Euro Vote Result

[Gromit]

1. UKIP.........23
2. Labour......18
3. Tories.......18 
4. Greens......3
5. LibDems....1
6. Welsh/Scots/NI*....1

This is pretty much what I expected.

UKiP win as expected.
Labour will be disappointed not to get more seats, but have gone from 3rd laxt time to 2nd
The Conservatives did not do as bad as expected, but have gone from 1st last time to 3rd.
LibDems. The expected wipeout nearly happened, winning just one seat and dumping them to 5th. A very bad night.
Greens beat the LibDems, a great result for them.

The AB predictions
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1338309.html

[ToraToraTora]

I voted UKIP mikey and yes I trust them to look after our interests better than the other parties. At least they will be euro sceptic enough to not collaborate with EU subjugation machine. The main parties may have done better if they'd appointed EU sceptics in the past instead of the kow towing apologist they did send.

[jim360]

As I pointed out in Chilldoubt's thread, a surprisingly large proportion of UKIP's increase in its share of the vote appears to have come from voters deserting the minor protest parties and switching to Farage's party instead. Certainly the Conservatives saw no great loss in their vote share, and most of that was probably the usual hit a party in office takes in elections that can often be seen as a chance to protest against the government.

Perhaps this election represents the moment when UKIP established itself as the successor to the LibDems as the party of choice for those who reject both Labour and the Conservatives, rather than a swing to the right or something.

[mikey4444]

Then I owe you an apology naomi...I have got you mixed up with emmie. Sorry.

[Brenden]

No mickey, I am a conservative but I voted UKIP as a protest vote, not knowing how many of the population feel as I do. The proof is in the pudding - as they say.

[emmie]

i did as a protest against the sheer incompetence of the main parties,
looks like many were wrong about UKIP, good. They may not do well in the General election however as some may come to see that the main parties still hold sway, however its a year off anything could happen