Electoral performance of far-right parties in the UK

Standard Note: SN/SG/1982 Last updated: 29 June 2004 Author: Jessica Yonwin Social and General Statistics Section

This note provides data on the electoral performance of the UK’s and National Front in local and parliamentary elections. This note has been updated to include results from the local elections held in on 10 June 2004. It also comments upon results from various ward by-elections in 2002 and 2003, as well as overall results from the 2002 and 2003 local elections.1

As at 24 June 2004, the BNP had 21 councillors in local government in England.

Contents

A. Background 2 B. Electoral performance 2 1. Local elections 2 2. European elections 5 3. 1997 General Election 5 4. 2001 General Election 5 5. Table 1: Election performance: General and by elections 7 6. Table 2: 2001 General Election 8 7. Table 3: Ward-by-ward electoral performance of BNP in the 2004 local elections in England and Scotland (see note on page 3). 9

1 See also Library Research Paper 04/49 Local Elections 2004 (23 June 2004), 03/44 Local Elections 2003 (12 May 2003), and 02/33 Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002 (9 May 2002)

Standard Notes are compiled for the benefit of Members of Parliament and their personal staff. Authors are available to discuss the contents of these papers with Members and their staff but cannot advise others. A. Background

The National Front (NF) was formed in 1967 by the merger of the British National Party (BNP) and the League of Empire Loyalists. Since then, the NF has fielded candidates at all general elections, except 1987. These results are summarised in Table 1. The NF fielded most candidates in the 1979 general election, when it stood in almost half the constituencies in Britain. The NF polled 191,719 votes. All lost their deposits, as have all NF candidates at every general election. In terms of the average votes cast for each candidate, the NF performed better in the previous 1974 elections.

During the mid-1970s, the NF enjoyed relative success in parliamentary by-elections. The second part of Table 1 details the National Front's best by-election performances in each Parliament since 1970. More recently, its by-election appearances have been much more sporadic, and its votes quite low. Neither the NF nor the BNP have had candidates in the three parliamentary by-elections held so far in the 2001 Parliament.

In 1995, the National Front relinquished its name and re-branded itself as the National Democrats. This caused a split in the NF membership as some activists continued to remain loyal to a ‘residual’ National Front. The NF and BNP fielded candidates in the 1997 and 2001 general elections, while the National Democrats fielded candidates only in 1997.

The BNP was formed in 1992 by the former leader of the National Front, John Tyndall. It remains UK’s largest extreme-right political party. The BNP achieved early notoriety when, in September 1993, the party secured the election of Derek Beacon in a by-election for the Millwall ward of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Beacon lost his seat in the 1994 borough-wide elections. In 1997, the party fielded over 50 candidates in the general election and, to the disquiet of many, qualified for a televised party election broadcast.

B. Electoral performance

1. Local elections

The extreme-right has tended to concentrate its local campaigning activities in urban districts with relatively high minority ethnic populations. The BNP has often exploited the delicate balance of local community relations in order to consolidate its electoral support and activist base.

Over time, the success of extreme-right candidates has tended to be confined to local ward by-elections where turnout has been low. In the 2000 local elections, the BNP obtained 23% of the vote in Tipton Green while the NF polled 10% in Great Bridge, both wards in the of Sandwell. In Bexley in July 2000, the BNP secured 26% in the North End ward by-election.

In the GLA elections in 2000, the BNP polled 7.1% in City and East for the London-wide top-up seats, although elsewhere its vote did not exceed 4.6% (Havering and Redbridge).

2 Overall, the BNP polled 2.9% of the votes, below the 5% threshold necessary to obtain GLA representation through the top-up list system. In the 2004 GLA elections the BNP polled 90,365 votes, 4.8% of the vote, an increase of 1.9 percentage points on 2000.

