Comments on: South West European Elections

By: WorshipJobs

WorshipJobs — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:37:25 +0000

Labour polled below Greens in Devon and Cornwall!

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:26:23 +0000

It was on one of the Labour party live blogs but I’ve closed the window now and can’t remember what the name of it was since I got to it from another site – I think a link from the Guardian blog maybe or Guido. I don’t think it was from Iain Dale. Just did a quick search but couldn’t find it. I’m not sure how reliable it was but I suppose it’s not the sort of thing someone would invent.

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:00:29 +0000

Where did you see the results from Plymouth Andy?
Leeds council had a very good site which listed all the results for the Yorkshire region

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:56:21 +0000

I’m looking forward to seeing the detailed results for the SE and SW because Labour must have gone below 5% in a fair number of districts given they only polled about 8% across the two regions.

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:47:45 +0000

I assumed thats what you meant originally – there was no way MK could have outpolled Labour in the entire region.

By: Warofdreams

Warofdreams — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:49:28 +0000

Note on Labour and Mebyon Kernow – the BBC have now corrected themselves and say that MK were ahead in Cornwall – bad for Labour, but much less surprising! Across the region, MK took only 1%, behind not only the seat winners, Greens and Labour, but also the BNP, Pensioners Party, English Democrats and Christian Party.

By: Warofdreams

Warofdreams — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:43:06 +0000

All 2004′s top four parties lost vote share, but Labour did by far the worst, dropping behind the Greens and losing their seat. The Greens came around 12,000 votes from taking the third Conservative seat, the only party to do significantly better than in 2004 here.

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:30:11 +0000

Pete will be pleased to learn that UKIP have stayed on top in Plymouth – by 18 votes over the Tories!

By: Warofdreams

Warofdreams — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:06:51 +0000

BBC are reporting that Mebyon Kernow may have beaten Labour here.

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:21:16 +0000

ConservativeHome are saying they think early indications show that Glyn Ford, Labour’s only MEP in the South West, has lost his seat. Don’t know how reliable that statement is.