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:
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%".
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%".
