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In reply to the discussion: European Parliament and Local Council elections on 22nd May [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,158 posts)30. The scary thing is Tories and UKIP got 63% of the South East vote between them
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/eu-regions/E15000008
(and the Independence from Europe/English Democrats/BNP lot got another 3% between them).
Even in Eastleigh, where the borough results were (of the 'big 5'):
Lib Dem 44%
UKIP 26%
Con 21%
Lab 10%
Green 0 (none stood)
the Euro results were:
UKIP 37%
Con 25%
Lib Dem 21%
Lab 10%
Green 7%
(and the Independence from Europe/English Democrats/BNP lot got another 3% between them).
Even in Eastleigh, where the borough results were (of the 'big 5'):
Lib Dem 44%
UKIP 26%
Con 21%
Lab 10%
Green 0 (none stood)
the Euro results were:
UKIP 37%
Con 25%
Lib Dem 21%
Lab 10%
Green 7%
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Euro-election in the South East constituency has the usual long list of parties...
LeftishBrit
Apr 2014
#2
Got a strange flyer today: Laurence Stassen, a Dutch woman who wants to take UK out of Europe
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#11
Yeah; she seemed to vaguely fit with UKIP because she had been EU Chief Accountant
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#13
I've had a few leaflets from the LibDems, both about the local elections and the Euro-ones
LeftishBrit
May 2014
#23
YouGov's projection from their final poll - Greens to overtake Lib Dems:
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#25
The scary thing is Tories and UKIP got 63% of the South East vote between them
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#30
Whatever the media may say about "uniform swings," the North-South divide has never looked greater .
non sociopath skin
May 2014
#31