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| European elections 2019: Lib Dems make London MEP gains | European elections 2019: Lib Dems make London MEP gains |
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| The Liberal Democrats were the main winners in the European elections in London, gaining three MEPs in the region. | |
| Both the Brexit Party and Labour had two candidates elected, while the Green Party took the remaining seat. | Both the Brexit Party and Labour had two candidates elected, while the Green Party took the remaining seat. |
| It means the Conservative Party no longer has any MEPs in London, having lost the two seats it won in the 2014 European Parliament elections. | It means the Conservative Party no longer has any MEPs in London, having lost the two seats it won in the 2014 European Parliament elections. |
| The Lib Dems vote share rose by 20%. The Brexit Party took 18% of the vote. | |
| Turnout was 41.3% - slightly higher than the 40.1% turnout in the previous election. | Turnout was 41.3% - slightly higher than the 40.1% turnout in the previous election. |
| Labour's share fell by 12.7%, while UKIP and the Conservatives fell by 14.8% and 14.6% respectively. UKIP leader Gerard Batten lost his seat as an MEP. | Labour's share fell by 12.7%, while UKIP and the Conservatives fell by 14.8% and 14.6% respectively. UKIP leader Gerard Batten lost his seat as an MEP. |
| Irina von Wiese, Dinesh Dhamija and Luisa Porritt will now serve as MEPs for the Lib Dems. | |
| One of the Lib Dem victories was in Jeremy Corbyn's borough Islington, where the party beat Labour into second place. | |
| A London Labour Party spokesman said the elections in London "were always going to be tough". | |
| He added: "We're ecstatic that both Claude Moraes and Seb Dance have been elected as MEPs for London. | |
| "Our MEPs will go to Brussels championing workers rights, fighting climate change and the other issues important to our party." | |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| By Professor Sir John Curtice | By Professor Sir John Curtice |
| Nothing illustrates more clearly the success of the Lib Dems in winning over Remain voters than the party's success at coming a clear first in the capital, something it has never come remotely close to achieving in a previous election. | Nothing illustrates more clearly the success of the Lib Dems in winning over Remain voters than the party's success at coming a clear first in the capital, something it has never come remotely close to achieving in a previous election. |
| The Greens have also prospered to some degree with a three point increase in its vote to 12%. | The Greens have also prospered to some degree with a three point increase in its vote to 12%. |
| Meanwhile the Brexit Party have inevitably done less well here with a modest 18% of the vote. | Meanwhile the Brexit Party have inevitably done less well here with a modest 18% of the vote. |
| Meanwhile the weakness of Change UK is underlined by its inability to get more than 5% in this most Remain party of England. | Meanwhile the weakness of Change UK is underlined by its inability to get more than 5% in this most Remain party of England. |
| Lib Dem MP Ed Davey tweeted he was "hearing good things across London" as his party dominated Kingston-upon-Thames in his constituency with 25,006 votes, amounting to 47% of the total 53,027 turnout in the borough. | Lib Dem MP Ed Davey tweeted he was "hearing good things across London" as his party dominated Kingston-upon-Thames in his constituency with 25,006 votes, amounting to 47% of the total 53,027 turnout in the borough. |
| Green Party MP Caroline Lucas tweeted her congratulations to successful London candidate Scott Ainslie. | Green Party MP Caroline Lucas tweeted her congratulations to successful London candidate Scott Ainslie. |
| After Change UK failed to win a seat in London, MEP candidate and former BBC journalist Gavin Esler thanked "the 170,000 Londoners" who voted for the new party. | After Change UK failed to win a seat in London, MEP candidate and former BBC journalist Gavin Esler thanked "the 170,000 Londoners" who voted for the new party. |
| He added: "Now the real fight begins - to save Britain from the self-harm of Brexit in a People's Vote and work to Remain." | He added: "Now the real fight begins - to save Britain from the self-harm of Brexit in a People's Vote and work to Remain." |