European Parliamentary Election 2009

The results of the European Parliamentary Elections 2009 were announced by the London Regional Returning Officer in Lewisham on Sunday 7 June. The turnout for London was 33.53%. The results for London were as follows:

Seat Number	Party	Number of votes*	Candidate awarded seat
1	Conservative Party	479,037	Timothy Charles Ayrton Tannock
2	The Labour Party	372,590	Claude Moraes
3	Liberal Democrats	240,156	Sarah Ann Ludford
4	Conservative Party	239,518	Syed Salah Kamall
5	The Green Party	190,589	Jean Denise Lambert
6	United Kingdom Independence Party	188,444	Gerard Joseph Batten
7	The Labour Party	186,295	Mary Hilda Rosamund Honeyball
8	Conservative Party	159,679	Marina Yannakoudakis

*These results are the number of votes which each party had after the application of subsections (5) to (9) of section 2 of the 2002 Act at any stage when a seat was allocated to that party.

For more information on the London-wide result including the total number of valid votes given to each registered party, download the Declaration of results from the Lewisham Council website.

Islington results

The total number of valid votes for Islington was 42,707. The turn-out was 32.3%. The official results from the Local Returning Officer for the Islington area are as follows:

• British National Party – 1,488
• Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ`s Lordship" - 732
• Conservative Party – 6,170
• English Democrats Party - 443
• Jury Team - 168
• Liberal Democrats – 8,167
• No2EU: Yes To Democracy - 330
• Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu - 198
• Socialist Labour Party - 503
• The Green Party – 8,551
• The Labour Party – 12,428
• The Socialist Party of Great Britain - 149
• United Kingdom Independence Party – 2,639
• Yes 2 Europe - 95
• Gene Alcantara - 41
• Steven Cheung - 163
• Jan Jananayagam - 128
• Sohale Rahman - 25
• Haroon Saad - 34