Friday 8th May, 2015
03:25
With a recap of the evening news now finished, the camera shifts back to the Election Night studio.
“We now turn to Emily for the remaining results from the UK and France.” said Dimbleby.
“Thank you David. We now have all the results declared in both the UK and France. Starting with Northwest England, with 15 seats, we see Labour down 1 to 4 seats, and the Liberals down 1 to 2. Both of those seats were gained by the Tories, giving them 6. No change for the Greens, and the Nationalist Party, at one seat each.
“Next we go to the East of England, with 12 seats. Labour is down 1 to 1, and the Liberals down 1 to 2. The Tories have gained 1, giving them 7 seats. No change for the Greens, holding one seat, whilst the Nationalist Party has gained one seat.
“Southwest England has 9 seats. Labour has lost 1, leaving them with a single seat. The Liberals are down 1 to 3, whilst the Tories are up 2, to 6. The Greens hold onto their seat.
“Southeast England is divided into 2 districts of 9 seats each. Both seats have identical seat results this time around, with Labour losing one seat each, leaving them with 1 per district. The Liberals hold onto both pairs of seats. The Tories now have 5 seats per district, though one of those is a gain in the first district. The Greens have one seat per district, the one in the second district being a gain.
“Greater London is divided into 2 districts, one of which has 9 seats, the other 8. The results for Labour, the Liberals and the Tories are identical in both districts, with Labour down 1 to 2 per district, the Liberals down 1 to 2 per district, and the Tories hold onto their 3 per district. The Greens now have 1 per district, the second district’s seat being a gain. The Radical Socialists have gained 1 seat per district, and the Nationalist Party has gained 1 seat in the first district.
“Next is Scotland, which has 11 seats. Labour is down 1 to 3. No change for the Liberals, the Unionist Party and the SNP, with 2, 3 and 2 respectively. The Greens have gained one seat.
“The final UK constituency is Northern Ireland, which has 4 seats. No change from last time – the Labour Party of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party, the Protestant Unionist Party and Sinn Fein all holding their seats.”
She presses a button, which changes the map to France.
“North France has 12 seats. The Socialists are down 1, with 3. No change for the Radical Party, holding its only seat. The joint Democratic Republican-miscellaneous right ticket gains 1 seat, giving it 4. The Greens, Left Front, National Front and the unaligned Civil Liberty Party each hold their seats.
“The Rhône-Alpine constituency has 13 seats. The Socialists-miscellaneous Left have lost one seat, leaving them with 2, whereas the Democratic Republicans have gained 1, giving them 5. The National Liberals hold both of their seats, whilst the Greens, Left Front and National front hold onto their seats.
“South France has 12 seats. Again, the Socialists have lost one seat, giving them 2, whilst the Democratic Republicans gain one seat, giving them 5. No change for the other parties – the Radical Liberals hold both seats, whilst the Greens, Left Front and National Front hold onto theirs.
“West France has 14 seats. The Socialists are down 1 to 2, whilst the centre-right combined ticket is up 1 to 7. No change for the others – again the Radical Liberals hold both seats, whilst the Greens, Left Front and National Front hold onto theirs.
“Finally, the Île-de-France is divided into three districts with 8 seats each. The second and third district both have identical seat results. The Socialists lose 1 each, leaving them with 2 per district. No change for Liberal Centre Party and the Democratic Republicans with 1 and 3 seat per district respectively. The Greens and National Front both have 1 seat each per district, though the Greens gained in the third district, and the National Front in the second. For the first district, again the Socialists lose 1 seat, down to 2. The Greens gain 1 seat. No change for the other parties, with the National Liberals, Left Front and National Front at 1 each, and the Popular Republican Movement at 2.”
“Thank you Emily. We still have our guests, Geneviève Arnaud, a Socialist MP for the Rhône région, James Alexander, one of the two Conservative MPs for Grampian, and Lord Edward Langford, a Liberal peer in the House of Lords. Firstly, Mr Alexander. Whilst the Socialists have experienced losses in nearly every constituency, the Conservative grouping hasn’t been the recipient of many of those seats.”
“Of course we would have hoped for some more gains, we have now come first in several constituencies, even in areas that traditionally vote for Socialist parties.”
