The 2019 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the United Kingdom was held on 23 May 2019. These were the last elections to the European Parliament to be held before Brexit.
Only constituencies in Great Britain used party-list proportional representation, as in Northern Ireland the single transferable vote system is used.
Constituencies 12 European Parliament constituencies were used, each electing a different number of MEPs based on population:
East Midlands (5) East of England (7) London (8) Northern Ireland (3) North East England (3) North West England (8) Scotland (6) South East England (10) South West England (6) West Midlands (7) Wales (4) Yorkshire and the Humber (6)
Brexit Party The Brexit Party was newly founded for the 2019 European Parliament election.*
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. MEPs Steven Woolfe and Nathan Gill, also formerly of UKIP, stated that they would also stand for the party.
East of England The Brexit Party had a list of 7 candidates for the 7 seats available in the East of England. The top three were elected. #CandidateOccupationElected1 Richard Tice Businessman and Brexit Party Party Chair2Michael HeaverFormer chair of UKIP youth wing and press aide3June MummeryBusinesswoman in the fishing industry4Paul Hearn5Priscilla Huby6Sean Lever7Edmund Fordham
East Midlands The Brexit Party had a list of 5 candidates for the 5 seats available in the East Midlands. The top three were elected. #CandidateOccupationElected1Annunziata Rees-Mogg Journalist2Jonathan BullockIncumbent MEP since 20173Matthew PattenCouncillor and charity executive4Tracy KnowlesNominating officer of the Brexit Party5Anna BaileyDoctor
South East England The Brexit Party had a list of 10 candidates for the 10 seats available in the South East of England. The top four were elected. +#CandidateOccupationElected1Nigel Paul FarageIncumbent MEP since 1999 Former Leader of UKIP
Leader of the Brexit Party2Alexandra Lesley PhillipsFormer head of media of UKIP3Robert Andrew RowlandBusinessman4Belinda Claire de Camborne LucyBrexit Activist5James Gilbert BartholomewJournalist6Christopher Graham EllisBusinessman7John KennedyBusinessman8Matthew Peter TaylorBusinessman9George Thomas Stahel FarmerHedge fund employee10Peter David WiltshireBusinessman
South West England #CandidateOccupationElected1Ann WiddecombeFormer Conservative MP for Maidstone and The Weald2James GlancyTelevision presenter and conservationist3Christina JordanNurse and charity worker4Ann TarrConsultant.5Roger Lane-NottFormer Royal Navy officer6Nicola DarkeYoga instructor.
Change UK
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; 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; and the former deputy Prime Minister of Poland Jacek Rostowski. None of the Change UK candidates won any seats.
London #CandidateOccupationElected1Gavin Eslerjournalist, television presenter and author. Former presenter of BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme Newsnight2Jacek RostowskiFormer Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Poland3Carole TongueFormer Labour MEP for London East and former Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party4Annabel MullinConsultant associated with the Renew Party5Karen NewmanVice-chair of Liberal Judaism6Nora MulreadyCharity CEO7Jessica SimorLawyer8Haseeb Ur-RehmanLawyer associated with the Renew Party
Ali Sadjady Naiery, a mixed martial arts fighter and former Conservative Party candidate for Ealing Borough Council, was originally placed sixth on Change UK's London list, but withdrew and was replaced after he was found to have made a tweet saying that Romanian pickpockets on the London Underground made him want Brexit.
South East England #CandidateOccupationElected1Richard AshworthIncumbent Change UK MEP, elected as a Conservative. Former Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament2Victoria GroulefLabour Party candidate for Reading West at the 2015 general election3Warren MorganFormer Labour member of Brighton and Hove City Council for East Brighton4Eleanor Fuller5Robin BextorFilm and television producer6Eleanor Fuller7Nicholas Mazzei8Suzana CarpEnvironmental campaigner9Heather Allen10Diane Yeo
South West England #CandidateOccupationElected1Rachel JohnsonJournalist, television presenter and author. Sister of Boris Johnson.2Jim Godfrey3Ollie Middleton4Matthew Hooberman5Liz Sewell6Crispin HuntMusician and former member of Longpigs
Scotland #CandidateOccupationElected1David MacdonaldIndependent councillor on East Renfrewshire Council2Kate Forman3Peter Griffiths4Heather Astbury5Colin McFadyen6Cathy Edgeworth West Midlands (7)
Wales (4)
Yorkshire and the Humber #CandidateOccupationElected1Diana WallisFormer Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament2Juliet Lodge3Sophia Bow4Joshua Malkin5Rosanne McMullen6Steven Wilson
Conservative Party South East England #CandidateOccupationElected1Daniel HannanIncumbent MEP, journalist, author and politician. Founder of Vote Leave2Nirj DevaIncumbent MEP and former MP for Brentford and Isleworth3Richard RobinsonChairman of Surrey Heath Conservatives.4Mike WhitingMember of Swale District Council.5Juliette AshConservative candidate for Pontypridd at the 2017 general election6Anna FirthMember of Sevenoaks District Council for Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge. Conservative candidate for Erith and Thamesmead at the 2015 general election7Consultant.8Journalist, member of Reading Borough Council and former Conservative candidate for Brighton Pavilion at the 2015 general election.9Secretary-General of the European Conservatives and Reformists group on the European Committee of the Regions10Member of South Oxfordshire District Council
South West England #CandidateOccupationElected1Ashley Fox Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament since 2014.2James MustoeMember of Cornwall Council for Mevagissey.3Faye PurbrickCabinet member on Somerset County Council.4Claire HiscottMember of Bristol City Council.5James TaghdissianFormer Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Cardiff West at the 2015 general election, and Exeter at the 2017 general election.6Emmeline OwensMember of Wandsworth London Borough Council.
