European Parliament election, 2009 (Gibraltar)

Gibraltar European Parliament election, 2009

4 June 2009

contributes towards 6 seats to the European Parliament   First party Second party Third party   Leader David Cameron Gordon Brown Nick Clegg Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Leader since 6 December 2005 24 June 2007 18 December 2007 Popular vote 3,721 1,328 1,269 Percentage 53.3% 19.0% 18.2% Swing 17.4% 9.4% 9.2%

The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar is part of the European Parliament constituency of South West England and Gibraltar. For elections to the European Parliament in 2009, the vote in the region took place on 4 June 2009, with the results announced on 7 June 2009. The Conservatives won with 51% of the votes.^[1] Turnout was 35% in Gibraltar, below the 39% for the electoral region as a whole. The turnout in the territory was significantly lower than the percentage from 2004, which was 58%.^[1]

Results

Party		Votes (Gib.)	Votes (SW Eng)	% (Gib.)	% (SW Eng)	Change (SW Eng)	Seats
	Conservative	3,721	468,742	53.30	30.2	-1.3	3
	Labour	1,328	118,716	19.02	7.7	-6.8	0
	Liberal Democrat	1,269	266,253	18.18	17.2	-1.2	1
	Green	224	144,179	3.21	9.3	+2.1	0
	UKIP	100	341,845	1.43	22.1	-0.5	2
	BNP	94	60,889	1.35	3.9	+0.9	0
	Christian	70	21,329	1.00	1.4	+1.4	0
	Socialist Labour	56	10,033	0.80	0.6	+0.6	0
	English Democrats	37	25,313	0.53	1.6	+1.6	0
	Pensioners	26	37,785	0.37	2.4	+2.4	0
	Independent Katie Hopkins	15	8,971	0.21	0.6	+0.6	0
	NO2EU	12	9,741	0.17	0.6	+0.6	0
	Mebyon Kernow	8	14,922	0.11	1.0	+1.0	0
	Fair Pay Fair Trade	8	7,151	0.11	0.5	+0.5	0
	Jury Team	6	5,758	0.09	0.4	+0.4	0
	Wai D Your Decision	4	789	0.06	0.1	+0.1	0
	Libertas	3	7,292	0.04	0.5	+0.5	0

Sources: Gibraltar Chronicle (Gibraltar results), BBC (South West England results)

References

1. Reyes, Brian (2009-06-08). "LANDSLIDE FOR TORIES DISAPPOINTMENT FOR LABOUR". Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-06-08. (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5hNJUnxxO)