IN Manchester Labour came first with 27,502, ahead of Lib Dems with 16,424.
The Green Party polled 12,225, almost twice as many as the BNP who came sixth in the city with a lowly 6,796.
The Tories stunned their rivals by gaining the most votes in
Rochdale - 8, 909, ahead of Labour on 8,468 and Lib Dems on 8,299.
Labour finished first in their heartland of
Salford with 10,800, with the Tories close behind on 9,819 and UKIP on 7,252.
The Conservatives finished first in
Bolton with 16,559. Labour were second on 14,767 with UKIP third on 10,148. The Lib Dems polled 5,680 - down nearly 10,000 on 2004.
In
Stockport the Lib Dems polled 18,642, Tories 17,801 and UKIP 11,454. Labour were down on 8,813, less than half the number of votes they polled last time.
In
Bury the Tories won 14,244 with Labour back on 9,323. UKIP were third on 7,372.
Labour took 17,049 votes in
Wigan with UKIP second on 11,656 just ahead of the Tories on 11,354. The BNP gained 7,517 votes in the borough, finishing fourth.
Labour were also ahead in
Tameside, with 12,355. The Tories polled 10,152 and UKIP 8,123.
The Conservatives took 17,654 votes in
Trafford, followed by Labour on 10,141 and UKIP on 7,302.
In
Oldham Labour won with 9,849, followed by the Tories on 9,182 votes, and the Lib Dems third on 8,778.
The north west turnout was 31.9 per cent out of a total of 5,207,282 potential voters. Across Greater Manchester turnout in Bury was highest 1t 34.2pc. Turnout was the lowest in Manchester at 26.9pc.
Other turnout figures - Bolton: 30.5pc, Oldham: 29.7pc, Rochdale: 28.4pc, Salford: 27.5pc, Tameside: 30.3pc, Trafford: 34.08pc, Wigan: 27.01pc.
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Mark, South Manchester (08/06/2009 at 14:12)
National BBC News is focusing in on "racist" Tameside in East Manchester, where apparently the BNP got 13% of the vote. The BNP vote in Manchester was 8%.
The BNP % vote was actually higher in the East Midlands, West Midlands & North East than in the North West - but strangely wasn't enough to elect a MEP in these regions.
zarquon, bramhall (08/06/2009 at 15:15)
The ministry of funny walks is standing corrected in its orthopaedic footwear too.
As usual the makers of sofas are jubilant that demand for sitting down and watching telly is far more important than voting.
Andanotherthing, Mcr (08/06/2009 at 15:33)
The Very Cheeky Monkey, in the trees (08/06/2009 at 15:52)
No doubt pubs, bookies, turkey twizzler makers and bingo halls will be pleased to know that the benefit systems-propped, labour voting sheep in Manchester are still alive n kickin. Jeremy kyle must be relieved too that he continues to have ready access to both audience and participation fodder.
Princess_Pam, Crumpsall (08/06/2009 at 18:34)
Alan Hewitt (08/06/2009 at 19:30)
No1 Mancunian.
The Very Cheeky Monkey, in the trees (09/06/2009 at 08:36)
salford attack (09/06/2009 at 16:30)
same as you!