Saturday, June 08, 2019

Newham European Election results 23 May 2019


Hat tip post to Martin at ForestGateDotCom

Newham had the highest number of Labour votes of any borough in London and at 51% the largest share of the vote.

The average vote for Labour in London was only 23.8%

Hat tip photo to Newham Young Pioneers at West Ham station on election day.

"The returning officer has released the full results for Newham from last week’s European election:
Party
Votes
Percent
Labour
33,379
51%
Liberal Democrats
9,192
14%
The Brexit Party
7,730
12%
Green Party
5,353
8.2%
Conservative
3,756
5.7%
Change UK
2,234
3.4%
UKIP
1,336
2.0%
UK European Union Party
917
1.4%
Animal Welfare Party
640
1.0%
Women’s Equality Party
572
0.9%
Others (independents)
312
0.5%
Total votes
65,421
100%

Compared to the previous European election in 2014, Labour lost 7 points of vote share and the Conservatives lost 11 points. UKIP also lost share, down over 6%.

The big gainers were the Liberal Democrats, up 12% and the Green Party up 3.6%.

Turnout was down 3%, from 39% to 36%".

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