BBC news: EU nations await huge vote result
The results of the largest election in the history of the European Union are due within an hour, as voting draws to a close after four days. Nineteen EU countries voted on Sunday, with eight others having voted in the past few days. All 736 parliament seats are up for grabs. Provisional figures suggest the lowest turnout on record, at 43.01%.
Nineteen EU countries voted on Sunday, with eight others having voted in the past few days.
All 736 parliament seats are up for grabs. Provisional figures suggest the lowest turnout on record, at 43.01%.
LAB 25.0%(-9.1%) 1 seat CON 19.8%(+1.2%) 1 seat LD 17.6%(-0.2%) 1 seat
And this isn't even their strongest region, is it? Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Conservative 500,331 votes 31.2% (+0.4%) 3 seats UK Independence Party 313,921 votes 19.6% (+0.0%) 2 seats Liberal Democrats 221,235 votes 13.8% (-0.2%) 1 seat Labour 167,833 votes 10.5% (-5.8%) 1 seat
Labour rebels are saying that if the party gets less than 20% of the vote, that will be the trigger for a leadership challenge.
[Labour.Is.Doomed.]
I'm still shocked the BNP wound up carrying two seats. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
You wouldn't know these were European elections.
2235Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University says: On the results declared so far, there is one clear story - Labour's vote is well down on 2004 and it seems highly likely that they will get considerably less than 20% of the vote. They are in a tight battle with UKIP in order to obtain second place. Meanwhile, the Conservatives are struggling to maintain their share of the vote last time, while we still cannot rule out the possibility of the BNP winning a seat.
but then I did hear UKIP described as the BNP with twelve years of public school. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
CARDIFF SOUTH & PENARTH RESULT +++ Con 4324, Labour 4187, LD 2654, PC 2187, UKIP 2174, Green 1321, BNP 1093 Ad astra per aspera
Surprised that Plaid have polled so low. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
WELSH SEATS RECAP: CARDIFF SOUTH - CON :: CARDIFF WEST -LAB :: CARDIFF NORTH - CON :: CARDIFF CENTRAL - LIBDEM :: MONTGOMERYHSIRE - CON :: Plaid not polling well outside of heartlines. UKIP doing very well. LibDems challenging Labour in Swansea, but losing ground across much of Wales
so 2 x con, 1 x lab and 1 x lib dem in Wales. Awful. For Wales to vote conservative on this scale is bloody awful. Ad astra per aspera
Large Asian population motivated to vote against the likes of the BNP and UKIP?
Labour has won the most votes in the North-East of England at the European Elections, but its share of the vote is down 9% on 2004. It comes as Labour braces itself for what Welsh Secretary Peter Hain predicts will be a "terrible" night. If the 9% decline in votes is repeated elsewhere, it will add to the pressure on Gordon Brown who has vowed to stay in office despite calls to go. Counting of votes is nearing completion with more results expected shortly. Speaking to the BBC earlier the Labour former minister Nick Raynsford said the county council elections had been "disastrous" and he expected the European elections to be "even worse". On the basis of the limited number of council declarations so far, the Conservative vote will be down a little, UKIP will be up, Labour will slip into third place and may be struggling to hold that against the Lib Dems whose vote seems to be holding up
It comes as Labour braces itself for what Welsh Secretary Peter Hain predicts will be a "terrible" night.
If the 9% decline in votes is repeated elsewhere, it will add to the pressure on Gordon Brown who has vowed to stay in office despite calls to go.
Counting of votes is nearing completion with more results expected shortly.
Speaking to the BBC earlier the Labour former minister Nick Raynsford said the county council elections had been "disastrous" and he expected the European elections to be "even worse".
On the basis of the limited number of council declarations so far, the Conservative vote will be down a little, UKIP will be up, Labour will slip into third place and may be struggling to hold that against the Lib Dems whose vote seems to be holding up
If 20% is the make-or-break for Brown, it's over tonight. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
There are rumours sweeping the parliament - and I stress only rumours at this stage - that eurosceptic UKIP has done stunningly well. One suggestion is that they have come second, with 18 seats. If true, Mr Farage will have a very big smile on his face tonight.
Conservatives first, UKIP second. BNP may have sixth seat,
Former Conservative leader William Hague says major political mistake.
Your boy Charles Kennedy's going to be on BBC America after the break. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Conservatives 500,000+ LD 221,000 Libertas 9000 Green 141000 Labour 167000 UKIP 313921
Conservatives 3 UKIP 2 Lib Dem 1 Lab 1
Labour 6% down, MEPs unchanged
But I wonder if Labour could come third in the next General Election... The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
2 Con 1 Lab 1 UKIP 1 Lib-Dem 1 BNP Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Cons 299802 Lab 230009 Lib Dem 161552 Green 104456 UKIP 213750 BNP 120139
(BNP vote in Barnsley fallen from 17% to 15%)
Cons 2
Lab 1
UKIP 1
Lib Dem 1
BNP 1
Hell,
Con 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Labour 4
UKIP 4
Lib Dem 4
Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalists) 1
BNP (far right) 1
56 seats left to declare
Conservatives 2 Labour 1 Lib Dem 1 UKIP 1
Con 12 Lab 7 Lib Dem 6 UKIP 6 Green 1 Plaid Cymru 1 BNP 1
38 seats left to declare
Conservatives 19 UKIP 10 Labour 8 Lib Dem 8 Green 2 Plaid Cymru 1 BNP 1
1 Con 1 Lab (-1) 1 Lib-Dem 1 UKIP (+1) Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Tories 27 UKIP 17 Labour 16 Lib-Dems 14 Greens 9 BNP 6 Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Caveat-computer failure in South East means some results are provisional
Con 25 Lab 13 UKIP 13 Lib Dem 11 Green 2 BNP 2 SNP 2 Plaid Cymru 1
BNP 86420 CPA (Christians) 51336 Conservatives 479037 Lib Dem 240156 Green 190589 Labour 373590 UKIP 188440
Con 3 Lab 2 Lib 1 Gr 1 UKIP 1
Con 468000 approx Lab 118716 Lib Dem 266253 UKIP 341845 Green 144179 BNP 60889
Con 3 Lab Lib Dem 1 UKIP 2 Green BNP
Cons 812288 Lab 192592 Lib 330340 UKIP 440002 BNP 101769 Green 271506
Con 4 Lab 1 Lib Dem 2 UKIP 2 Green 1
