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.
I just wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone that there are two elections taking place today: European Parliamentary elections (list of candidates can be found here) to elect your MEPs for the Eastern Region and Essex County Council elections to elect your new Councillor for Epping and Theydon Bois.
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL CANDIDATES:
Surguy, James: The Conservative Party
Smith, Andrew: UK Independence
Bullough, Simon: The Labour Party
Frankland, Tony: British National Party
Whitehouse, Janet: Liberal Democrat
Kieve, Daniel: The Green Party
Polling Stations in Epping Town open at 7am & close at 10pm:
* Allnuts Institute Hall, Allnuts Road, Epping
* Coopersale Social Institute Hall, Institute Road, Coopersale
* Pelly Court Hall, Hemnall Street, Epping
* United Reform Church Hall, Lindsey Street, Epping
* Epping Hall, St. John’s Road, Epping
More information on these elections can be found here.
