Barbara Gibson

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Barbara Gibson
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Barbara Gibson at the Liberal Democrats Spring Conference 2019 in March 2019
Member of the European Parliament
for East of England
In office
2 July 2019  31 January 2020
Conservative Stephen McPartland 24,798 50.3 Increase2.svg5.7
Labour Co-op Sharon Taylor21,41443.4Increase2.svg9.2
Liberal Democrats Barbara Gibson2,0324.1Increase2.svg0.8
Green Victoria Snelling1,0852.2Decrease2.svg0.7
Majority3,3846.9Decrease2.svg3.5
Turnout 49,32969.7Increase2.svg2.0
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.8

2019 European Parliament election

European election 2019: East of England [10] (results)
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Brexit Party Richard Tice (1)
Michael Heaver (3)
June Mummery (5)
Paul Hearn, Priscilla Huby, Sean Lever, Edmund Fordham
604,715
(201,391.67)
37.83N/A
Liberal Democrats Barbara Gibson (2)
Lucy Nethsingha (6)
Fionna Tod, Stephen Robinson, Sandy Walkington, Marie Goldman, Jules Ewart
361,563
(180,751.5)
22.6215.72
Green Catherine Rowett (4)
Rupert Read, Martin Schmierer, Fiona Radic, Paul Jeater, Pallavi Devulapalli, Jeremy Caddick
202,46012.674.17
Conservative Geoffrey Van Orden (7)
John Flack, Joe Rich, Thomas McLaren, Joel Charles, Wazz Mughal, Thomas Smith
163,83010.25−18.15
Labour Alex Mayer, Chris Vince, Sharon Taylor, Alvin Shum, Anna Smith, Adam Scott, Javeria Hussain139,4908.73−8.57
Change UK Emma Taylor, Neil Carmichael, Bhavna Joshi, Michelle de Vries, Amanda Gummer, Thomas Graham, Roger Casale 58,2743.65N/A
UKIP Stuart Agnew, Paul Oakley, Elizabeth Jones, William Ashpole, Alan Graves, John Wallace, John Whitby54,6763.42−31.08
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook, Charles Vickers, Bridget Vickers, Paul Wiffen10,2170.64−1.09
Independent Attila Csordas3,2300.20N/A
Rejected ballots9,589
Turnout 1,603,01736.37%+0.4%

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