Wales ( ) was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 4 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

Boundaries The constituency corresponded to the boundaries of Wales, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

History It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East, and South Wales West.

MEPs for former Welsh constituencies, 1979–1999 Election 1979–1984 1984–1989 1989–1994 1994–1999 North Wales Beata BrookesConservative Joe WilsonLabour Mid and West Wales Ann ClwydLabour David MorrisLabour Eluned MorganLabour South East Wales (1979–1984)South Wales East (1984–1999) Allan RogersLabour Llew SmithLabour Glenys KinnockLabour South Wales Win GriffithsLabour Labour Constituency abolished South Wales Central Constituency not established Wayne DavidLabour South Wales West Constituency not established David MorrisLabour

Returned members MEPs for Wales, 1999 onwards Election MEPParty Jonathan EvansConservative Kay SwinburneConservative James WellsBrexit Party MEPParty Eluned MorganLabour John BuftonUKIP Nathan GillUKIP (until 2018)Independent (2018–2019)Brexit Party (from 2019) MEPParty Glenys KinnockLabour Derek VaughanLabour Jackie JonesLabour MEPParty Jill EvansPlaid Cymru MEPParty Eurig WynPlaid Cymru Seat abolished

Election results Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

2019

Statement of Parties Nominated and Notice of Poll / Datganiad o’r Pleidiau a Enwebwyd a Rhybudd o Etholiad Cardiff City Council

2019 opinion polls Date(s)Polling organisation/clientSampleLabUKIPConPlaidGreenLib DemsBrexitChange UKOthersLead 16–20 May 2019 YouGov/ITV 1,009 15% 2% 7% 19% 8% 10% 36% 2% 0% 17%10–15 May 2019 YouGov/Plaid Cymru 1,133 18% 3% 7% 16% 8% 10% 33% 4% 0% 15%2–5 April 2019 YouGov/ITV 1,025 30%11% 16% 15% 5% 6% 10% 8% 1% 14%22 May 2014 2014 EU election results 733,060 28.2%27.6%17.4%15.3%4.5% 4.0% 3.2% 0.6%

2014

2014 opinion polls Date(s)Polling organisation/clientSampleConLabPlaidUKIPLib DemsOthersLead 22 May 2014 EU election, 2014 (Wales) Results 733,060 17.4%28.2%15.3%27.6%4.0% 7.7% 0.6%12–14 May 2014 YouGov/ITV 1,092 16%33% 15% 23% 7% 7% 10%11–22 Apr 2014 YouGov/Cardiff University 1,027 18%39% 11% 20% 7% 6% 19%10–12 Feb 2014 YouGov/ITV 1,250 17% 39% 12% 18% 7% 7% 21%2–4 Dec 2013 YouGov/ITV 1,001 20%41% 13% 13% 8% 5% 21%4 Jun 2009 EU election, 2009 (Wales) Results 684,520 21.2%20.3%18.5%12.8%10.7% 16.6% 0.9%

2009

2004

1999

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