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    European Parliament Elections 2009

    Wednesday, 17 June, 2009

    Elections to the European Parliament were held across the 27 states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. The UK elections were held concurrently with the county council elections in England on 4 June. The UK now has 72 MEPs, down from 78 at the last election, distributed between 12 regions. The Conservatives won 25 seats, both UKIP and Labour 13 and the Liberal Democrats 11. The Green Party held their two seats, while the BNP won their first two seats in the European parliament. Labour lost five seats compared with the comparative pre-election position. The Conservatives won the popular vote overall, and every region in Great Britain except the North East, where Labour won, and Scotland, where the SNP won. UKIP won more votes than Labour. UK turnout was 34.5%. Across Europe, centre-right parties, whether in power or opposition, tended to perform better than those on the centre-left. The exact political balance of the new Parliament depends on the formation of Groups. The UK was not alone in seeing gains for far-right and nationalistic parties. Turnout across the EU was 43%. It was particularly low in some of the newer Member States. Part 1 of this paper presents the full results of the UK elections, including regional analysis and local-level data. Part 2 presents summary results of the results across the EU, together with country-level summaries based on data from official national sources.

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    • Elections
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    Electoral performance of the British National Party in the UK

    Friday, 08 May, 2009

    This note provides data on the electoral performance of the UK's British National Party (BNP) in local and parliamentary elections. This note has been updated to include results from the local elections held in England on 1 May 2008. It also comments upon results from various elections up to 2006, as well as overall results from the 2007 and 2008 local elections.

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    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • Local government
    • Parliament
    • UK elections
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    European Parliament Political Groups

    Thursday, 26 March, 2009

    This Note looks briefly at political groups in the European Parliament.

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    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • Parliament
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    The UK Parliament and European Business: recent reforms and scrutiny issues

    Tuesday, 24 February, 2009

    This Note looks at changes to EU scrutiny procedures in 2008 and 2009, as well as other scrutiny issues, such as the Government's use of the scrutiny override and Parliament's role in considering agreement on a "general approach" in the Council of Ministers.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Parliament
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    The Reflection Group Horizon 2020-2030

    Tuesday, 10 February, 2009

    This Note considers the Reflection Group established by the European Council in December 2007 to discuss the future of Europe.

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    • EU institutions
    • Europe
    • The EU
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    2009 European Parliament Elections: parties, polls and recent developments

    Thursday, 29 January, 2009

    The European Parliament (EP) elections will be held in the UK on 4 June 2009, alongside local elections. This Note looks at the EC Treaty base for the elections, public views and voter turnout, and European political groups and parties.

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    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
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    The Lisbon Treaty: the final four

    Tuesday, 20 January, 2009

    This Note looks at progress in the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon which was signed in December 2007. It updates Research paper 08/66, "The Treaty of Lisbon: an Uncertain Future" 30 July 2008, in this regard.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • The EU
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    Progress on Enlargement at a Glance: 2008

    Friday, 19 December, 2008

    This Note looks at the European Commission's latest progress report on EU candidate and potential candidate states.

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    • EU institutions
    • Europe
    • The EU
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    The Lisbon Treaty: the European Council and prospects for Irish ratification

    Thursday, 18 December, 2008

    This Note looks at the discussions in Ireland, the European Union Institutions and other Member States about the prospects for Irish ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. It considers the declarations on concessions agreed by the European Council on 11-12 December 2008 which are intended to facilitate Irish ratification in 2009.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • The EU
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    Eurosceptic campaigns alleging the abolition of Westminster

    Thursday, 20 November, 2008

    This Note looks at a few eurosceptic campaigns alleging that the EU will remove England from the map of Europe and abolish the government and parliament at Westminster. It considers the EU instruments linked to such allegations.

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • The EU
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    The European Union Symbols and their Adoption by the European Parliament

    Wednesday, 22 October, 2008

    This Note considers the symbols traditionally used by the European Union institutions and the recent formal adoption of them by the European Parliament.

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    • EU institutions
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    The Treaty of Lisbon: an uncertain future

    Wednesday, 30 July, 2008

    On 12 June 2008 the Republic or Ireland voted against ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, throwing the EU into uncertain waters once again. Although most Member States, including the UK, have continued with the ratification processes, the future of the Lisbon Treaty remains uncertain.

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    • EU institutions
    • The EU
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    The Treaty of Lisbon: amendments to the Treaty on European Union

    Thursday, 24 January, 2008

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • The EU
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    European Union (Amendment) Bill [Bill 48 of 2007-08]

    Tuesday, 15 January, 2008

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
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    The Treaty of Lisbon: amendments to the Treaty establishing the European Community.

    Thursday, 06 December, 2007

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    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • The EU

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