The ballot for the Mayor of London was held simultaneously with the 2000 and 2004 GLA elections. The BNP’s candidate in 2000, Michael Newland, polled 2% of first-preference votes and 3.2% of second-round votes. Newland was placed 7th out of 11 candidates. Newland fared best in City and East (4.5% of first-preference votes) and worst in West Central (0.9%). In 2004 the BNP candidate, Julian Leppert, polled 3.1% of first preference votes and 4.4% of second-choice votes across London. The areas with highest support were Havering and Redbridge (6%), City and East (6%) and Bexley and Bromley (4%). Julian Leppert was placed joint 6th (along with the Green Party), out of 10 candidates.

Following the race riots in summer 2001 in the towns of Burnley and Oldham, the BNP secured relatively high shares of the vote in by-elections held in several key wards during November 2001 – Lowerhouse (23%), Trinity (19%) and Rose Hill (19%).

Note: Calculation of Vote Shares in Multi-Member Wards

The method by which party shares of the vote are calculated for multi-member wards (such as local district or borough elections where, for example, two or three councillors are to be elected), tends to inflate the vote share for those parties fielding just one candidate. By convention, in multi-member ward elections the vote of each party’s best-placed candidate is used to calculate total vote and, hence, overall party shares of the vote. For instance, in a ward where three Labour candidates each received 1,000 votes, three Conservative candidates each received 500 votes and one BNP candidate received 700 votes, the three Labour candidates would be duly elected and the corresponding shares of the vote would be calculated thus:

Labour % share = (1,000/(1,000+500+700))*100 OR (1,000/2,200)*100 = 45%

Conservative % share = (500/2,200)*100 = 23% BNP % share = (700/2,200)*100= 32%

In reality, however, the BNP candidate secured the votes of only 700 electors out of a total of 5,200 different votes cast, or 13%. In using the conventional methodology, the BNP’s share of the vote could be seen as being inflated by 19 percentage points.

In this Standard Note the conventional approach has been retained. But it should be noted that where the BNP fielded only one candidate (which is the case in most instances), the reported share of the vote could be seen as subject to inflation.

In the local elections in England on 2 May 2002, sixty-seven BNP candidates polled 30,998 votes in 26 local authority districts. The average BNP share of the vote was 16%. The average turnout in these wards was 35%, compared with an estimated 34% nationally. Three BNP candidates were returned in Burnley.

3 Interestingly, these were not the wards where the BNP secured its highest shares of the vote. Elsewhere in Burnley, the BNP polled 31.2% (Brunshaw ward) and 27.9% (Queensgate). In nearby Oldham, the BNP polled its highest share of the vote (35%) in St. James ward, and 30% in the ward of Chadderton South. In the Sunderland ward of Townend Farm, the BNP secured 28%.

The BNP also fielded a candidate in the direct mayoral election in the London Borough of Newham where their candidate, Michael Davidson, polled 2,881 votes (7.2%) on a 27.6% turnout.

Robin Evans, the BNP candidate for the Mill Hill ward in the Borough of Blackburn and Darwen, took the seat from the Liberal Democrats at a by-election held on 21 November 2002. Following a recount, the BNP polled 578 votes (33%), Labour 562 votes (32%), Liberal Democrats 505 votes (29%) and Conservatives 154 votes (9%). Turnout was 39%. In the June 2004 elections, there were no BNP candidates elected in Blackburn and Darwen. Robin Evans stood as an Independent candidate and was not re-elected.

On 23 January 2003, Adrian Marsden won Mixenden ward of Calderdale council for the BNP, taking the seat from Labour. The BNP polled 679 votes (29.2%), Liberal Democrats 651 votes (28.0%), Labour 641 votes (27.6%), Conservatives 214 votes (9.2%), while the Independent candidate polled 142 votes (6.1%). Turnout was 37.1%. In the June 2004 local elections Adrian Marsden, was elected for the Town ward of Calderdale council, and Geoffrey Wallace and Richard Mulhall won seats in the Illingworth and Mixenden ward.

Overall, in the 2003 local elections, the BNP fielded a total of 217 candidates in 71 local authorities in England and Scotland. The BNP won a total of 13 council seats, polling over 100,000 votes, averaging 17% of the vote in those wards where they fielded candidates.

The BNP scored a key by-election victory in the Heckmondwicke ward of Council on 14 August 2003. The BNP candidate, David Exley, polled 1,607 votes (44%), and held the seat, polling 2,076 votes in 2004.

