LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

European elections results

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Election coverage

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:04:51

Description

Report on the outcome of the elections for MEPs and the success of Labour Party over the Conservative Party with announcement of one result heard to applause. Reaction from: Tories losing MEP Peter Price, losing candidates former MEP Lord Bethell (Nicholas Bethell) and Philip Treleaven and Tory chairman Norman Fowler; Labour’s new MEP Robert Evans, new Essex MEP Richard Howitt, shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown and acting leader Margaret Beckett; Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown on winning his party’s first European seats. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Norman Fowler; Nicholas Bethell; Paddy Ashdown; Margaret Beckett; Gordon Brown; Peter Price; Robert Evans; Richard Howitt; Philip Treleaven

Keywords

Elections; London; Labour Party; Conservative Party; European Parliament; Europe; Liberal Democrats; Essex

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