page_title: 2009 in the United Kingdom
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 in the United Kingdom / Events / June
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
context_page_description: Events from the year 2009 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 June – An Ipsos MORI opinion poll suggests the Conservatives are on course for a landslide election victory, with 40% of those polled saying they would vote for the party. Labour and the Liberal Democrats stand 22% behind the Conservatives, both being supported by 18% of respondents. Minority parties, including the British National Party and UK Independence Party appear to be enjoying a surge in support, alongside the Scottish and Welsh nationalists.
  2 June
  The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, confirms she will leave the Cabinet in the next reshuffle, expected after the forthcoming local and European elections. It is also announced that the Cabinet Office Minister, Tom Watson and the Minister for Children, Beverley Hughes are to leave government.
  The Labour Party bars four of its MPs from standing at the next general election. Eliot Morley, Ian Gibson, David Chaytor and Margaret Moran had come under scrutiny in the MPs expenses scandal.
  3 June – The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears, resigns from the Cabinet, placing increased pressure on the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
  4 June – elections are held across the United Kingdom to the European Parliament, alongside local council elections in England.
  5 June
  The results of the local elections are announced, with the remaining councils under Labour Party control all falling to the Conservative Party's control. The projected national vote shares suggests that the Conservatives achieved 38% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats 28% and Labour 23%.
  In the aftermath of these results, the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, reshuffles his cabinet amidst some pressure on his leadership of the Labour Party.
  7 June – The results of the European parliamentary elections, held on 4 June, are announced, and show large declines in the vote of the Labour Party. The far-right British National Party also win their first ever seats in a national election, being elected in North West England and Yorkshire and the Humber.
  8 June – Paedophile nursery worker Vanessa George is arrested on suspicion of child sex abuse in connection to the 2009 Plymouth child abuse case
  9 June
  Unemployment in Britain is now standing at a 14-year high of 2,220,000 and the quarterly rise in unemployment is the highest for 28 years.
  Newly elected MEP and leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin is forced to abandon a press conference outside the Houses of Parliament after being ambushed by protesters.
  14 June
  The first death in the United Kingdom related to the 2009 swine flu pandemic is confirmed by the Scottish Government at 20:30 BST. There will eventually be 474 confirmed deaths in the UK.
  The Big Top 40 Show is the first real-time chart show ever to be broadcast in the United Kingdom, consisting of downloads and airplay. The show is broadcast on 142 stations – the largest number of stations that a radio show is broadcast on in the UK.
  15 June
  Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces an independent inquiry into events surrounding the Iraq War.
  The Calman Commission recommends that the Scottish Parliament be given greater control over tax and legislation such as setting speed limits.
  16 June
  The long-awaited Digital Britain report is published. It makes a number of recommendations with regard to Broadband access, Internet use and Public Service Broadcasting.
  An official inquiry begins into the MPs expenses scandal, conducted by The Committee on Standards in Public Life
  18 June – MPs' expenses are published online by Parliamentary authorities, but the decision to black out many of the details leads to criticism.
  21 June – the final British Grand Prix (providing Donington Park is prepared on time) to be held at the Silverstone Circuit is won by Sebastian Vettel. Britain's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton finish 6th and 16th respectively.
  22 June – Conservative MP John Bercow is elected as the 157th Speaker of the House of Commons.
  25 June – The BBC publishes the expenses of some of its top executives. Among the information to be revealed is that the corporation's Director General Mark T
caption: The newly elected Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow.
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