On 4 September 2003, Nick Geri won the Grays Riverside ward of Thurrock council, polling 552 votes (38%), but lost the seat to the Labour Party in the 2004 local elections.

Overall, in the 2004 local elections, held on 10 June, a total of 309 candidates stood for the BNP in 59 local authorities in England and Wales, including 25 candidates in Sunderland, 24 in Birmingham and 23 in . The BNP won 14 council seats, increasing the number of BNP councillors in England and Wales to 21. The BNP polled over 189,000 votes, with an average 16% of the vote in wards where they fielded candidates. They were the best placed party in 8 wards and came second in 54. In the 2003 local elections the BNP were placed first in 12 wards and came second in 49 wards.

4 Seats won by the BNP, 10 June 2004 Positions and share of the vote based on best-placed candidate for each party

Local Authority Ward Party position Votes % Share

Bradford Keighley West 1 1,659 26.4% Bradford Wibsey 2 1,355 28.6% Bradford Worth Valley 2 1,480 22.8% Bradford Wyke 2 1,583 28.6% Burnley Hapton with Park 1 615 29.6% Calderdale Illingworth and Mixenden 2 1,314 33.0% Calderdale Illingworth and Mixenden (a) …1,208 … Calderdale Town 2 1,095 28.0% Epping Forest Loughton Alderton 1 315 28.0% Epping Forest Loughton Broadway 1 357 33.6% Epping Forest Loughton Fairmead 1 258 26.6% Kirklees Heckmondwike 1 2,076 28.3% Sandwell Princes End 1 987 33.5% Stoke-on-Trent Longton North 1 956 35.1%

Data collected from individual councils (a) The BNP won two seats in Illingworth and Mixenden

2. European elections

Elections for the European Parliament were held alongside the local and London Mayoral and Greater London Assembly elections on 10 June 2004.

The BNP did not win any seats in the European Parliament, polling 4.9% of the vote. This represented an increase since 1999 of 4 percentage points compared with the 1999 European elections.

The BNP won 16.7% of the vote in Burnley, where they were the third largest party. The party’s next highest vote shares were in Stoke-on-Trent (15.3%) and Barking and Dagenham (14.8).

3. 1997 General Election

In the 1997 general election, 77 constituencies in Great Britain had at least one candidate from one of the National Democrats, National Front and/or BNP. In four constituencies the number of votes exceeded the 5% threshold necessary for candidates to retain their deposit – West Bromwich West, Bethnal Green and Bow, Dewsbury, and Poplar and Canning Town. In West Bromwich West, the National Democrats polled 11.4%, although this was largely achieved because, by convention, the three main political parties did not stand candidates against the ‘Speaker seeking re-election’. In Dewsbury and Bethnal Green and Bow, it is contended that the BNP vote was inflated by voter confusion caused by BNP candidates sharing the surnames of the respective Labour candidates.

4. 2001 General Election

In the 2001 general election, the BNP fielded 33 candidates and the National Front five. The BNP averaged 3.9% while the National Front secured just 1.5% of the vote where they fielded candidates. As a share of total UK vote, the BNP gained the votes of 0.18% while the

5 National Front polled 0.01%. The BNP exceeded 5% in seven seats, thus saving their deposit – Oldham West and Royton (16.4%), Burnley (11.3%), Oldham East and Saddleworth (11.2%), Barking (6.4%), Poplar and Canning Town (5.1%), Dagenham (5.0%), and Pendle (5.0%). In Oldham West, the BNP was placed third behind Labour and the Conservatives, and 4% ahead of the Liberal Democrats by 1,577 votes. The National Front achieved its highest share of the vote in Birmingham Erdington (2.2%).

Detailed constituency results are provided in Table 2.

