When and if the Treaty of Lisbon enters into force, it would mean that the UK would have one extra MEP rising from 72 (Treaty of Nice stipulates 72) to 73 for a temporary basis until the European elections in 2014.
Pirmo reizi Eiropas Parlamenta vēlēšanas Latvijā notika 2004. gada 12.jūnijā, tajās piedaloties 577 879 jeb 41,34 % balsstiesīgo.