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== Greater London Council elections == |
== Greater London Council elections == |
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The NF had stood in the now defunct Greater London Council in [[Greater London Council election, 1967|1967]], [[Greater London Council election, 1973|1973]], [[Greater London Council election, 1977|1977]] and [[Greater London Council election, 1981|1981]]. [[Greater London Council election, 1977|1977]] was the largest in which the NF stood 91 candidates out of 92 constituencies. |
The NF had stood in the now defunct Greater London Council in [[Greater London Council election, 1967|1967]], [[Greater London Council election, 1973|1973]], [[Greater London Council election, 1977|1977]] and [[Greater London Council election, 1981|1981]]. [[Greater London Council election, 1977|1977]] was the largest in which the NF stood 91 candidates out of 92 constituencies.<ref>http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcelection.html</ref> |
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=== [[Greater London Council election, 1967|1967 Greater London Council election]] === |
=== [[Greater London Council election, 1967|1967 Greater London Council election]] === |
Revision as of 03:11, 24 January 2012
- See National Front for details of the far-right party.
The National Front's election results in parliamentary elections are shown below.
United Kingdom elections
Summary of general election performance
Year | Number of Candidates | Total votes | Average voters per candidate | Percentage of vote | Saved deposits | Change (percentage points) | Number of MPs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | 10 | 11,449 | 1,145 | 0.04 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
Feb 1974 | 54 | 76,865 | 1,423 | 0.2 | 0 | +0.16 | 0 |
Oct 1974 | 90 | 113,843 | 1,265 | 0.4 | 0 | +0.2 | 0 |
1979 | 303 | 191,719 | 633 | 0.6 | 0 | +0.2 | 0 |
1983 | 60 | 27,065 | 451 | 0.1 | 0 | -0.5 | 0 |
1987 | 1 | 286 | 286 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0 |
1992 | 14 | 4,816 | 344 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
1997 | 6 | 2,716 | 452 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0 |
2001 | 5 | 2,484 | 497 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2005 | 13 | 8,029 | 617 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2010 | 17 | 10,784 | 634 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
By-elections, 1967-1970
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
28 March 1968 | Acton | Andrew Fountaine | 1400 | 5.6[1] |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Battersea South | Tom Lamb | 716 | 3.3 |
Cardiff South East | George Parsons | 982 | 1.9 |
Deptford | Martin Vaux | 1277 | 5.5 |
Enfield West | Kenneth Taylor | 1175 | 3.1 |
Huddersfield West | Ron Scott | 1427 | 3.5 |
