Abstract
Brexit and the 2019 EP Election in the UK
Highlights
The 2019 European Parliament (EP) election in the UK was called in the middle of an ongoing Brexit crisis and at a considerably short notice
This is because European Union (EU) member states are bound by Treaty to give the right to vote to EU citizens
These findings indicate that the demographic divide was present in the 2019 EP election
Summary
The 2019 EP election in the UK was called in the middle of an ongoing Brexit crisis and at a considerably short notice. This contribution examines the debate in the run-up to the 2019 EP election arguing that – despite the fact that only two years earlier voters had opted for the two main parties that had pledged to honour the result of the EU Referendum – both the executive and the Parliament remained divided and unable to deliver on this promise. This led to Brexit becoming a key issue in both citizens’ preferences and party campaigns. Whereas the pro-EU vote was divided across many different political parties, the Leave vote was mostly united behind the Brexit Party, which had implications for parties’ short- and medium-term strategies and British politics more broadly
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