In terms of change in share of the vote (which dropped in turnout from 45% to 43%), taking the major parties:
Conservatives +1%
Labour -6.9%
UKIP +0.5%
Lib Dems -1.2%
Greens +2.4%
BNP +1.3%
SNP +0.7%
Plaid Cymru -0.1%
English Democrats +1.1%
Christian Party +1.6%
And in terms of absolute number of voters:
Conservatives -198,696
Labour -1,336,923
UKIP -152,542
Lib Dems -371,714
Green +190,210
BNP +135,398
SNP +89,509
Plaid Cymru -33,087
English Democrats +149,437
Christian Party +192,722
And so the big four (Conservatives, Labour, UKIP and the Liberal Democrats) between them lost 1,907,333 voters – 70% of which is accounted for by Labour’s huge plunge in popularity.
In terms of absolute voter numbers, therefore, the Tories lost 4.7%, Labour lost 36.2%, UKIP lost 5.8%, the Lib Dems lost 13.3%; meanwhile the Greens gained 18.3% and the BNP 16.7%.
Based on data from Wikipedia (2009 results, 2004 results)
To get an idea of the EU-wide picture, the best I’ve found so far is this interactive map from the Financial Times.
June 8, 2009 at 4:00 pm
These facts wont stop the Tories/UKIP harping on about mandates, ‘the people have spoken and they wont out’ etc.
Getting 2% more seems to be enough these days to be classed as a mandate for sweeping change!
June 8, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Mebyon Kernow did OK: http://thecornishdemocrat.blogspot.com/2009/06/cornish-election-results-commented.html