6 5. Table 1: Election performance: General and by elections

Election performance of National Democrats/Front and BNP Great Britain 1. General elections

% of Average national vote per Lost Retained Candidates Votes votes candidate deposits deposits National Front 1970 10 11,449 0.0% 1,145 10 0 1974(F) 54 76,865 0.2% 1,423 54 0 1974(O) 90 113,843 0.4% 1,265 90 0 1979 303 191,719 0.6% 633 303 0 1983 60 27,065 0.1% 451 60 0 1987 - - - - - 0 1992 14 3,984 0.0% 285 14 0 National Democrats 1997 21 10,829 0.0% 516 20 1 National Front 1997 6 2,716 0.0% 453 6 0 2001 5 2,484 0.0% 497 5 0 British National Party 1983 54 14,621 0.0% 271 54 0 1987 2 553 0.0% 277 2 0 1992 13 7,005 0.0% 539 13 0 1997 57 35,832 0.1% 629 54 3 2001 33 47,129 0.2% 1428 26 7

2. Selected by-elections (best performances of each Parliament)

National Front

7.12.72 Uxbridge 2,920 8.2% 24.5.73 West Bromwich 4,789 16.0%

23.5.74 Newham South 1,713 11.5%

15.7.76 Thurrock 3,255 6.6% 31.3.77 Birmingham Stechford 2,955 8.2%

28.10.82 Peckham 874 3.9%

14.6.84 Portsmouth South 226 0.6%

8.11.90 Bradford North 305 0.8%

9.6.94 Barking 551 2.9%

31.7.97 Uxbridge 110 0.3% 20.11.97 Beckenham 267 0.8%

British National Party 26.2.87 Greenwich 103 0.3%

No candidates between 1987 and 1992

9.6.94 Dagenham 1,511 7.0% Held deposit

31.7.97 Uxbridge 205 0.6%

Sources: FWS Craig British Electoral Facts HoC Library Election databases

7 6. Table 2: 2001 General Election

2001 Summary results: British National Party

Candidates 33 Total votes 47,129 Average share 3.9% Share of total UK vote 0.18% Change Rank Votes Share in share 1 Oldham West & Royton 3/5 6,552 16.4% 2 Burnley 4/5 4,151 11.3% 3 Oldham East & Saddleworth 4/5 5,091 11.2% 4 Barking 4/4 1,606 6.4% +3.7% 5 Poplar & Canning Town 4/5 1,733 5.1% -2.2% 6 Dagenham 4/6 1,378 5.0% +2.5% 7 Pendle 4/5 1,976 5.0% 8 Dudley North 4/4 1,822 4.7% 9 Bradford North 4/5 1,613 4.6% 10 Ashton under Lyne 4/5 1,617 4.5% 11 West Bromwich West 4/6 1,428 4.5% 12 Dewsbury 4/6 1,632 4.5% -0.7% 13 Stoke-on-Trent South 5/5 1,358 3.8% +2.5% 14 Bexleyheath & Crayford 4/5 1,408 3.5% +2.6% 15 Birmingham, Hodge Hill 4/8 889 3.4% 16 Lewisham East 4/6 1,005 3.3% 17 Bethnal Green & Bow 5/6 1,211 3.2% -4.3% 18 Chingford & Woodford Green 4/4 1,062 2.9% +0.5% 19 Blaby 4/4 1,357 2.8% +1.9% 20 Sunderland North 5/5 687 2.3% 21 Broxbourne 5/5 848 2.2% +0.9% 22 Hayes & Harlington 4/5 705 2.2% 23 Coventry North East 5/5 737 2.0% 24 Leicester East 5/6 772 1.9% 25 Sunderland South 4/6 576 1.8% 26 Mitcham & Morden 5/6 642 1.7% +0.6% 27 Enfield North 4/7 605 1.6% +0.3% 28 Ruislip - Northwood 5/5 547 1.5% 29 Erewash 5/7 591 1.2% 30 Romford 5/5 414 1.2% -0.1% 31 Walthamstow 5/7 389 1.1% 32 Croydon Central 5/6 449 1.0% 33 Newport West 6/6 278 0.8%

2001 Summary results: National Front

Candidates 5 Total votes 2,484 Average share 1.5% Share of total UK vote 0.01% Change Rank Votes Share in share 1 Birmingham, Erdington 4/7 681 2.2% 2 Wolverhampton South East 4/4 554 2.0% 3 North Southwark & Bermondsey 5/7 612 1.7% 4 North Thanet 6/6 395 0.9% 5 South Thanet 6/6 242 0.6%

8 7. Table 3: Ward-by-ward electoral performance of BNP in the 2004 local elections in England and Scotland (see note on page 3).

