Eastbourne and Mid Sussex European Parliament election results 2009

European Parliament elections June 2009 Results from East Sussex

	Eastbourne	Mid Sussex


Name of Party	Number of votes	Share of vote		Number of votes	Share of vote
British National Party	1169	4.08%		1431	3.31%
Christian Party	627	2.19%		753	1.74%
Conservative Party	8413	29.39%		15698	36.31%
English Democrats	563	1.97%		749	1.73%
Green Party	2980	10.41%		5129	11.86%
Jury Team	194	0.68%		291	0.67%
Labour Party	1322	4.62%		1959	4.53%
Liberal Democrats	6105	21.33%		8035	18.58%
No2EU: Yes to Democracy	289	1.01%		325	0.75%
Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu	274	0.96%		446	1.03%
Socialist Labour Party	161	0.56%		164	0.38%
Peace Party	126	0.44%		124	0.29%
The Roman Party. Ave!	62	0.22%		88	0.20%
United Kingdom First	237	0.83%		249	0.58%
U K I P	5911	20.65%		7500	17.35%
Rejected ballots	195	0.68%		298	0.69%

Number of votes	28628			43239
Eligible to vote	70610			not given
TURNOUT	40.54%			not given

The European Movement in Sussex Russian Society was joined by Lewes Links, an organisation which was set up in 1992 to forge links and to promote better understanding of central and eastern Europe. As countries in those areas opened to contacts with western Europen movment, Lewes Links aimed to involve Sussex Russian Society in creating and sustaining links with people and organisations in the eastern half of Europe.

In May some of the countries where these contacts had been built were welcomed into the European Union, and another two in January. Other countries still aspire to join, and the concept of a European movment goes well beyond the borders of the EU.