Elections 2009

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Shropshire

  CON WIN


New unitary authority which replaces the old Shropshire County Council as well as the second tier Bridgnorth, North Shropshire and South Shropshire district councils as well as Oswestry and Shrewsbury and Atcham borough councils.

SEATS AT A GLANCE
Conservative Conservative 54
Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat 11
Labour Labour 7
Independents Independents 2

SEATS IN DETAIL
Party Previous Seats +/- 2009
Conservative 0 54
Liberal Democrat 0 11
Labour 0 7
Independents 0 2

COUNCIL BACKGROUND
Type Unitary
Portion up for election Whole
Boundary changes Yes
Seats up for election 74



EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS

MEP Seats

  Votes MEPs
Party % +/- % Total +/-
EPP 33.4 -1.4 264 -18
Socialists 23.2 -4.1 183 -26
Liberal 11.0 +1.6 84 +5
Green 7.4 +1.3 50 +9
Left 5.3 -0.6 34 -2
UEN 3.4 +1.6 28 +2
Ind/Dem 2.7 -1.8 21 -15
No Group 13.6 +3.4 72 +3.4
0 of 27 countries declared.

UK Total MEP Seats

Party Votes MEPs
% +/- % Total +/-
CON 27.7 1.0 *26 1
UKIP 16.5 0.3 13 1
LAB 15.7 -6.9 13 -5
LD 13.7 -1.2 11 1
GRN 8.6 2.4 2 0
BNP 6.2 1.3 2 2
SNP 2.1 0.7 2 0
PC 0.8 -0.1 1 0
OTH 8.5 2.4 0 0
SF 1 0
DUP 1 0
72 of 72 seats declared. Vote share figures exclude Northern Ireland as it has a separate electoral system to the rest of the UK
* Includes UCUNF MEP elected in Northern Ireland
KEY STORIES
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VIDEO REPORTS
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David Cameron Cameron 'delighted' with results

Nick Clegg Clegg: Results 'a good platform'

Nick Griffin Jubilant BNP hails 'great victory'

Nigel Farage UKIP: A hell of an achievement

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