Among a handful of countries that endorsed the election results unequivocally were China, which is building a huge industrial zone near Minsk, and Russia, Belarus’s powerful eastern neighbor. The interactive map below shows all the seats that have changed from one party to another. "At the end of the day it's about what voters want.
These estimates of constituency Brexit votes were modelled by Professor Chris Hanretty, as the 2016 referendum result was only recorded by local authority and not by Westminster constituency.The Conservatives were clear winners in constituencies estimated to have voted majority Leave in 2016. The Conservatives did lose votes in the south of England and Scotland, but these were balanced by gains in the rest of England and Wales.
You can read the analysis by CNN's Luke McGee here:The Green Party alliance posted its strongest ever performance in European elections, winning 69 seats -- a rise from 2014 when they took 50 seats.
In Scotland, the SNP made 14 gains, and lost just one seat, while the Conservatives lost seven and Labour lost six seats.In Wales, the Conservatives gained six seats and Labour lost six, mostly in the north east. While they might have the same name, the pair hold very different views when it comes to politics. The Lib Dems increased their share of the vote across the UK, but failed to translate these gains into more seats. The First Minister tweeted overnight that it was "emphatically clear that Scotland doesn't want Brexit."
Riots erupted across the country after official exit polls released late Sunday gave the victory to Lukashenko.
"There will be another Scottish independence referendum and I will make a prediction today that Scotland will vote for independence and we will become an independent country just like Ireland, and the strong relationship between our two countries now will become even stronger soon," she said, according to Britain's Press Association news agency.It comes after Sturgeon's Scottish National Party secured "a historic victory" in the European elections. TORONTO – Polls have officially opened for the 2019 federal election, as Canadians across the country cast ballots in a vote to determine who will form the next government. A proposed rule would allow officials to deny US citizens and legal residents entry over Covid-19. The Conservatives increased their vote share in many areas that voted Leave in the 2016 EU referendum.By contrast they lost votes in strong Remain constituencies such as those in Scotland and London. They have made gains in Labour heartlands across northern England and Wales.
They won almost three quarters of all these seats.By contrast, there was no clear winner among Remain backing constituencies, with a crowded field of parties all winning substantial numbers of seats.Labour did best of all those parties but only took 40% of the constituencies that backed Remain.Labour also straddled the Brexit divide taking a roughly equal number of Leave (106) and Remain (96) seats.Overall, the Conservatives broke new ground, moving into many traditional Labour heartlands.
Constitutive session: Results as officially announced by the newly-elected European Parliament after verification of its Members’ eligibility criteria.
You can read more about how the results revealed some unexpected outcomes here, plus the eight key takeaways this year:Alternatively, if you'd like to read more about why European politics is becoming increasingly fragmented, as millions of voters abandon traditional parties which have dominated Europe's institutions for decades. One Phillips (from the Green Party) wants the UK to remain in the European Union while the other Phillips is a hardline Brexiteer who will represent Nigel Farage's Brexit Party in Brussels.Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party -- which won the most votes in the UK -- has said it should be part of the negotiating team when it comes to exiting the EU. Despite a convincing win in the European elections, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has just lost a vote of no confidence.There was no count for the vote; instead a majority of deputies in the chamber simply stood up to indicate their unwillingness to put further trust in Kurz.The vote came after Kurz's Austrian People's Party (OVP) received 34.9% of the vote in the European Elections.Outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Brussels on Tuesday, where she will meet Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council.A spokesman at Downing Street has played down May's trip, telling CNN "it's not a big event. In every nation and region of Britain, the scale of Labour's losses outweighed any gains made by the Conservatives.
Much of the party's gains came from northern Europe, including the UK, Ireland, France and Germany, where young people have staged marches calling for political action over climate change.Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, said during an event in Dublin on Monday that she wants Scotland to hold a fresh referendum on independence in the second half of 2021.
At 32%, Labour's share of the vote is down around eight points on the 2017 general election. I think either the Conservatives and Labour parties take us towards Brexit, or they are going to have to be replaced -- it's as simple as that," Farage said, according to Britain's Press Association news agency. "In what appears to be a swipe at Farage's demands, the chief spokesman for the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, said in a statement Monday that the EU's "only interlocutor is the government of the UK."