1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

This election saw the best performance ever by the Green Party (UK) (formerly the Ecology Party), collecting over 2 million votes and 15% of the vote share.It had only received 70,853 as the Ecology Party in the previous election.However, because of the first past the post system, the Green Party did not gain a single MEP, while the Scottish National Party received 1 seat with only 3% of the vote share.The Green Party's vote total of 2,299,287 remains its best performance in a national election, as does its percentage result of 14.5%.Two by-elections to the British Parliament also took place on the same day in the Vauxhall and Glasgow Central constituencies - Labour held both seats.

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