Well done to the North West’s two new Liberal Democrat members of the European Parliament – Chris Davies and Jane Brophy.
Chris, who lives in Oldham, was MEP for the North West until 2014. Jane, who lives in Timperley, is a local Liberal Democrat councillor on Trafford Council. They join the largest ever team of Liberal Democrats MEPs – 16 across Great Britain.
The North West Region has 8 MEPs, which are allocated proportionately depending the votes for each Party. Results for the North West region were:
Brexit Party 31.2% – 3 MEPs
Labour 21.91 – 2 MEPs
Liberal Democrats 17.2% – 2 MEPs
Green Party 12.4% – 1 MEP
Conservative 7.6%
UKIP – 3.6%
Change UK – 2.7%
Bury’s votes are counted separately before being added towards the North West total. Bury’s votes were:
Brexit Party 31.3%
Labour 21.2%
Liberal Democrats 16.2%
Green Party 11.3%
Conservative 9.6%
UKIP 3.5%
Change UK 3.2%
Congratulations to them both!
Good luck to them both. Let’s hope they push our case and stay there for a while yet!