Ilford South | Malcolm Skeggs | 190 | 0.5 |
Islington North | Revd. Brian Green | 1232 | 5.6 |
Leicester South West | John Kyneston | 749 | 2.3 |
Southall | J Shaw | 1572 | 4.4 |
Wolverhampton North East | S Wright | 1582 | 4.7 |
By-elections, 1970-1974
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
22 October 1970 | St Marylebone | Malcolm Skeggs | 401 | 2.4[3] |
19 November 1970 | Enfield West | Kenneth Taylor | 1176 | 4.4[4] |
7 December 1972 | Uxbridge | John Clifton | 2920 | 8.2[5] |
24 May 1973 | West Bromwich | Martin Webster | 4789 | 16.0[6] |
8 November 1973 | Hove | Sqn Ldr John Harrison-Broadley | 1409 | 3.1[7] |
General elections, 28 February and 10 October 1974
Constituency | Candidate in Feb | Votes | % | Candidate in Oct | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accrington | David Riley | 1176 | 2.9 | |||
Aldershot | A Greenslade | 1148 | 1.8 | A Greenslade | 1120 | 1.9 |
Barking | C Bond | 1661 | 4.9 | |||
Basingstoke | G Goodall | 763 | 1.1 | |||
Battersea North | R Friend | 1260 | 4.5 | |||
Battersea South | John Clifton | 787 | 1.8 | |||
Bermondsey | G Davey | 1485 | 4.1 | G Davey | 1488 | 4.8 |
Bethnal Green and Bow | W Castleton | 2172 | 7.6 | |||
Birmingham Erdington | T Finnegan | 1145 | 2.4 | T Finnegan | 1413 | 3.3 |
Birmingham Handsworth | J Finnegan | 830 | 2.8 | |||
Birmingham Ladywood | J Davis | 751 | 2.9 | |||
Birmingham Perry Barr | A Shorthouse | 853 | 2.1 | R Warren | 826 | 2.1 |
Birmingham Yardley | H Challender | 1034 | 2.4 | |||
Blackburn | John Kingsley Read | 1778 | 4.2 | John Kingsley Read | 1758 | 4.4 |
Bolton East | G Booth | 1259 | 2.6 | G Booth | 1106 | 2.4 |
Bolton West | W Roberts | 1070 | 2.7 | |||
Bournemouth East | M Hayes | 875 | 2.0 | M Hayes | 828 | 2.6 |
Brent East | N Lyons | 1096 | 2.9 | |||
Brent North | A Smith | 1570 | 2.7 | Mrs J Cattanach | 1297 | 2.5 |
Brent South | Sqn Ldr John Harrison-Broadley | 852 | 4.3 | Sqn Ldr John Harrison-Broadley | 1388 | 3.7 |
Brentford and Isleworth | T Benford | 1741 | 3.1 | T Benford | 1362 | 2.6 |
Bridlington | F Day | 987 | 1.9 | |||
Bristol South | P Garnaway | 1006 | 2.2 | P Garnaway | 798 | 1.9 |
Bristol South East | R Bale | 757 | 1.3 | R Bale | 775 | 1.5 |
Canterbury | Kenneth McKilliam | 831 | 1.2 | Kenneth McKilliam | 1096 | 1.8 |
Chipping Barnet | R Cole | 1207 | 2.9 | |||
City of London & Westminster South | D Baxter | 686 | 2.5 | |||
Coventry North West | Peter Holland | 1049 | 2.7 | |||
Coventry South West | R Rickard | 822 | 1.5 | |||
Dartford | R Aldous | 945 | 2.0 | R Aldous | 939 | 2.2 |
Deptford | Richard Edmonds | 1731 | 4.5 | |||
Dudley East | C Knott | 1171 | 2.8 | |||
Edmonton | J Bruce | 1765 | 3.8 | J Bruce | 1895 | 4.6 |
Enfield North | K Robinson | 1372 | 2.6 | R Burton | 1330 | 2.8 |
Eton and Slough | A Coniam | 1541 | 3.0 | A Coniam | 1241 | 2.7 |