Best placed BNP candidate Council Ward Votes Total vote % vote Position

Amber Valley Heanor West 515 1,969 26.2% 2 Somercotes 296 1,679 17.6% 3

Barnsley Central 401 2,795 14.3% 3 Cudworth 314 3,262 9.6% 4 Darfield 272 3,670 7.4% 4 Darton East 305 3,735 8.2% 5 Darton West 358 3,591 10.0% 5 Monk Bretton 326 3,116 10.5% 4 North East 411 3,500 11.7% 3 Old Town 273 3,600 7.6% 4 Penistone East 447 4,963 9.0% 4 Penistone West 456 5,244 8.7% 4 Rockingham 383 3,619 10.6% 3 Royston 480 3,453 13.9% 4 St. Helen's 245 2,905 8.4% 4 Wombwell 421 3,921 10.7% 4

Basildon Fryerns 601 2,781 21.6% 2 Laindon Park 509 2,526 20.2% 3 Lee Chapel North 519 2,582 20.1% 3 Pitsea South East 526 2,722 19.3% 3 St Martin's 434 1,617 26.8% 2 Vange 394 1,732 22.7% 3

Birmingham Acocks Green 892 6,849 13.0% 3 Bartley Green 786 6,572 12.0% 3 Billesley 976 8,622 11.3% 3 Brandwood 881 8,084 10.9% 5 Edgbaston 160 6,396 2.5% 6 Erdington 793 6,412 12.4% 4 Hall Green 683 9,777 7.0% 5 Harborne 378 7,704 4.9% 5 Hodge Hill 1,420 9,186 15.5% 4 Kings Norton 1,002 6,998 14.3% 3 Kingstanding 994 6,129 16.2% 2 Longbridge 1,102 6,580 16.7% 3 Northfield 1,090 8,323 13.1% 3 Oscott 1,515 7,776 19.5% 3 Perry Barr 868 7,390 11.7% 3 Quinton 733 8,275 8.9% 5 Shard End 978 6,229 15.7% 3 Sheldon 1,301 8,111 16.0% 2 South Yardley 899 8,192 11.0% 4 Stetchford and Yardley North 1,339 7,209 18.6% 2 Stockland Green 639 5,599 11.4% 5 Sutton Vesey 668 8,302 8.0% 5 Tyburn 852 4,685 18.2% 3 Weoley 947 7,769 12.2% 4

Blackburn Ewood 519 1,790 29.0% 3 with Darwen Livesey with Pleasington 499 2,959 16.9% 2 Meadowhead 457 2,473 18.5% 4 Mill Hill 377 2,281 16.5% 3 Shadsworth with Whitebirk 540 2,524 21.4% 2

9 Bradford Clayton and Fairweather Green 1,049 5,442 19.3% 4 Idle and Thackley 877 5,590 15.7% 3 Keighley East 1,407 6,767 20.8% 3 Keighley West 1,659 6,287 26.4% 1 Queensbury 1,411 5,828 24.2% 2 Royds 1,258 4,589 27.4% 2 Wibsey 1,355 4,737 28.6% 2 Worth Valley 1,480 6,498 22.8% 2 Wyke 1,583 5,539 28.6% 2

Broxbourne Cheshunt North 622 2,028 30.7% 2 Cheshunt Central 425 2,126 20.0% 2

Burnley Briercliffe 642 2,307 27.8% 2 Brunshaw 510 2,304 22.1% 2 Cliviger with Worsthorne 647 2,566 25.2% 2 Coalclough with Deerplay 404 1,967 20.5% 2 Gannow 583 2,002 29.1% 2 Hapton with Park 615 2,079 29.6% 1 Rosegrove with Lowerhouse 701 1,915 36.6% 2 Rosehill with Burnley Wood 443 2,156 20.5% 2

