The United Kingdom’s component of the 2019 European Parliament election will be held on Thursday 23rd May 2019. Initially, the elections were not planned as the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (following the 2016 referendum) was set for 29th March 2019. However, at the European summit on 11th April 2019, the British government and the European Council agreed to delay British withdrawal until 31st October 2019. While it was then the default position in UK and EU law for the election to take place, the UK Government continued attempts to avoid participation by agreeing on withdrawal before 23rd May. On 7th May 2019, the UK government conceded that the elections will go ahead.
[Source: 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom (Wikipedia)]
Voting in the South West constituency
You have one vote, which must be assigned to a party or an individual independent candidate.
The candidates running under a party are listed in the order of preference of the party. You cannot re-order that list.
More information:
- 2019 European elections: What you need to know (BBC)
- European elections: how does the voting system work? (The Guardian)
- Your Vote Matters: Everything you need to know about voting in the UK
Related links:
- Notice of Election – SW region
- Statement of Parties’ Individual Candidates Nominated and Notice of Poll
Candidates in the South West constituency (six seats)
Change UK – The Independent Group
- Rachel Johnson
- Jim Godfrey
- Ollie Middleton
- Matthew Hooberman
- Liz Sewell
- Crispin Hunt
Conservative and Unionist Party
- Ashley Fox
- James Mustoe
- Faye Purbrick
- Claire Hiscott
- James Taghdissian
- Emmeline Owens
English Democrats
- Jenny Knight
- Michael Blundell
Green Party
- Molly Scott Cato
- Cleo Lake
- Carla Denyer
- Tom Scott
- Martin Dimery
- Karen La Borde
Labour Party
- Clare Moody
- Andrew Adonis
- Jayne Kirkham
- Neil Guild
- Yvonne Atkinson
- Sadik Adam Al-Hassan
Liberal Democrats
- Caroline Voaden
- Martin Horwood
- Stephen Williams
- Eleanor Rylance
- David Chalmers
- Luke Stagnetto
The Brexit Party
- Ann Widdecombe
- James Glancy
- Christina Jordan
- Ann Tarr
- Roger Lane-Nott
- Nicola Darke
UK Independence Party
- Lawrence Webb
- Carl Benjamin
- Tony McIntyre
- Lester Geoffrey Taylor
- Stephen Lee
- Alison Sheridan
Independent (Larch Maxey)
- Larch Maxey
Independent (Mothiur Rathman)
- Mothiur Rahman
Independent (Neville Seed)
- Neville Seed
Results
The elected representatives for the South West are:
- Ann Widdecombe – The Brexit Party
- Caroline Voaden – Liberal Democrats
- James Glancy – The Brexit Party
- Molly Scott-Cato – Green Party
- Christina Jordan – The Brexit Party
- Martin Horwood – Liberal Democrats
Votes cast for each party/independent candidate
| Name of party or individual candidate | Number of votes |
|---|---|
| Change UK – The Independent Group | 46,612 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 144,674 |
| English Democrats | 8,393 |
| Green Party | 302,364 |
| Labour Party | 108,100 |
| Liberal Democrats | 385,095 |
| The Brexit Party | 611,742 |
| UK Independence Party | 53,739 |
| Maxey, Larch Ian Albert Frank (Independent) | 1,772 |
| Rahman, Mothiur (Independent) | 755 |
| Seed, Neville (Independent) | 3383 |
The turnout across the South West was 40.45%.
Full breakdown of results for each South West authority area