2004 Euro Elections maps (U.K)

[Harry Hayfield]

I've got a map somewhere showing how each council area in England and Wales (trust those Scots to use constituencies) and there was one thing I noticed. The UKIP strongholds were Lincolnshire and Devon and Cornwall. Is there a reason why UKIP do so well in those areas?

[Harry Hayfield]

For the next elections in 2009, we have a slight complication. According to the Nice treaty (which allows for the accession of Bulgaria and Romania), the number of UK MEP's will fall from 78 to 72 (as in 2004 when the number of MEP's fell from 84 to 78).

If the trend for reductions are the same as in 2004, then the likely casulaties will be as follows:

Definite Losses
East Midlands: Lose one to five MEP's. Lib Dem lose 1
South West: Lose one to six MEP's. Con lose 1

Proable Losses:
North West: Lose one to nine MEP's. Lib Dem lose 1
South East: Lose one to nine MEP's. Lib Dem lose 1
London: Lose one to eight MEP's. Lab lose 1
Scotland: Lose one to six MEP's. Con lose 1

Effect of Changes on UK MEP's:
Con 25 (-2)
Lab 18 (-1)
LDm 9 (-3)
Others 20 (n/c) (made up of UKIP 12, SNP 2, Green 2, PC 1, NI 3)