EXCLUSIVE & SHOCKING – Your EU election vote on Thursday
was worth 7% of a Luxembourger’s vote

The EU elections & democracy story you won’t find elsewhere

The UK has the fewest MEPs per head of population, out of all EU countries

At 10pm this evening the results of the EU Parliamentary elections will start to be announced. Ahead of tonight’s results, readers might like to know some things about the EU Parliamentary elections.

The value of your vote

The UK has the fewest MEPs per head of population out of all EU28 countries. On average each British MEP represents 908,000 people, using the EU’s latest statistics.

By contrast, each of Malta’s six MEPs represent just 79,000 people. Each of Luxembourg’s six MEPs represent just 100,000 people.

Let’s take the home country of Jean-Claude Juncker

The unelected President of the EU Commission comes from the tiny EU country of Luxembourg. Brexit Facts4EU.Org looked at how well this country does when it comes to MEPs.

As you will see above, little Luxembourg has the second-highest number of MEPs per inhabitant. The EU Parliament analyses these things by inhabitants, but in order to present a balanced picture we also looked at the number of voters in Luxembourg and in the UK.

The picture is even more shocking

Brexit Facts4EU.org Summary

When we look at MEPs by voters, rather than by population, the picture gets even worse

UK MEPs have to represent nearly 14 times as many voters as MEPs from the EU Commission President’s country

This means that a British vote in the EU elections is worth 7% that of a Luxembourger’s vote

Every single one of the 73 British MEPs will each be representing an electorate which is
more than double that of the entire electorate of the country of Luxembourg.

A side note for Brexit

As a full member of the EU, Luxembourg can veto a Brexit deal in the EU Council. Yet its population is the size of the Bristol area of the UK.

MEP and MP comparison

As a comparison, we also looked at the number of UK voters (not inhabitants) per MP in the UK Parliament. On average each UK MP represents approximately 72,000 voters. On the same basis each UK MEP will be representing 641,000 voters - nine times as many as Westminster MPs.

The two jobs are entirely different of course, but perhaps this demonstrates how remote the EU Parliament’s MEPs are from ordinary people.

Observations

Brexit Facts4EU.Org has thrown a bright light on the realities of the EU for more than three years every day, using official statistics from the EU, as above.

It is perfectly obvious when listening to Remain MPs that very few have any idea what the EU is or does in reality. This article is another attempt to show the facts, which is what we believe the public want.

Wherever possible we use the EU’s own information. In this case the information above has been derived from numerous official EU sources from the EU Parliament and from the EU Commission. As the data comes from the EU itself, this makes it difficult for Remainers to counter it.

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[ Sources: EU Parliament | EU Commission ]

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Sunday edition, 26 May 2019

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Reader Comments 15

1. Sydney Ashurst , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 06:42:

Another well researched fact showing the iniquity of EU membership which remainers blithely ignore.

2. Patrick F , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 07:01:

As you say, enlightening and shocking. Yet another grain of sand in the beach of reasons to leave the EU.

3. Ed, Manchester , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 07:06:

Well, as we learnt, "some animals are more equal than others". A bit like with the second referendum campaigners, saying the more referendums we have on the same thing the more democratic we get. YES, let's go all the way then, to show the World just how democratic we are! Why not have a referendum and a general election every year?

4. Emily, Bucks , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 07:45:

Brilliant article - again. Thanks.
Off-topic .... any news on whether Steve Baker will stand in the leadership contest?

5. Julie Dyson , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 09:08:

Excellent article -- something else I'm sure the vast majority of us had absolutely no idea about. I was aware the makeup of the EU Parliament was somewhat... uneven... but I certainly didn't realise the full extent of this. In terms of "representative democracy" it makes Britain's FPTP system seem to be the very paragon of fair democracy in comparison! Now there's a shocking thought...
@Emily -- I believe Steve Baker has indeed said he will probably stand, and Marc Francois has already indicated his support. I doubt he would have enough support across the parliamentary party though, which is a real pity as he's probably one of the few with wide support among the grassroots. He's certainly not as much of a Marmite figure as Boris is, and his integrity is unquestionable.

6. James Bertram , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 09:09:

Loved the tea cosy.
Here's a (PG) tip for Jean-Claude - stop spouting the brown stuff and start brewing a Fair Trade Agreement.

7. Don , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 09:09:

I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds this article makes me angry, not because of the researchers but becaus eof the Eu. This just makes my blood boil sorry.

8. Jon, Wales , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 09:40:

An excellent article which should focus the minds of MPs, as it easily highlights any alleged democratic values or level playing field the EU thinks it may have.

9. J Slater , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 09:57:

Aaah, but in spite of the inequality of representation, I do believe in Karma and now let's watch the fun begin! With the predicted Brexit Party en masse in the Brussels debating chambers, with hopefully Farage, Widdecombe and Tice, all formidable characters, exhilarating times are ahead.

10. Steven , Sunday, May 26, 2019, 11:16:

The other MEPs will just ignore Farage because he now has a well-justified reputation for being a ranter who is continually rude and abusive not just to the other parliamentarians but also, shamefully in my view, towards their countries. For someone who is supposedly proud of being British, he disgraces our country when he is in that chamber and he should just shut his big gob occasionally in order to preserve any sense of dignity for us as a country.
Widdecombe is a figure of fun in this country and Mr Rice is just your typical, greedy, globalist, cheap foreign labour employing Tory businessman who has decided to join Farage’s cult for his own selfish interests. The Brexit Party is FULL of these opportunistic Tory types. It is NOT a genuine political party for the broad mass of people like Germany’s national conservative/nationalist AFD party just a single issue Tory spare wheel cult with no real philosophy other than getting us out of the EU AT ANY COST up to and including even seeing the United Kingdom break up. It also has some truely vile characters within it such as Claire Fox - a supposedly ‘former’ Communist (do Communists EVER really change their spots?) who has STILL NOT apologised to the people of the NOrth West and the town of Warrington for supporting that evil bomb attack in 1993 which killed the sons of Mr Parry. No doubt this evil woman will be elected tonight due to Farage and his cult. What an utterly shameful indictment of the Brexit Party for selecting her on an unfortunately CLOSED PARTY LIST and putting her in the No 1 position and the voters of the North West for voting for this ‘party’ regardless.
The Brexit Party’s MEPs can cause as much trouble as they like, rant and rave, not even bother to turn up to committee meetings as Farage rarely does but it will not make a blind bit of difference and it won’t remove us from the EU any sooner. ONLY the British Parliament at Westminster can do that.

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EXCLUSIVE & SHOCKING – Your EU election vote on Thursdaywas worth 7% of a Luxembourger’s vote