OK so here are the results for the South West – 3 Brexit Party MEPs, LibDems 2 MEPs, Green Party 1 MEP. Last time the SW had 2 UKIP, 2 Cons, 1 LibDem and 1 Green. So 4 right-wing pro-Brexit MEPs which is now down to 3! A better than expected result (as we projected 2 Brexit Party, 1 Cons, LibDems 2 MEPs, Green Party 1 MEP…)

South West, vote share: Brex: 36.7% (+36.7)

LDem: 23.1% (+12.4)

Grn: 18.1% (+7.0)

Con: 8.7% (-20.2)

Lab: 6.5% (-7.2)

UKIP: 3.2% (-29.1)

ChUK: 2.8% (+2.8) — Britain Elects (@britainelects) May 26, 2019

Another interesting point is Carl of Swindon got nowhere near being elected! ha!

Look what Carl Benjamin did to UKIP in the South-West… https://t.co/iwLgPuxUa1 — Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) May 26, 2019

The combined votes of Green and LibDems do beat the Brexit Party, so this is not a majority ‘Brexit’ vote!

South West: Greens and Liberals together easily beat the new UKIP party. Good news Carl Benjamin doesn’t get in. Also good news @MollyMEP get back. Sadly, Widdecombe gets in. But she’s leaving Europe. — Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) May 26, 2019

Bristol has published the vote results for the city (note these just feed into overall SW result) and it is very interesting with the Greens coming out on top, followed by LibDems then Brexit Party with Labour in 4th and Tory party in 5th!

. @BristolCouncil #EUelections2019 results:

TOTAL: 140,719

Change UK: 3,258

Con: 6,623

English Democrats: 484

Green: 49,126

Lab: 19,431

Lib Dems: 31,510

Brexit: 26,071

UKIP: 3,196

Maxey (Ind): 97

Rahman (Ind): 66

Seed (Ind): 178

Rejected: 662 pic.twitter.com/SYukWZ0uDz — BCP Council (@BCPCouncil) May 26, 2019

Bath sees a different picture, with some similarities; LibDems in 1st, then Brexit Party, then Greens again Labour and Tory parties into 4th and 5th with Tory party in 4th and Labour in 5th:

Bath & North East Somerset (South West) result: LDem: 35.0% (+20.9)

Brex: 26.5% (+26.5)

Grn: 20.6% (+4.3)

Con: 6.8% (-20.5)

Lab: 5.4% (-9.6)

ChUK: 2.9% (+2.9)

UKIP: 2.3% (-22.5) — Britain Elects (@britainelects) May 26, 2019

Some comment from local politicians on this result. Labour’s Ben Bradshaw, MP from Exeter acknowledged the surge in Reamin from 2014:

1/ So gutted to lose our only MEP in South West England @ClareMoodyMEP. Totally undeserved. She lost, like Labour candidates everywhere, to the Lib Dem/Green #PeoplesVote Remain surge. — Ben Bradshaw (@BenPBradshaw) May 26, 2019

The new LibDem MEP noted that the clear anti-Brexit parties did well compared to the clear Brexit parties:

This is the most important result of the night… https://t.co/Qiy19EkfKu — CarolineVoaden 🔶 #FBPE (@CarolineVoaden) May 26, 2019

The Green Party, who did well locally, are doing really well over whole of the EU: