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.
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan = 10 | MEPs for former Welsh constituencies, 1979–1999
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! Election
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! 1979–1984
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! 1984–1989
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! 1989–1994
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! 1994–1999
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! North Wales
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| colspan = 3 | Beata Brookes<br />Conservative
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| colspan = 3 | Joe Wilson<br />Labour
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! Mid and West Wales
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| Ann Clwyd<br />Labour
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| colspan = 3 | David Morris<br />Labour
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| Eluned Morgan<br />Labour
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! South East Wales <small>(1979–1984)</small><br />South Wales East <small>(1984–1999)</small>
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| Allan Rogers<br />Labour
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| colspan = 3 | Llew Smith<br />Labour
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| Glenys Kinnock<br />Labour
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! South Wales
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| colspan = 3 | Win Griffiths<br />Labour
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| colspan = 1 | <br />Labour
! colspan = 3 | Constituency abolished
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! South Wales Central
! colspan = 6 | Constituency not established
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| Wayne David<br />Labour
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! South Wales West
! colspan = 6 | Constituency not established
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| David Morris<br />Labour
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|}
Returned members
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! colspan = 12 | MEPs for Wales, 1999 onwards
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! Election
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 3 | Jonathan Evans<br />Conservative
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| colspan = 3 | Kay Swinburne<br />Conservative
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| James Wells<br />Brexit Party
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 3 | Eluned Morgan<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| John Bufton<br />UKIP
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| colspan = 3 | Nathan Gill<br />UKIP (until 2018)<br />Independent (2018–2019)<br />Brexit Party (from 2019)
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 3 | Glenys Kinnock<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| colspan = 3 | Derek Vaughan<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Jackie Jones<br />Labour
| width=1px style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 9 | Jill Evans<br />Plaid Cymru
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! MEP<br />Party
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| Eurig Wyn<br />Plaid Cymru
! colspan = 9 | Seat abolished
|}
Election results
Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
2019
[[File:2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom area results (Wales).svg|thumb|right|Map showing highest polling party by counting area in the 2019 European Parliament election;
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2019 opinion polls
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px"
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! rowspan="2" |Date(s)
! rowspan="2" |Polling organisation/client
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |Sample
!Lab
!UKIP
!Con
!Plaid
!Green
!Lib Dems
!Brexit
!Change UK
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |Others
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |Lead
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! class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#dc241f; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#70147a; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#0087dc; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#008142; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:#fdbb30; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="color:inherit;background:; width:60px;" |
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|16–20 May 2019 || YouGov/ITV || 1,009 || 15% || 2% || 7% || 19% || 8% || 10% ||style="background:#8fe2ef;" |36% || 2% || 0% || style="background:; color:white;"| 17%
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|10–15 May 2019 || YouGov/Plaid Cymru || 1,133 || 18% || 3% || 7% || 16% || 8% || 10% ||style="background:#8fe2ef;" |33% || 4% || 0% || style="background:; color:white;"| 15%
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|2–5 April 2019 || YouGov/ITV || 1,025 || style="background:#F8C1BE"|30%||11% || 16% || 15%|| 5% || 6% || 10% || 8% || 1% || style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 14%
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|style="background:#D5D5D5"|22 May 2014 || style="background:#D5D5D5"|2014 EU election results || style="background:#D5D5D5"|733,060 || style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"|28.2%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|27.6%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|17.4%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|15.3%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|4.5% || style="background:#D5D5D5"|4.0% || style="background:#D5D5D5"| || style="background:#D5D5D5"| || style="background:#D5D5D5"|3.2% ||style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"|0.6%
|}
2014
thumb|Map outlining the highest polling party by [[Principal areas of Wales|county / county borough in Wales for the 2014 election;
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2014 opinion polls
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px"
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! rowspan="2" |Date(s)
! rowspan="2" |Polling organisation/client
! rowspan="2" |Sample
!Con
!Lab
!Plaid
!UKIP
!Lib Dems
! rowspan="2" |Others
! rowspan="2" |Lead
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! class="unsortable" style="background:#0087dc; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="background:#dc241f; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="background:#008142; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="background:#70147a; width:60px;" | !! class="unsortable" style="background:#fdbb30; width:60px;" |
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|style="background:#D5D5D5"|22 May 2014 || style="background:#D5D5D5"|EU election, 2014 (Wales) Results || style="background:#D5D5D5"|733,060 || style="background:#D5D5D5"|17.4%|| style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"|28.2%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|15.3%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|27.6%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|4.0% || style="background:#D5D5D5"|7.7% || style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"|0.6%
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|12–14 May 2014 || YouGov/ITV || 1,092 || 16%|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|33%|| 15% || 23%|| 7% || 7% || style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 10%
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|11–22 Apr 2014 || YouGov/Cardiff University || 1,027 || 18%|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|39%|| 11% || 20% || 7% || 6% || style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 19%
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|10–12 Feb 2014 || YouGov/ITV || 1,250 || 17% || style="background:#F8C1BE"|39% || 12% || 18% || 7% || 7% || style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 21%
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|2–4 Dec 2013 || YouGov/ITV || 1,001 || 20%|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|41% || 13% || 13% || 8% || 5% || style="background:#DC241F; color:white;"| 21%
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|style="background:#D5D5D5"|4 Jun 2009 || style="background:#D5D5D5"|EU election, 2009 (Wales) Results || style="background:#D5D5D5"|684,520 || style="background:#0087DC; color:white;"|21.2%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|20.3%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|18.5%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|12.8%|| style="background:#D5D5D5"|10.7% || style="background:#D5D5D5"|16.6% || style="background:#0087DC; color:white;"|0.9%
|}
2009
thumb|Map outlining the highest polling party by [[Principal areas of Wales|county / county borough in Wales for the 2009 election;
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2004
thumb|Map outlining the highest polling party by [[Principal areas of Wales|county / county borough in Wales for the 2004 election;
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1999
thumb|Map outlining the highest polling party by [[Principal areas of Wales|county / county borough in Wales for the 1999 election;
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