Fareham | R Doughty | 617 | 1.4 | |||
Feltham and Heston | Mrs J Reid | 1653 | 4.4 | Mrs J Reid | 1984 | 3.7 |
Finchley | Mrs J Godfrey | 993 | 2.6 | |||
Fulham | A Smithies | 966 | 2.1 | J Cordrey | 855 | 2.1 |
Gillingham | S Campbell | 922 | 2.0 | |||
Glasgow Govan | M Brooks | 86 | 0.3 | |||
Gravesend | J Turner | 1726 | 2.4 | J Turner | 1304 | 1.9 |
Hackney North and Stoke Newington | H Lord | 1226 | 3.7 | H Lord | 1044 | 3.7 |
Hackney South and Shoreditch | Robin May | 2544 | 9.4 | |||
Harrogate | Andrew Brons | 1186 | 2.3 | Andrew Brons | 1030 | 2.3 |
Harrow Central | J Donin | 823 | 2.3 | C Byrne | 813 | 2.5 |
Hayes and Harlington | John Fairhurst | 2721 | 6.5 | John Fairhurst | 1189 | 3.1 |
Hertford and Stevenage | Kenneth Taylor | 1234 | 2.0 | |||
Hornsey | Mrs J Stubbs | 973 | 2.7 | |||
Horsham and Crawley | A Brewer | 1101 | 1.6 | |||
Hove | Ted Budden | 442 | 0.8 | |||
Huddersfield East | N Mear | 796 | 1.9 | J Robertshaw | 764 | 1.9 |
Huddersfield West | D Ford | 760 | 1.9 | |||
Islington Central | R Score | 1335 | 5.3 | |||
Islington North | J Score | 871 | 3.3 | |||
Keighley | G Wright | 959 | 2.0 | |||
Leicester East | Ken Sanders | 3662 | 7.4 | Anthony Reed Herbert | 2967 | 6.0 |
Leicester South | John Kynaston | 1639 | 3.0 | A Cartwright | 2072 | 3.5 |
Leicester West | W Newcombe | 2579 | 5.3 | W Newcombe | 2253 | 5.1 |
Lewisham West | Peter Williams | 1000 | 2.0 | Peter Williams | 1114 | 2.5 |
Leyton | Mrs S Bothwell | 2097 | 4.5 | Mrs S Bothwell | 2168 | 4.3 |
Liverpool Walton | C Gibbon | 647 | 1.7 | |||
Loughborough | Ken Sanders | 1215 | 2.2 | |||
Manchester Blackley | H Andrew | 914 | 2.4 | |||
Manchester Openshaw | J Hulse | 541 | 1.7 | |||
Newham North East | J Newham | 2715 | 7.0 | |||
Newham South* | Michael Lobb | 2511 | 6.9 | E Bayley | 2412 | 7.8 |
Norwich North | Mrs Gillian Goold | 544 | 1.5 | |||
Nottingham North | D Caine | 972 | 1.5 | |||
Oxford | Ian Anderson | 572 | 1.0 | |||
Preston South | E Harrison | 663 | 1.7 | |||
Ravensbourne | C Parker | 786 | 2.0 | I Stevens | 574 | 1.6 |
Reading North | I Baker | 594 | 1.3 | |||
Richmond upon Thames | E Russell | 570 | 1.3 | E Russell | 1000 | 2.5 |
Rochdale | M Sellors | 1885 | 3.7 | M Sellors | 1927 | 4.1 |
Rochester and Chatham | G Hazleden | 1150 | 2.0 | |||
Sheffield Heeley | P Revell | 723 | 1.5 | |||
Southgate | B Pell | 1192 | 2.2 | B Pell | 1225 | 2.6 |
South Shields | W Owen | 1958 | 3.8 | W Owen | 711 | 1.5 |
Spelthorne | E Butterfield | 1399 | 2.4 | John Clifton | 1108 | 2.3 |
Streatham | Tom Lamb | 937 | 2.3 | Tom Lamb | 817 | 2.3 |
Thanet East | K Munson | 708 | 2.1 | |||
Tottenham | Roy Painter | 1270 | 4.1 | Roy Painter | 2211 | 8.3 |
Wallasey | J Fishwick | 787 | 1.5 | |||
Walsall South | C Parker | 1226 | 2.8 | |||
Walthamstow | R Adde | 1911 | 5.5 | |||
Watford | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 651 | 1.4 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 671 | 1.5 |
