2014 European Parliament election in Gibraltar

2014 European Parliament election in Gibraltar

22 May 2014
Contributes towards 6 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party Third party   Leader Nick Clegg David Cameron Ed Miliband Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Alliance Liberal Social Democrats Socialist Labour Leader since 18 December 2007 6 December 2005 25 September 2010 Last election 18.18% 53.30% 19.02% Popular vote 4,822 1,236 659 Percentage 67.16% 17.21% 9.18% Swing 48.98pp 36.09pp 9.84pp

European Parliament elections were held in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar (which formed part of the European Parliament constituency combined region of South West England) on 22 May 2014, with the results announced on 25 May 2014. On the previous two occasions Gibraltar has participated in European elections, the Conservative Party had topped the poll. The Liberal Democrats won the popular vote in the territory for the first time. They opposed British withdrawal from the European Union and were the only party to include a Gibraltar resident on their list of candidates, Lyana Armstrong-Emery of the Liberal Party of Gibraltar.^[1]

The result was notable as one of only four counting areas in which the Liberal Democrats topped the poll, the others being South Lakeland in Cumbria and Orkney and Shetland in Scotland. Despite the result in Gibraltar, the Liberal Democrat vote fell across the South West region (and the whole of the UK), and the sitting Liberal Democrat MEP, Graham Watson, described as a "stalwart" and "advocate" of Gibraltar,^[2] lost his seat.

Results

Party		Gibraltar		South West England		Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	4,822	67.16	160,376	10.70	0
	Conservative Party	1,236	17.21	433,151	28.89	2
	Labour Party	659	9.18	206,124	13.75	1
	UKIP	290	4.04	484,184	32.29	2
	Green Party	84	1.17	166,447	11.10	1
	British National Party	42	0.58	10,910	0.73	0
	English Democrats	24	0.33	15,081	1.01	0
	Independence from Europe	23	0.32	23,169	1.55	0
Total		7,180	100.00	1,499,442	100.00	6
Valid votes		7,180	98.19	1,499,442	99.70
Invalid/blank votes		132	1.81	4,483	0.30
Total votes		7,312	100.00	1,503,925	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,265	32.84
Source: Parliament, Poole Borough Council

See also

• 2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

References

1. "Statement of Parties and Individual Candidates Nominated". poole.gov.uk. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
2. Liberal Democrats top local poll but Sir Graham loses seat, Gibraltar Chronicle, 27 May 2014