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The European Parliament election, 2004 was the UK part of the European Parliament election, 2004. It was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom using postal-only voting in four areas. It coincided with local and regional elections.

The Conservative Party and the Labour Party both polled poorly. The Conservatives, although getting a vote share of 4.1 than Labour, but this result is their lowest vote share in a national elections since 1832. Labour vote share was it lowest since 1918. Labour's decline in votes was regarded to be heavily due to widespread public disatification about the Iraq War and as with the Conservatives, the increased popularity of the United Kingdom Independence Party.

The United Kingdom Independence Party did exceptionally well, and managed to increase its number of MEPs from 3 to 12. The received a very large increase in media coverage before the elections, partly because of the appointment of Robert Kilroy-Silk as a candidate also the actress Joan CollinsJoan Henrietta Collins (born May 23, 1933) is a British actress who was born in London, England. After a youthful and highly splashy career as a pulchritudinous, hardworking starlet best described as a junior-grade Elizabeth Taylor, in the 1980s Joan Coll, who became a member and announced her support for the party. Other minor parties also posted gains.

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