Sunday 7 June 2009

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS

The East of England elects 7 seats to the European Parliament and the following are our region's new representatives:

Conservative Party - 3 SEATS:
* Geoffrey Van Orden MEP
* Robert Sturdy MEP
* Vicky Ford MEP

UK Independence Party - 2 SEATS
* David Campbell Bannerman MEP
* John Agnew MEP
Liberal Democrats - 1 SEAT
* Andrew Duff MEP
Labour Party - 1 SEAT
* Richard Howitt MEP

Total Eletcorate: 4,252,669
Total Turnout: 1,603,340 (37.7%)

The full breakdown of voting is as below:

PARTY - VOTES (%)
Conservative - 500,331 (31.2%)
UK Independence Party - 313,921 (19.6%)
Liberal Democrats - 221,235 (13.8%)
Labour - 167,833 (10.5%)
Green Party - 141,016 (8.8%)
British National Party - 97,013 (6.1%)
United Kingdom First - 38,185 (2.4%)
English Democrat - 32,211 (2.0%)
Christian Party - 24,646 (1.5%)
No2EU - 13,939 (0.9%)
Socialist Labour Party - 13,599 (0.8%)
Animals Count - 13,201 (0.8%)
Libertas - 9,940 (0.6%)
Independent - Peter Rigby - 9,916 (0.6%)
Jury Team - 6,354 (0.4%)

For the full breakdown of results for the UK and across Europe, please click
here.

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