London European Elections 2014


Labour double local representation in European parliament

Labour have won four of the eight seats for the London constituency in the European parliament. They gained two two, one each from the Conservatives and the Lib Dems.

The MEPs elected are as follows:

  • CON Syed Kamall
  • CON Charles Tannock
  • GRN Jean Lambert
  • LAB Lucy Anderson
  • LAB Seb Dance
  • LAB Mary Honeyball
  • LAB Claude Moraes
  • UKIP Gerard Batten

The result mirrored that for the local election in London where Labour performed relatively well unlike in the rest of the country. UKIP did increase their vote in the captial by 6.1% but were only the third largest party. In the country as a whole they topped the poll.

Party Votes % MEPs change
Labour 806,959 36.67 (+15.39) 4 2
Conservative 495,639 22.52 (-4.83) 2 -1
UK Independence Party 371,133 16.87 (+6.10) 1 0
Green 196,419 8.93 (-1.96) 1 0
Liberal Democrat 148,013 6.73 (-6.99) 0 -1
4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP) 28,014 1.27 (0.00) 0 0
An Independence From Europe 26,675 1.21 (0.00) 0 0
Christian Peoples Alliance 23,702 1.08 (-1.85) 0 0
National Health Action Party 23,253 1.06 (0.00) 0 0
Animal Welfare Party 21,092 0.96 (0.00) 0 0
British National Party 19,246 0.87 (-4.06) 0 0
Europeans Party 10,712 0.49 (0.00) 0 0
English Democrats 10,142 0.46 (-0.94) 0 0
Communities United Party 6,951 0.32 (0.00) 0 0
National Liberal Party 6,736 0.31 (0.00) 0 0
NO2EU 3,804 0.17 (-0.84) 0 0
Harmony Party 1,985 0.09 (0.00) 0 0

The European Parliamentary Elections are run using a form of proportional representation. Voters have one vote only. This vote can be cast for either a political party or an independent candidate. Each political party submits a list of candidates in priority order.

Parties win more seats (which are then allocated to the candidates on the list in priority order) according to the overall share of the vote the party receives. As MEPs represent the whole of London everybody who is eligible to vote in the capital votes for the same list of parties and candidates.



May 26, 2014