EU results as they come in.

[Beorn]

European elections 2009: BNP wins first seat in Yorkshire and the Humber

The far right party's Andrew Bronstook the last of the six seats up for grabs, sending shock waves through the mainstream political parties.
Nick Griffin, the leader of the BNP, said that the presence of his party in Brussels would "transform British politics". He added that Britain had become a "bankrupt slum" under Labour.

"The party is going to go on and grow very rapidly," he said.
"We're going to be major contenders in a number of places in the next general election and the next wave of council elections - we're going to do very well indeed."
Brons is a veteran of far-Right politics. As a teenager he joined the neo-Nazi British National Socialist party.
He stood five times for the National Front in the 1970s after a brief spell as its leader, which ended in internal quarrels.

The 61-year-old was fined £50 by Leeds magistrates in 1984 for using insulting words and behaviour after a confrontation with police.
Last year he retired as a politics and government teacher at Harrogate College, and re-entered active politics.
He is "implacably opposed" to the UK's membership of the European Union and intends to "expose the activities and corruption of the EU to strengthen Britain's case for withdrawal", the BNP said.

The election of a BNP Euro MP is a significant blow to Gordon Brown. The BNP took the seat from Labour, which saw its share of the vote in the region drop by 8 per cent on the last European elections in 2004.
Labour supporters and MPs will be disgusted that it is under a Labour government that the BNP have made their biggest breakthrough.
Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, said: "It is a sad moment. There are concerns about immigration. The Government have to get a response to those concerns.

"We have got to understand why people have voted for the BNP. We should redouble our determination to take them on and take them out of British politics."
Mark Francois, the Tory Europe spokesman, said: "It's a disappointing night for British politics."

[Beorn]

South West

<table summary="Results in full" id="euroresults" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="right"><td headers="party" class="CON pid txtl">Conservative</td> <td headers="votes net">468,742</td> <td headers="votes">30.2
(-1.3)</td> <td headers="meps total">3</td> <td headers="meps gain2">+1</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="UKIP pid txtl">UK Independence Party</td> <td headers="votes net">341,845</td> <td headers="votes">22.1
(-0.5)</td> <td headers="meps total">2</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LD pid txtl">Liberal Democrats</td> <td headers="votes net">266,253</td> <td headers="votes">17.2
(-1.2)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="GRN pid txtl">Green Party</td> <td headers="votes net">144,179</td> <td headers="votes">9.3
(+2.1)</td> <td headers="meps total">0</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LAB pid txtl">Labour</td> <td headers="votes net">118,716</td> <td headers="votes">7.7
(-6.8)</td> <td headers="meps total">0</td> <td headers="meps gain2">-1</td></tr></tbody></table>

BNP rise by +0.9%

[Beorn]

South East

<table summary="Results in full" id="euroresults" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="right"><td headers="party" class="CON pid txtl">Conservative</td> <td headers="votes net">812,288</td> <td headers="votes">34.8
(-0.4)</td> <td headers="meps total">4</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="UKIP pid txtl">UK Independence Party</td> <td headers="votes net">440,002</td> <td headers="votes">18.8
(-0.7)</td> <td headers="meps total">2</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LD pid txtl">Liberal Democrats</td> <td headers="votes net">330,340</td> <td headers="votes">14.1
(-1.2)</td> <td headers="meps total">2</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="GRN pid txtl">Green Party</td> <td headers="votes net">271,506</td> <td headers="votes">11.6
(+3.8)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LAB pid txtl">Labour</td> <td headers="votes net">192,592</td> <td headers="votes">8.2
(-5.4)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td></tr></tbody></table>

BNP rise by +1.4%

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European elections 2009: BNP wins first seat in Yorkshire and the Humber

Congratulations BNP

[Angantyr]

Congratulations BNP

Add my congratulations to the BNP from a frog across the pond.

