May 26, 20196 yr Author First seats on North East - Brexit won 2 seats, Labour won 1. Labour lost 1 seat since 2014, Ukip lost their seat.
May 26, 20196 yr No Brexit Party representative either - just Suzanne Evans, who was ex-MEP for Ukip, but didn't stand for the Brexit Party. Let's see if they'll have Lib Dem or Brexit Party people (who will likely be the 2 biggest parties at the end of the night) in the studio when they change the in-studio guests in a few hours. They have three people from Leave parties and none from Remain parties. Now they are talking to another Leave representative.
May 26, 20196 yr Hopefully we'll see some surprises by the end of the night - Green/Lib Dems doing better than expected and Labour doing as badly as the conservatives. Really happy to see how well the Greens seem to be doing! Looks like they're going to gain a decent amount compared to last election. It's also nice to see that it looks to be remain-backing parties getting the boost. The brexit party's gains are mainly from UKIP/Conservative voters (+some labour), so not much in the way of a leave surge when looking at it like that. More so a redistribution of leave voters.
May 26, 20196 yr Result from Gibraltar Lib Dem 7,220 Farage 746 Green 467 Lab 411 Con 256 UKIP 84 ChUK 77 Eng Dem 55 Spoilt papers 110, beating UKIP and ChUK
May 26, 20196 yr Kingston result (Vince Cable country) Lib Dem 25,006 Far 10,197 Green 4,892 Con 4,176 Lab 4,005 ChUK 2,165 UKIP 1,035 The BBC don't seem to have twigged what is going on yet.
May 26, 20196 yr Lib Dems won Islington from Labour - where Jeremy Corbyn's seat is. I would say that's quite a big victory for the Lib Dems and may be indicative of what could happen in the next GE.
May 26, 20196 yr Looking at some of the polling data, Labour look to be doing almost as bad as the conservatives. :o Of course still a ways to go.
May 26, 20196 yr Lib Dems & Greens outperforming both Labour and Conservatives in the East Of England - making it Brexit 3, Lib Dem 2 with Green and Conservatives getting 1 apiece. I think way better than my expectations for the Remain parties.
May 26, 20196 yr Author Stephen Yaxley-Lennon has conceded that he has failed to win a seat. Don't think that was ever in doubt. Having said that, if he ended up with a vote into 5 figures, then that would be rather troubling. I doubt an independent candidate would ever win an EU seat in the UK - the particracy of the list-system makes sure of that.
May 26, 20196 yr Lib Dems & Greens outperforming both Labour and Conservatives in the East Of England - making it Brexit 3, Lib Dem 2 with Green and Conservatives getting 1 apiece. I think way better than my expectations for the Remain parties. It looks likely the greens will get a seat in the North-West as well. The polls predict they'll gain 4 seats, but I believe they may get more with how the votes are going! Lib Dems doing very well as well. It's quite refreshing to see. Now if only they could get the same media coverage as other parties.
May 26, 20196 yr Lib Dems topping the poll in London! I didn't think they were going to get away with that! :D That means 3 MEPs from that. Hey hey.
May 26, 20196 yr I believe I dismissed the idea of the Lib Dems coming first in London as ridiculous a couple weeks ago. Rarely have I been so pleased to be proved wrong!
May 26, 20196 yr Tbf the Lib Dems have done a fantastic job campaigning in London. I've seen them multiple times campaigning around whilst out. Greens also get 1 seat in the London area - that's 2 for them so far tonight! Edited May 26, 20196 yr by Envoirment
May 26, 20196 yr It looks likely the greens will get a seat in the North-West as well. The polls predict they'll gain 4 seats, but I believe they may get more with how the votes are going! Lib Dems doing very well as well. It's quite refreshing to see. Now if only they could get the same media coverage as other parties. They might get one in Yorkshire too. Big win for the Remain parties.
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