Yorkshire and the Humber #CandidateOccupationElected1John ProcterIncumbent Member of the European Parliament2Amjad BashirIncumbent Member of the European Parliament345Matthew FreckletonTech entrepreneur.6
English Democrats The English Democrats fielded candidates in every constituency in England.
Yorkshire and the Humber #CandidateOccupationElected1David Allen2Tony Allen3Joanne Allen4Fiona Allen
Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales fielded candidates in every constituency in England and Wales.
East Midlands +#CandidateNotesElected1Kat BoettgeGreen Party candidate for Broxtowe Borough Council in 2019.2Gerhard Lohmann-Bond3Liam McClelland4Daniel Wimberley5Simon Tooke
East of England +#CandidateNotesElected1Catherine RowettProfessor of Philosophy at University of East Anglia.2Rupert Read3Martin Schmierer4Fiona Radic5Paul JeaterParish councillor and former candidate for Braintree (in 2015) and Brentwood and Ongar (in 2017).6Pallavi DevulapalliGeneral practitioner.7Jeremy CaddickDean of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
London +#CandidateNotesElected1Scott AinslieMember of Lambeth Council.2Gulnar Hasnain3Shahrar AliFormer Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales4Rachel Collinson5Eleanor MargoliesAcademic6Remco van der Stoep7Kirsten de Keyser8Peter Underwood
North East England +#CandidateNotesElected1Rachel FeatherstoneUniversity lecturer at Teesside University.2Jonathan ElmerCouncillor and Green Party prospective parliamentary candidate for City of Durham in 2015, 2017 and 2019.3Dawn FurnessFilmmaker and Green Party prospective parliamentary candidate for Blyth Valley in 2015 and 2017.
North West England +#CandidateNotesElected1Gina DowdingMember of Lancashire County Council since 2013 and member of Lancaster City Council since 2019.2Wendy Olsen3Jessica Northey4Geraldine Coggins5Rosie Mills6Astrid Johnson7Daniel Jerrome8James Booth
South East England +#CandidateNotesElected1Alexandra PhillipsGreen candidate for Brighton Kemptown in 2019, Green list candidate for South East England in 2014, candidate for GPEW deputy leader in 2012.2Elise Benjamin3Vix Lowthion4Leslie Groves Williams5Phélim Mac Cafferty6Jan Doerfel7Larry SandersFormer Health and Social Care Spokesperson of the Green Party of England and Wales. Older brother of Bernie Sanders.8Isabella Moir9Oliver Sykes10Jonathan Essex
South West England +#CandidateNotesElected1Molly Scott CatoEconomist and academic, Green candidate for Bristol West in 2017. Incumbent MEP since 2014.2Cleo Lake3Carla DenyerMember of Bristol City Council, future Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales4Tom Scott5Martin Dimery6Karen La Borde
Wales +#CandidateNotesElected1Anthony SlaughterLeader of the Wales Green Party.2Ian Chandler3Ceri Davies4Duncan ReesCo-Deputy leader of the Wales Green Party.
Yorkshire and the Humber #CandidateOccupationElected1Magid MagidLord Mayor of Sheffield2Alison TealMember of Sheffield City Council3Andrew Cooper4Louise Houghton5Lars KrammRegional Chair of the European Regional Scout Committee (2019–2021)6Ann Forsaith
Labour Party The Labour Party stood candidates in all constituencies in Great Britain.
South East England The Labour Party had a list of 10 candidates for the 10 seats available in the South East of England. #CandidateOccupationElected1John HowarthIncumbent MEP since 20172Cathy ShuttUniversity teacher and researcher3Arran Richard NeatheyMember of Runnymede Borough Council4Emma Christina TurnbullMember of Oxfordshire County Council5Rohit K. DasguptaAcademic and Member of Newham London Borough Council6Amy Lauren FowlerLabour Party activist7Duncan EnrightMember of Oxfordshire County Council8Lubna Aiysha ArshadMember of Oxford City Council9Simon Guy BurgessFormer prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown in 201010Rachael Eowyn WardMomentum activist
South West England #CandidateOccupationElected1Clare MoodyTrade unionist and MEP since 2014.2Lord Andrew AdonisJournalist and Labour member of the House of Lords3Jayne KirkhamLabour candidate for Truro and Falmouth at the 2017 general election.4Neil GuildLabour candidate for Taunton Deane at the 2015 general election.5Yvonne AtkinsonLabour member of Devon County Council.6Sadik Al-HassanPharmacy manager from Kingswood in South Gloucestershire.
Yorkshire and the Humber #CandidateOccupationElected1Richard CorbettIncumbent Member of the European Parliament2Eloise Todd3Jawad Mohammed KhanMember of the Young Labour National Committee4Jayne Allport5Martin Mayer6Alison HumeTelevision writer, Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby since 2024
Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party stood 6 candidates for all the seats in Scotland. #CandidateOccupationElected1Alyn Edward SmithIncumbent MEP since 2004Until resignation after election in the 2019 UK general election2Christian AllardMSP from North East Scotland since 20133Aileen McLeodMSP from South Scotland 2011 to 2016