[Beorn]

West Midland

<table summary="Results in full" id="euroresults" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="right"><td headers="party" class="CON pid txtl">Conservative</td> <td headers="votes net">396,847</td> <td headers="votes">28.1
(+0.7)</td> <td headers="meps total">2</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="UKIP pid txtl">UK Independence Party</td> <td headers="votes net">300,471</td> <td headers="votes">21.3
(+3.8)</td> <td headers="meps total">2</td> <td headers="meps gain2">+1</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LAB pid txtl">Labour</td> <td headers="votes net">240,201</td> <td headers="votes">17.0
(-6.4)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">-1</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LD pid txtl">Liberal Democrats</td> <td headers="votes net">170,246</td> <td headers="votes">12.0
(-1.7)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td></tr></tbody></table>

BNP rise by +1.1%

[Treffie]

Wales

<table summary="Results in full" id="euroresults" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="right"><td headers="party" class="CON pid txtl">Conservative</td> <td headers="votes net">145,193</td> <td headers="votes">21.2
(+1.8)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LAB pid txtl">Labour</td> <td headers="votes net">138,852</td> <td headers="votes">20.3
(-12.2)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">-1</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="PC pid txtl">Plaid Cymru</td> <td headers="votes net">126,702</td> <td headers="votes">18.5
(+1.1)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="UKIP pid txtl">UK Independence Party</td> <td headers="votes net">87,585</td> <td headers="votes">12.8
(+2.3)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">+1</td></tr></tbody></table>
No seat for the BNP, but they did show an increase of 2.5%. Labour down by -12.2%.

It's not exactly the result that I could have wished for but it's a step in the right direction. Wales is usually a Labour stronghold so this is an amazing result.

[Treffie]

South West

<table summary="Results in full" id="euroresults" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="right"><td headers="party" class="CON pid txtl">Conservative</td> <td headers="votes net">468,742</td> <td headers="votes">30.2
(-1.3)</td> <td headers="meps total">3</td> <td headers="meps gain2">+1</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="UKIP pid txtl">UK Independence Party</td> <td headers="votes net">341,845</td> <td headers="votes">22.1
(-0.5)</td> <td headers="meps total">2</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LD pid txtl">Liberal Democrats</td> <td headers="votes net">266,253</td> <td headers="votes">17.2
(-1.2)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="GRN pid txtl">Green Party</td> <td headers="votes net">144,179</td> <td headers="votes">9.3
(+2.1)</td> <td headers="meps total">0</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LAB pid txtl">Labour</td> <td headers="votes net">118,716</td> <td headers="votes">7.7
(-6.8)</td> <td headers="meps total">0</td> <td headers="meps gain2">-1</td></tr></tbody></table>

BNP rise by +0.9%

Mebyon Kernyw (Cornish Nationalist) knocked Labour into 6th place in Cornwall!

[Beorn]

North West

<table summary="Results in full" id="euroresults" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="right"><td headers="party" class="CON pid txtl">Conservative</td> <td headers="votes net">423,174</td> <td headers="votes">25.6
(+1.5)</td> <td headers="meps total">3</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LAB pid txtl">Labour</td> <td headers="votes net">336,831</td> <td headers="votes">20.4
(-6.9)</td> <td headers="meps total">2</td> <td headers="meps gain2">-1</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="UKIP pid txtl">UK Independence Party</td> <td headers="votes net">261,740</td> <td headers="votes">15.8
(+3.7)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="LD pid txtl">Liberal Democrats</td> <td headers="votes net">235,639</td> <td headers="votes">14.3
(-1.6)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="right"> <td headers="party" class="BNP pid txtl">British National Party</td> <td headers="votes net">132,094</td> <td headers="votes">8.0
(+1.6)</td> <td headers="meps total">1</td> <td headers="meps gain2">+1</td></tr></tbody></table>


BNP rise +1.6% and gain a seat.


FUCK YEAH!!!!! up

[SwordoftheVistula]

Looks like 2 seats for the BNP then, since the NW was their best chance followed by West Midlands and Yorkshire. Not bad at all, as this gives the party more legitimacy, and since they got elected it more than one area they can't call it a 'fluke' that Griffin got elected.