Party lists in the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

The 2019 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the United Kingdom was held on May 23, 2019. These were the last elections to the European Parliament to be held before Brexit.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Only constituencies in Great Britain used party-list proportional representation, as in Northern Ireland the single transferable vote system is used.

Brexit Party

The Brexit Party was newly founded for the 2019 European Parliament election.[1] On 8 February 2019, party leader Nigel Farage stated he would stand as a candidate for the party in any potential future European Parliament elections contested in the United Kingdom.[2][3] MEPs Steven Woolfe and Nathan Gill, also formerly of UKIP, stated that they would also stand for the party.[4][5]

South East England

The Brexit Party had a list of 10 candidates for the 10 seats available in the South East of England.[6] The top four were elected.

# Candidate Occupation Elected
1 Nigel Paul Farage[7] Incumbent MEP since 1999

Former Leader of UKIP

Leader of the Brexit Party

 Y
2 Alexandra Lesley Phillips Former head of media of UKIP Y
3 Robert Andrew Rowland Businessman Y
4 Belinda Claire de Camborne Lucy Brexit Activist Y
5 James Gilbert Bartholomew Journalist N
6 Christopher Graham Ellis[8] Businessman N
7 John Kennedy[9] Businessman N
8 Matthew Peter Taylor[10] Businessman N
9 George Thomas Stahel Farmer[11] Hedge fund employee N
10 Peter David Wiltshire[12] Businessman N

Change UK
Main articles: Change UK and Change UK election results

The party announced on 23 April that it would stand a full slate of candidates in Great Britain for the European Parliament elections, including Ashworth, writer Rachel Johnson (sister of Conservative MPs Jo and Boris Johnson); former BBC journalist Gavin Esler;[13] former Conservative MPs Stephen Dorrell and Neil Carmichael; former Labour MEP Carole Tongue; former Labour MPs Roger Casale and Jon Owen Jones; former Liberal Democrat MEP Diana Wallis;[14] and the former deputy Prime Minister of Poland Jacek Rostowski.[15] None of the Change UK candidates won any seats.

London
# Candidate Occupation Elected
1 Gavin Esler journalist, television presenter and author. Former presenter of BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme Newsnight N
2 Jacek Rostowski Former Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Poland N
3 Carole Tongue Former Labour MEP for London East and former Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party N
4 N
5 N
6 N
7 N
8 N

Labour Party

The Labour Party stood candidates in all constituencies in Great Britain.[16]

South East England

The Labour Party had a list of 10 candidates for the 10 seats available in the South East of England.

# Candidate Occupation Elected
1 John Howarth[17] Incumbent MEP since 2017 Y
2 Cathy Shutt[18] University teacher and researcher N
3 Arran Richard Neathey[19] Member of Runnymede Borough Council N
4 Emma Christina Turnbull[20] Member of Oxfordshire County Council[21] N
5 Rohit K. Dasgupta[22] Academic and Member of Newham London Borough Council N
6 Amy Lauren Fowler[23] Labour Party activist N
7 Duncan Shaw Thomas Enright[24] Member of Oxfordshire County Council N
8 Lubna Aiysha Arshad Member of Oxford City Council[25] N
9 Simon Guy Burgess[26] Former prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown in 2010 N
10 Rachael Eowyn Ward[27] Momentum activist N

Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party stood 6 candidates for all the seats in Scotland.[28]

# Candidate Occupation Elected
1 Alyn Edward Smith Incumbent MEP since 2004 YUntil resignation after election in the 2019 UK general election
2 Christian Allard MSP from North East Scotland since 2013 Y
3 Aileen McLeod MSP from South Scotland 2011 to 2016

Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform 2014 to 2016

 Y
4 Margaret Ferrier Former MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West 2015 to 2017 Nwas not co-opted as elected in the 2019 UK general election
5 Heather Anderson Member of Scottish Borders Council since 2017 N Not elected immediately

Yco-opted following the resignation of Alyn Smith and election to the UK Parliament of Margaret Ferrier

6 Alex Kerr University student N

References
  2. Bruce, Andy (8 February 2019). "Farage ready to be new 'Brexit Party' candidate if EU exit delayed". Reuters. Retrieved 8 February 2019. A filing by the Electoral Commission showed the Brexit Party had been approved this week to field candidates across England, Scotland and Wales.
  3. Farage, Nigel (8 February 2019). "My new Brexit party stands ready to defend democracy". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. Emily Maitlis (presenter), Owen Jones (guest), Steven Woolfe (guest) and John McTernan (guest) (8 February 2019). "Discussion: Nigel Farage launches new 'Brexit' party". Newsnight. BBC Two. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. "Nathan Gill set to join Nigel Farage's Brexit party". BBC News. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  6. "Brexit Party heads out on the campaign trail". Kent Online. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  7. "Southampton and the South East vote in the European Parliamentary Elections 2019". www.southampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  8. "Christopher Graham Ellis for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  9. "Brexit Party announces Portsmouth South candidate who wants to 'hold Boris Johnson's feet to the fire'". www.portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  10. "Matthew Peter Taylor for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  11. "George Thomas Stahel Farmer for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  12. "Peter David Wiltshire for Wakefield in the UK Parliament elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  13. "Join the Remain alliance, urges Change UK at Euro election launch". BBC News. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  14. "Brexit: No 10 accuses Labour of dragging its feet in talks on withdrawal agreement compromise – live news". The Guardian. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  15. Shah, Shakhil (23 April 2019). "Former Polish deputy PM to stand for European parliament for Change UK". Emerging Europe. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  16. "Labour candidates for the European elections". The Labour Party. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  17. "John Howarth for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  18. "Cathy Shutt for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  19. "Arran Neathey for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  20. "Emma Christina Turnbull". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  21. Oxfordshire County Council, 01865 792422 (2020-11-30). "Councillor details - Councillor Emma Turnbull". mycouncil.oxfordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-30.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. "Rohit Dasgupta for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  23. "Amy Fowler for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  24. "Everything you need to know about European elections in Sussex". www.sussexexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  25. "Councillor details - Councillor Lubna Arshad". mycouncil.oxford.gov.uk. 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  26. "Simon Burgess for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  27. "Rachael Ward for South East in the European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  28. "SNP reveal list for Euro elections as party go for three MEPs". The National. Retrieved 2020-11-28.

See also
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