Euro beating for Labour in the SW

[hermes2007]

Some 3.8 million people were eligible to vote in the EU’s South West region, which covers Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Gibraltar. Under the proportional system, voters chose from 17 parties on the ballot paper. The six seats are then distributed based on the share of the popular vote, with the party with the most votes securing the most MEPs.

THE South West last night jettisoned its only Labour Euro-MP in another devastating blow for Gordon Brown.
In a humiliating result in elections to the European Parliament, the Prime Minister suffered heavy losses across the country.
In the South West, the Conservatives topped the region’s popular vote to secure three of the six seats up for grabs.
The UK Independence Party, comfortably in second place, will send two MEPs to Brussels.
The Liberal Democrats landed the sixth slot, leaving Labour’s Glyn Ford out in the cold.

http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/Tories-Euro-seats/article-1057297-detail/article.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/euro/09/html/ukregion_36.stm

[LONDONER]

QUESTION for those more informed.
I notice from the last post that Gibraltar comes with in the SW area of the UK in the EU voting so does that mean that if one can fly direct in to Gibraltar with out entering Spain you don't need a passport??? because you are still in the UK, as the same as the channel islands.

[nigel1952]

Observation

Did anyone else watch the News24 election coverage about 10pm Sunday evening. Fell asleep at the sofa after half an hour or so, but noticed David Dimbleby asking Tessa Jowell a question then sat shuffling his papers looking for something while she answered, so I imagine he was about to fall asleep too.