Bury Church 817 5,632 14.5% 3 Radcliffe East 755 4,176 18.1% 4 Tottington 663 4,150 16.0% 3

Calderdale Illingworth and Mixenden 1,314 3,983 33.0% 2 Luddendenfoot 700 4,322 16.2% 4 Northowram and Shelf 1,007 4,513 22.3% 2 Ovenden 938 2,999 31.3% 2 Skircoat 582 4,813 12.1% 4 Sowerby Bridge 714 4,384 16.3% 4 Town 1,095 3,910 28.0% 2 Warley 854 4,909 17.4% 4

Conwy Towyn 68 754 9.0% 3

Coventry Woodlands 894 6,353 14.1% 4

Crawley Furnace Green 285 2,379 12.0% 4 Ifield 487 2,559 19.0% 3 Southgate 294 2,534 11.6% 5 Three Bridges 221 1,926 11.5% 4

Doncaster Bentley 696 3,482 20.0% 3

Dudley Castle and Priory 1,173 3,638 32.2% 2 Coseley East 1,183 4,150 28.5% 2 Gornal 1,183 5,380 22.0% 3 Upper Gornal and Woodsetton 1,160 4,182 27.7% 2

Epping Forest Buckhurst Hill East 179 1,328 13.5% 3 Loughton Alderton 315 1,127 28.0% 1 Loughton Broadway 357 1,063 33.6% 1 Loughton Fairmead 258 969 26.6% 1

Flintshire Mancot 126 1,819 6.9% 5

Gateshead Blaydon 248 2,892 8.6% 4 Bridges 277 1,864 14.9% 3 Chopwell and Rowlands Gill 245 3,749 6.5% 4 Chowdene 343 3,711 9.2% 4

10 Deckham 448 2,598 17.2% 3 Dunston and Teams 444 2,389 18.6% 3 Dunston Hill and Whickham East 315 3,653 8.6% 4 Felling 246 2,441 10.1% 4 High Fell 311 2,643 11.8% 3 Lamesley 352 3,543 9.9% 4 Lobley Hill and Bensham 397 2,937 13.5% 3 Pelaw and Heworth 240 3,430 7.0% 3 Ryton, Crookhill and Stella 186 3,476 5.4% 3 Saltwell 240 2,633 9.1% 4 Wardley and Leam Lane 315 2,793 11.3% 3 Windy Nook and Whitehills 417 3,302 12.6% 3 Winlaton and High Spen 291 3,820 7.6% 3

Halton Appleton 297 1,922 15.5% 3

Harrogate Nidd Valley 131 1,291 10.1% 3

Hart Hook 198 2,142 9.2% 3

Hartlepool Brus 245 2,098 11.7% 4

Kingston-Upon-Hull Kings Park 374 2,190 17.1% 3 Marfleet 373 2,533 14.7% 3 Pickering 423 3,324 12.7% 4

Kirklees Almondbury 883 6,147 14.4% 5 Batley East 958 7,596 12.6% 4 Batley West 1,408 6,886 20.4% 3 Birstall and Birkenshaw 1,383 6,472 21.4% 2 Cleckheaton 1,752 6,907 25.4% 2 Colne Valley 1,075 7,638 14.1% 3 Dalton 751 6,083 12.3% 4 Denby Dale 914 6,707 13.6% 3 Dewsbury East 1,665 6,631 25.1% 3 Dewsbury South 1,652 7,413 22.3% 3 Dewsbury West 1,116 6,593 16.9% 3 Heckmondwike 2,076 7,347 28.3% 1 Kirkburton 836 6,512 12.8% 4 Liversedge and Gomersal 1,478 6,668 22.2% 3 Mirfield 2,016 8,654 23.3% 2 Newsome 709 5,438 13.0% 4