West Bromwich East | Martin Webster | 2907 | 7.0 | George Bowen | 1692 | 4.3 |
West Bromwich West | George Bowen | 3107 | 7.8 | R Churms | 2022 | 5.5 |
Woking | R Vaughan-Smith | 921 | 1.9 | |||
Wolverhampton North East | Anthony Webber | 2548 | 5.2 | Anthony Webber | 1928 | 4.2 |
Wolverhampton South East | J Parker | 1546 | 3.9 | G Oland | 1703 | 4.7 |
Wolverhampton South West | G Cooper | 1523 | 3.0 | G Cooper | 1573 | 3.3 |
Wood Green | Keith Squire | 2603 | 8.0 | |||
Woolwich East | P Hanman | 1066 | 2.8 | Malcolm Skeggs | 1000 | 3.0 |
Wycombe | D Howard-Smith | 2049 | 3.5 |
- Newham S 1974 by election, see below
By-elections, 1974-1979
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Accrington | D Riley | 508 | 1.3 |
Acton | C Wakley | 501 | 1.2 |
Ashfield | W Annable | 397 | 0.6 |
Ashford | Kenneth McKilliam | 678 | 1.4 |
Ashton-under-Lyne | D Jones | 486 | 1.1 |
Banbury | I Cherry | 504 | 0.9 |
Barking | I Newport | 1021 | 3.0 |
Barry | E Kerton | 312 | 0.5 |
Basildon | G Sawyer | 880 | 1.1 |
Basingstoke | B Packer | 677 | 0.9 |
Bath | T Mundy | 206 | 0.4 |
Battersea North | M Salt | 772 | 2.7 |
Battersea South | A Perry | 561 | 1.8 |
Beaconsfield | J Noyes | 548 | 1.1 |
Beckenham | N Dickson | 606 | 1.4 |
Bedford | R Stearns | 813 | 1.3 |
Bedfordshire South | L Smith | 626 | 1.1 |
Belper | John Grand-Scrutton | 460 | 0.8 |
Bermondsey | James Sneath | 1175 | 3.9 |
Bethnal Green and Bow | Martin Webster | 1740 | 6.1 |
Bexleyheath | A Wilkens | 749 | 1.8 |
Birmingham Erdington | F Hastilow | 687 | 1.6 |
Birmingham Hall Green | R Maylin | 615 | 1.2 |
Birmingham Northfield | R Newman | 614 | 1.1 |
Birmingham Perry Barr | Keith Axon | 582 | 1.5 |
Birmingham Selly Oak | G Bassett | 401 | 0.8 |
Birmingham Small Heath | M Caffery | 490 | 1.7 |
Birmingham Stechford | F Russell | 698 | 1.6 |
Birmingham Yardley | H Challendar | 749 | 1.8 |
Blaby | P Gegan | 2056 | 3.6 |
Blackburn | E Adamson | 565 | 1.5 |
Blackpool North | A Hanson | 943 | 2.2 |
Blackpool South | A Machin | 524 | 1.2 |
Bodmin | M Carter | 235 | 0.5 |
Bolton East | J Hamilton | 457 | 1.0 |
Bolton West | K Bernal | 348 | 0.9 |
Bosworth | D Dunn | 682 | 0.9 |
Bournemouth West | G Hubbard | 438 | 1.0 |
Bradford North | Andrew Brons | 614 | 1.3 |
Bradford South | G Wright | 422 | 0.8 |
Bradford West | G Brown | 633 | 1.4 |
Brent East | Davies, J | 706 | 1.9 |
Brent North | John, G | 873 | 1.6 |
Brent South | Downes, A | 811 | 2.0 |
Brentford and Isleworth | P Attridge | 738 | 1.3 |
Brighton Kemptown | V Tyndall | 404 | 0.9 |
Brighton Pavilion | H Jones | 436 | 1.1 |
Bristol North East | K Brown | 320 | 0.8 |
Bristol North West | P Kingston | 254 | 0.5 |
Bristol South | K Elliot | 392 | 0.9 |
Bristol South East | K Dowler | 523 | 1.0 |
Bristol West | M Jones | 246 | 0.6 |
Bromsgrove and Redditch | B Deakin | 752 | 0.9 |
