Margaret Beckett Labour Margaret Beckett Labour Related: Women The 1994 European Parliament election was the fourth European election to be held in the United Kingdom.

The electoral system was, for the final European election, first past the post in England, Scotland and Wales and single transferable vote in Northern Ireland.

The Green Party lost more than three-quarters of the votes they secured in the previous election.

Five by-elections to the British Parliament also took place on the same day in the Barking, Bradford South, Dagenham, Eastleigh, and Newham North East constituencies.

Labour was under the interim leadership of Margaret Beckett following the sudden death of leader John Smith the previous month.