Knowsley Whitefield 147 1,642 9.0% 4

Leeds Adel and Wharfedale 568 8,818 6.4% 4 Alwoody 410 9,840 4.2% 4 Ardsley and Robin Hood 1,158 6,729 17.2% 3 780 5,463 14.3% 4 Beeston and Holbeck 984 7,277 13.5% 5 Bramley and Stanningley 866 6,768 12.8% 4 Burmantofts and Richmond Hill 949 6,006 15.8% 3 City and Hunslet 458 3,959 11.6% 4 Crossgates and Whinmoor 775 6,682 11.6% 3 Farnley and Wortley 878 7,284 12.1% 3 Garforth and Swillington 1,100 8,701 12.6% 4 Guiseley and Rawdon 634 8,600 7.4% 5 Horsforth 549 9,548 5.7% 6 Killingbeck and Seacroft 1,079 6,033 17.9% 3 Kippax and Methley 850 6,777 12.5% 3

11 1,123 5,319 21.1% 3 1,086 8,335 13.0% 4 1,263 7,274 17.4% 3 Otley and Yeadon 590 11,387 5.2% 5 Pudsey 911 7,560 12.1% 4 Rothwell 795 6,986 11.4% 3 846 7,187 11.8% 4

Liverpool Norris Green 327 3,240 10.1% 3

Maidstone Boxley 163 2,443 6.7% 5

Manchester Miles Platting and Newton Heath 480 2,942 16.3% 3

Newcastle Benwell and Scotswood 536 3,419 15.7% 3 Blakelaw 359 3,655 9.8% 3 Byker 296 2,975 9.9% 4 Kenton 299 3,251 9.2% 4 North Heaton 210 3,665 5.7% 5 Walker 311 2,737 11.4% 3 Woolsington 245 3,412 7.2% 4

North Tyneside Battle Hill 350 3,584 9.8% 4 Benton 303 4,471 6.8% 4 Camperdown 309 3,507 8.8% 5 Valley 271 2,302 11.8% 3

Oldham Failsworth West 675 3,990 16.9% 2 Royton North 953 5,286 18.0% 3 Royton South 964 4,652 20.7% 2 Shaw 705 3,849 18.3% 3 St James' 797 3,787 21.0% 3 Waterhead 660 3,947 16.7% 3

Pendle 385 2,083 18.5% 3 Boulsworth 413 2,078 19.9% 3 342 1,923 17.8% 2 434 1,952 22.2% 2 Craven 447 2,038 21.9% 2 Earby 432 2,263 19.1% 3 Horsfield 364 1,867 19.5% 2 Vivary Bridge 402 1,735 23.2% 3

Plymouth Devonport 191 2,876 6.6% 5 Plymstock Radford 188 4,042 4.7% 5

Portsmouth Fratton 278 2,661 10.4% 4

Rochdale West Heywood 779 3,066 25.4% 3

Rotherham Keppel 924 4,920 18.8% 4 Wingfield 809 4,683 17.3% 2

Rushmoor Fernhill 203 1,436 14.1% 3 Grange 201 1,445 13.9% 4 Mayfield 183 1,225 14.9% 3

Salford Irwell Riverside 304 2,169 14.0% 4

Sandwell Cradley Heath and Old Hill 850 4,432 19.2% 4 Great Barr with Yew Tree 798 3,755 21.3% 4 Great Bridge 880 3,551 24.8% 2 Hateley Heath Withdrawn

12 Princes End 987 2,945 33.5% 1 Tipton Green 651 4,411 14.8% 4 Tividale 1,174 2,909 40.4% 2

Sefton Norwood 417 4,675 8.9% 4

Sheffield Beauchief and Greenhill 962 7,288 13.2% 3 East Ecclesfield 1,123 6,648 16.9% 3 Shiregreen and Brightside 1,296 5,552 23.3% 2 Southey 1,132 5,157 22.0% 2 Woodhouse 947 6,800 13.9% 3

Shrewsbury Sutton and Reabrook 81 1,737 4.7% 4

Solihull Chelmsley Wood 679 2,620 25.9% 2 Olton 256 4,316 5.9% 4

Southampton Bassett 82 4,098 2.0% 5 Bitterne 317 2,841 11.2% 4 Harefield 232 3,534 6.6% 4 Shirley 133 3,968 3.4% 5 Swaythling 104 2,505 4.2% 5 South Tyneside Beacon and Bents 371 3,151 11.8% 5 Horsley Hill 287 3,304 8.7% 5 Whiteleas 231 3,706 6.2% 4

