40
| align="right" |31,047
| align="right" |65,862
| align="right" |47.10%
|
|
|}
== East of England ==
{{Main|East of England (European Parliament constituency)}}
== London ==
{{Main|London (European Parliament constituency)}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP04-50/RP04-50.pdf Elections to the European Parliament – 2004 - Research Paper] from the [[UK House of Commons]]

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