European Parliamentary elections - 4 June 2009

Elections for the European Parliament, including 7 members (MEPs) to represent the eastern region, were held on 4 June 2009 and the votes were counted on 7 June 2009.

The seven elected MEPs were Geoffrey Van Orden (Conservative), David Bannerman (UKIP), Robert Sturdy (Conservative), Andrew Duff (Liberal Democrat), Richard Howitt (Labour), Victoria Ford (Conservative) and John Agnew (UKIP).

The voting in the Suffolk Coastal district was as follows (with the eastern region figures in brackets):

• Electorate = 95,010 (4,252,669)
• Ballot papers issued =  41,241 (1,616,504)
• Turn-out =  43.4% (38%)
• Spoilt papers = 406 (13,164)

• Conservative Party = 13,198 (500,331)
• UKIP = 8,342 (313,921)
• Liberal Democrats = 5,769 (221,235)
• The Green Party =  4,421 (141,016)
• The Labour Party = 3,078 (167,833)
• British National Party = 1,823 (97,103)
• United Kingdom First = 1,072 (38,185)
• English Democrats Party = 722 (32,211)
• Chrstian Party = 655 (24,646)
• Libertas = 377 (9,940)
• Animals Count =  329 (13,201)
• NO2EU:Yes to Democracy = 300 (13,939)
• Independent = 298 (9,916)
• Socialist Labour Party = 280 (13,599)
• Jury Team =  171 (6,354)

Follow the links below to see the result notice, the breakdown of voting across all the 47 districts that make up the eastern region, the list of candidates for this region and the and the Regional Returning Officer's statement which gives details of the votes cast, candidates elected and not elected.

• The declaration of the result for the eastern region (new window PDF 14KB)
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• The breakdown of votes cast in all districts in the eastern region (new window PDF 17KB)
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• List of candidates for the eastern region (new window PDF 58KB)
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• Regional Returning Officer's statement under Rule 56(1)(b) of European Parliamentary Elections Rules 2004 (new window PDF 24KB)

Voting in European Parliamentary elections

Elections for the European Parliament take place every five years. In a UK European Parliamentary election, you have one vote to elect all of your MEPs. Each party puts forward a list of candidates known as a regional list. You vote for either one party or for an individual candidate standing as an independent. The number of MEPs that are elected from each party to represent a region depends on the overall share of votes that each party receives.

More information on voting in European Parliamentary elections can be found on the About my vote website (new window).