St Helens Town Centre 328 2,795 11.7% 3

Stockport Edgeley and Cheadle 385 3,901 9.9% 4 Manor 672 4,542 14.8% 3 Stepping Hill 395 5,823 6.8% 6

Stoke-on-Trent Abbey Green 653 2,635 24.8% 2 Blurton 655 2,520 26.0% 3 East Valley 674 2,662 25.3% 2 Fenton 637 2,470 25.8% 2 Longton North 956 2,726 35.1% 1 Meir Park and Sandon 731 2,988 24.5% 3 Norton and Bradeley 953 2,902 32.8% 2 Weston and Meir 815 2,725 29.9% 3

Sunderland Barnes 427 4,451 9.6% 4 Castle 687 2,855 24.1% 2 Copt Hill 508 3,474 14.6% 3 Doxford 496 2,957 16.8% 3 Fulwell 417 4,944 8.4% 4 Hendon 504 2,871 17.6% 4 Hetton 442 3,708 11.9% 4 Houghton 518 3,355 15.4% 3 Millfield 360 2,678 13.4% 4 Pallion 647 2,799 23.1% 3 Redhill 716 3,019 23.7% 2 Ryhope 585 2,877 20.3% 3 Sandhill 530 2,939 18.0% 3 Shiney Row 423 3,898 10.9% 4 Silksworth 647 3,399 19.0% 3 Southwick 698 3,140 22.2% 3 St Anne's 490 2,383 20.6% 3 St Chad's 430 3,533 12.2% 3 St Michael's 302 4,075 7.4% 4

13 St Peter's 604 3,697 16.3% 3 Washington Central 400 3,937 10.2% 4 Washington East 322 3,470 9.3% 4 Washington North 431 3,865 11.2% 4 Washington South 411 4,038 10.2% 5 Washington West 403 3,719 10.8% 4

Tameside Denton South 612 4,507 13.6% 4 East 764 4,248 18.0% 3 Hyde Newton 814 4,347 18.7% 4 Longdendale 520 3,266 15.9% 3 South 573 3,527 16.2% 3

Thurrock Grays Riverside 479 1,809 26.5% 3 Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park 315 1,245 25.3% 3 Tilbury St Chads 333 1,115 29.9% =2 West Thurrock and South Stifford 404 1,325 30.5% 2

Trafford Brooklands 260 3,752 6.9% 3 Priory 232 3,712 6.3% 4 St Mary's 294 4,098 7.2% 4

Wakefield and Whitwood 701 4,195 16.7% 3 Central and Glasshoughton 948 4,252 22.3% 2 Crofton, Ryhill and Walton 815 5,507 14.8% 4 Featherstone 685 5,134 13.3% 3 Hemsworth 508 3,833 13.3% 3 Horbury and South Ossett 978 5,977 16.4% 4 Knottingley 831 3,669 22.6% 3 Ossett 945 5,435 17.4% 4 South 651 5,589 11.6% 3 South Elmsall and South Kirkby 853 6,756 12.6% 3 East 620 4,513 13.7% 4 Wrenthorpe and Outwood West 957 5,480 17.5% 3

Walsall Aldridge Central and South 751 5,508 13.6% 3 Bentley and Darlaston North 632 3,953 16.0% 3 Bloxwich East 514 3,303 15.6% 3 Bloxwich West 653 3,681 17.7% 3 Brownhills 792 4,286 18.5% 3 Pelsall 692 4,773 14.5% 3 Rushall-Shelfield 844 4,544 18.6% 3

Wigan Abram 647 3,081 21.0% 2 Leigh West 513 2,890 17.8% 3 Orrell 671 4,415 15.2% 3

Wirral Birkenhead and Tranmere 246 4,859 5.1% 5

Worcester Bedwardine 410 3,102 13.2% 4 Gorse Hill 461 2,092 22.0% 3

Wrexham Plas Madoc 60 364 16.5% 4

Total Votes 189,702 16.1% Data collected from individual councils

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