Editing Mebyon Kernow (section)

===European Parliament elections===
In [[1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1979, in the first elections]] to the [[European Parliament]], Mebyon Kernow's candidate [[Richard Jenkin]] was able to attract more than five per cent of the vote in the [[Cornwall and Plymouth (European Parliament constituency)|Cornwall seat]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Candidate
!Votes
!Share of votes
!Position
|-
|[[1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1979]]
|[[Richard Jenkin]]
|10,205
|5.9%
|4th
|-
|[[1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1984]]
| colspan=4 {{N/A|Did not contest}}
|-
|[[1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1989]]
|Colin Lawry
|4,224
|1.9%
|6th
|-
|[[1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1994]]
|[[Loveday Jenkin]]
|3,315
|1.5%
|7th
|}

In April 2009 Mebyon Kernow announced that its list of candidates for the [[South West England (European Parliament constituency)|
'South West Region']] seat in the European Parliament would comprise their six prospective parliamentary candidates for Westminster. The candidates were: [[Dick Cole (politician)|Dick Cole]] (St Austell & Newquay), Conan Jenkin (Truro & Falmouth), Loveday Jenkin (Camborne & Redruth), Simon Reed (St Ives), Glenn Renshaw (South East Cornwall), Joanie Willett (North Cornwall).<ref name=":3" /> Mebyon Kernow had also committed itself to continue the fight for a "Cornwall only" Euro-constituency, to promote Cornwall in Europe.<ref>Cole, Dick. (18 March 2009) [http://mebyonkernow.blogspot.com/2009/03/standing-for-european-parliament.html MK fight for Cornwall only Euro-constituency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805094545/http://mebyonkernow.blogspot.com/2009/03/standing-for-european-parliament.html |date=5 August 2010 }}. Mebyonkernow.blogspot.com.</ref>

Mebyon Kernow polled 14,922 votes in the 2009 European elections (11,534 votes in Cornwall, no seats, 7 per cent of the vote in Cornwall) putting them ahead of the Labour Party in Cornwall.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/euro/09/html/ukregion_36.stm European Election 2009: South West] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608151714/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/euro/09/html/ukregion_36.stm |date=8 June 2009 }}. BBC News (8 June 2009).</ref>

Since 2009, MK has not stood candidates in European Parliament elections, given the difficulties of winning a seat in a constituency encompassing electorates outside Cornwall.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" />