“Some of those with a reduction in your overall vote share.”
“Throughout the campaign, the Conservatives have been going on and on that they are the rightful party of government.” said Arnaud. “But the voting people have rejected your message.”
“Of course, the Liberal grouping has seen losses as well.” said Dimbleby.
“Yes, we have.” said Lord Langford. “Not as much as one might expect for a junior party of government, but yes we have lost. We will, of course, accept the result of the election, and try to work with any government that forms, as long as it remains within our values to do so.”
“We now turn back to Emily for the final block of results from Europe. We are not expecting the results from the Americas until at least 6, possibly 7AM, but we will be back at 8AM for a final discussion of the results. Emily.”
The massive screen has now switched away from France, and onto the Federation’s German member states.
“Thank you David. We have the German results all declared, and will be going through the constituencies in alphabetic order.
“First is Baden, which has 10 seats. The Social Democrats and Democratic Party have both lost one seat, leaving them with one seat each. The centre-right People’s Party has gained 1 seat, giving them 4. The Greens, the right-wing Freedom Party and the Independent Gustav Muller have all held their seats. Meanwhile, the Democratic Socialist Party has gained 1 seat.
“Next is Franconia, which has 13 seats. Again, the Social Democrats and Democratic Party have both lost one seat, leaving them with 3 and 1 respectively. The Christian Democrats have gained 2 seats, giving them 5. The Greens hold onto both of their seats, whilst the Democratic Socialist Party and the right-wing Freedom and Justice Party have both held their seats, with 1 each.
“Moving on to Hanover, which has 18 seats, the greatest number for a single constituency. The Social Democrats and Liberal Party have both lost one seat, leaving them with 3 and 2 respectively. The joint Christian Democrat-People’s Party ticket has gained two seats, giving them 7. The Greens hold onto both of their seats, whilst the Red-Green Alliance, Unity and Tradition Party and the Free Oldenburg Party have held their seats.
“Next up is the Rhineland, which is divided into two districts of 12 seats each. The Social Democrats have lost one seat per district, giving them 2 and 2. The Democratic Party has held both seats in the first district, but have lost 2 in the second, leaving them with 1. The Christian Democrats have gained a seat in each district, giving them 4 seats in the first district, and 5 in the second. The Greens have held onto their single seat in each district, as have the unaligned Independent Liberal League. Both the Democratic Socialists and the Freedom Party have one seat per district, but both of them are gains in the second district.
“Schleswig-Holstein is next, with 9 seats. The Social Democrats are down 1 with 2, the Liberal Party has held its seat, and the Christian Democrats are up 1 with 3. The Greens, the Democratic Socialists and the Danish Party have also held onto their seats.
“Now we have Thuringia, the newest member of the Federation, with its 4 seats. No change for the Social Democrats, the Christian Democrats or the Democratic Socialists. The Democratic Party has lost its seat to the Green Party.
“Next is Westphalia, which has 17 seats. The Social Democrats are down 2 at 3. The Democratic Party and Greens have both held onto their respective pair of seats, whilst the Christian Democrats have gained 2, giving them 7. The Democratic Socialists and the right-wing Alliance for Freedom and Progress have held their seats, whilst the unaligned Industrial Workers’ Party has lost one seat, leaving them with 1.
“Finally, is Wurttemberg, which has 12 seats. The Social Democrats are down 2 with 2 seats, whilst the Democratic Party are down 1 with 1. The Christian Democrats are up 2 with 5, and the Democratic Socialists gaining a seat. No change for the other parties, with the Greens and Freedom Party on 1 seat each, and the independent Olga Meitner has also held her seat.”
“Thank you Emily. We are not expecting the results from the Americas until at least 6, possibly 7AM. We will be back at 8AM on BBC1 and on the BBC News channel for a final discussion of the results.”
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At the bottom of the screen, the banner for the political groups reads like so:
Socialists: 156 (-70)
Liberals: 80 (-10)
Conservatives: 228 (+25)
Greens: 67 (+35)
Left: 55 (+12)
Right: 35 (+4)
Autonomists: 34 (+4)
Other: 29 (-)
684 out of 700 seats declared. 81 out of 87 constituencies declared.