Comments on: East of England European

By: Joseph Brayson

Joseph Brayson — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:43:10 +0000

The recent defection of DCB from UKIP to the Tories is very intriguing. Does the Tories and DCB know something the rest of us don’t re Conservative EU policy as one finds it odd that a UKIP politician are defecting TO the Tories as opposed to the other way round. Could there be a secret deal regarding a possible EU referendum?

By: Big Tall Tim

Big Tall Tim — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:00:27 +0000

UKIP – 2 seats. It was always a banker in a very rural seat. Sheep do vote.
The pleasing result is LDs beating Lab with Lab only just beating the Greens into 4th.

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:05:20 +0000

Yes it was never on the cards IMO. I suppose people thought of BNP strength in south Essex and parts of Herts but East Anglia is in general poor ground. The Greens posed a far greater threat of a political extremist being elected from this region and its a great relief that they failed and pleasing indeed that UKIP kept two seats which was not expected by many.

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:21:41 +0000

I was puzzled by people who thought the BNP might have a chance in this region because they simply don’t attract many votes in counties like Norfolk and Suffolk.

By: Warofdreams

Warofdreams — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:15:28 +0000

The Lib Dems have overtaken Labour in the poll, but no change here – Con 3; UKIP 2; LibDem 1; Lab 1. The Greens came within 10,000 votes of taking the second UKIP seat, the BNP did less well than they would have hoped and were well behind the Greens.

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:14:13 +0000

Bizarre result in Eastern region with no change for C, UKIP, LD.

By: EppingForester

EppingForester — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:25:20 +0000

Luke I do hope so. I voted Green in both County and European elections. The first time I’ve been able to vote Green twice on one polling day. We didn’t do too badly 6% considering this is the first time since I’ve been able to vote we’ve had a Green candidate for County and given what a safe Tory ward it is. Thanks to Labour’s implosion we didn’t come last either although it is disappointing to get less votes than the BNP and the English Democrats.

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:18:47 +0000

I predict a Green seat here.

Looking at the local election results earlier, Greens gained some new representation in the region.

I would not be surprised to see them take a seat.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:21:05 +0000

My order was the same, except that Conservative(2) gets the 3rd seat, and Libdems get the 4th.

By: Badger

Badger — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:54:33 +0000

Also – prediction for the order of MEPs returned:
1 – Conservative 1 (Geoffrey Van Orden)
2 – UKIP 1 (David Campbell Bannerman)
3 – Lib Dem 1 (Andrew Duff)
4 – Conservative 2 (Robert Sturdy)
5 – Labour 1 (Richard Howitt)
6 – Conservative 3 (Victoria Ford)
7 – UKIP 2 (John Stewart Agnew)

Labour may well finish fourth here.