Nationally and in the South West the Liberal Democrats have had their best ever European Election results. Caroline Voaden and Martin Horwood were elected in our region and will join a group of 16 Lib Dem MEPs in the European Parliament.

The percentage of voters for each party in the South West and Gibraltar Region were as follows:

Brexit Party 37%
Liberal Democrats 23%
Green Party 18%
Conservative 9%
Labour 7%
UKIP 3%
Change UK 3%
Others 0%

Elected MEPs:
Brexit Party 3
Liberal Democrats 2
Green Party 1

So No-deal Leave Parties (Brexit and UKIP) got 40%, but Remain Parties (Lib Dems, Green, Change UK) got 44%. Conservative and Labour between them got 16%.

Here in South Gloucestershire, the percentages were:

Brexit Party 37%
Liberal Democrats 24%
Green Party 15%
Conservative 10%
Labour 7%
UKIP 3%
Change UK 3%
Others 1%

As in the region, the combined vote for the Remain Parties exceeded that of the No-deal Leave Parties, with the Conservatives and Labour struggling.

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