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European election candidates

Elections for the European parliament will be held on 4 June 2009. Voters in the UK will elect a total of 72 MEPs, a reduction from the current 78 due to the enlargement of the European Union.

The UK is divided into 12 electoral regions, each represented by a different number of MEPs. Click on the names below to find a complete list of candidates in your area.

South EastLondonSouth WestWalesWest MidlandsNorth WestNorthern IrelandScotlandNorth EastYorkshire and HumbersideEast MidlandsEast of England

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ELECTIONS 2009
EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS

MEP Seats

  Votes MEPs
Party % +/- % Total +/-
EPP 33.4 -1.4 264 -18
Socialists 23.2 -4.1 183 -26
Liberal 11.0 +1.6 84 +5
Green 7.4 +1.3 50 +9
Left 5.3 -0.6 34 -2
UEN 3.4 +1.6 28 +2
Ind/Dem 2.7 -1.8 21 -15
No Group 13.6 +3.4 72 +3.4
0 of 27 countries declared.
Full EU Parliament results
Full UK results by region

UK Total MEP Seats

Party Votes MEPs
% +/- % Total +/-
CON 27.7 1.0 *26 1
UKIP 16.5 0.3 13 1
LAB 15.7 -6.9 13 -5
LD 13.7 -1.2 11 1
GRN 8.6 2.4 2 0
BNP 6.2 1.3 2 2
SNP 2.1 0.7 2 0
PC 0.8 -0.1 1 0
OTH 8.5 2.4 0 0
SF – – 1 0
DUP – – 1 0
72 of 72 seats declared. Vote share figures exclude Northern Ireland as it has a separate electoral system to the rest of the UK
* Includes UCUNF MEP elected in Northern Ireland
Full UK results
KEY STORIES
Brown faces down Labour critics
Labour slumps to historic defeat
Voters steer Europe to the right
Tories hail 'European advances'
UKIP beats Labour to second place
Lib Dems 'hold their own' in poll
BNP secures two European seats
Tories top European poll in Wales
Salmond hails 'historic' Euro win
Sinn Fein tops poll in Euro count
Poll result 'frustrates' Greens
English Democrats votes doubled
Christians aim to build on vote
Crow's No2EU gain 153,000 votes
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