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June 08, 2009

At least 3 in every 4 votes counted and elected an MEP

Because of the proportional system that is used in the UK for the European elections, a large majority of voters will be represented by an MEP whom they voted for. In most regions, that is the case for at least 3 out of every 4 voters. In the SE it is almost 9 in 10 voters.

Here are the percentages of people within each region who now have an MEP from a party they voted for representing them:

South East - 87.7%
North West - 84.1%
London - 84%
Yorkshire and Humber - 83.6%
West Midlands - 78.4%
East Midlands - 75.8%
East of England - 75.1%
Wales - 72.8%
South West - 69.5%
North East - 62.4%

Some footnotes:

(i) smaller regions with fewer MEPs (e.g the NE with only 3, or Wales for 4) are much less likely to ever have as proportional result as those larger regions with many more seats.

(ii) regions which saw particularly strong support for one party
(e.g South West and East of England, each with 3 Conservatives elected), are consequently less likely to achieve a large spread of representation. The exception comes if they are particularly large regions to begin with (e.g. the South East, which elected 4 Conservative MEPs out of 10).

Posted by philconnor on June 08, 2009

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