Buckingham | M Smith | 803 | 1.0 |
Bury and Radcliffe | J Bridge | 414 | 0.6 |
Cambridge | Derek Holland | 311 | 0.6 |
Canterbury | Joan White | 941 | 1.4 |
Cardiff West | C Gibbon | 1287 | 4.1 |
Carlton | M Watts | 606 | 1.0 |
Carmarthen | Charlie Grice | 149 | 0.3 |
Carshalton | Terrence Denville-Faulkner | 919 | 1.8 |
Chelsea | A Reeve | 342 | 1.0 |
Cheltenham | R Jacklin | 342 | 0.7 |
Chertsey and Walton | M Gillibrand | 819 | 1.6 |
Chesham and Amersham | S Clinch | 697 | 1.3 |
Chingford | D South | 1157 | 2.6 |
Chipping Barnet | R Cole | 865 | 2.0 |
Chislehurst | R Hoy | 564 | 1.3 |
Chorley | M Dean | 379 | 0.6 |
Cities of London and Westminster | S K Matthews | 478 | 1.7 |
Cornwall North | R Bridgwater | 224 | 0.5 |
Coventry North East | H Robbins | 546 | 1.2 |
Coventry North West | A Stewart | 359 | 0.9 |
Coventry South East | R Clarke | 513 | 1.4 |
Coventry South West | M Williamson | 482 | 0.9 |
Crewe | W Tonks | 352 | 0.8 |
Croydon North East | P Moss | 464 | 1.1 |
Croydon South | R Dummer | 469 | 1.0 |
Dagenham | J Roberts | 1553 | 3.3 |
Darlington | H Outhwaite | 444 | 0.9 |
Dartford | I Nobbs | 476 | 1.0 |
Daventry | G Younger | 522 | 0.7 |
Deptford | R Mitchell | 1490 | 4.2 |
Derby North | C Bayliss | 592 | 0.9 |
Derby South | L Verity | 587 | 1.1 |
Derbyshire South East | C Neil | 498 | 1.1 |
Devon North | J Price | 237 | 0.4 |
Devon West | R Bearsford-Walker | 393 | 0.8 |
Doncaster | M Day | 300 | 0.7 |
Dorset West | J Tillotson | 514 | 1.2 |
Dover and Deal | P Johnson | 378 | 0.6 |
Dudley East | A Baker | 844 | 2.0 |
Dulwich | D Thompson | 920 | 2.1 |
Ealing North | J Shaw | 1047 | 1.8 |
Eastbourne | C Mitchell | 533 | 0.9 |
Edmonton | D Bruce | 1213 | 2.8 |
Enfield North | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 816 | 1.6 |
Epping Forest | B Wilkins | 1110 | 2.2 |
Erith and Crayford | O Hawke | 838 | 1.8 |
Eton and Slough | D Jones | 943 | 1.9 |
Falmouth and Camborne | M Swingler | 280 | 0.5 |
Fareham | D Vine | 252 | 0.5 |
Faversham | A Webb | 439 | 0.7 |
Feltham and Heston | J Reid | 898 | 1.5 |
Finchley | W Verity | 534 | 1.3 |
Folkestone and Hythe | M Lavine | 478 | 1.0 |
Fulham | D Roberts | 499 | 0.8 |
Fylde North | K Warburton | 481 | 0.8 |
Fylde South | M Roberts | 941 | 1.3 |
Gateshead West | H Beadle | 186 | 0.9 |
Gillingham | S Campbell | 528 | 1.1 |
Glasgow Pollok | I Skinner | 104 | 0.2 |
Gloucester | R Morgan | 527 | 1.0 |
Gloucestershire West | G Storkey | 270 | 0.5 |
Gravesend | G Willden | 603 | 0.8 |
Great Yarmouth | Tom Holmes | 640 | 1.2 |
Greenwich | H Steven | 951 | 2.6 |
Grimsby | J Hayes | 137 | 0.3 |
Hackney Central | R May | 1418 | 5.1 |
Hackney North and Stoke Newington | S May | 860 | 3.0 |
Hackney South and Shoreditch | John Tyndall | 1958 | 7.6 |
Halesowen and Stourbridge | S Goodwin | 921 | 1.4 |
Halifax | B Wadsworth | 455 | 0.9 |
Hammersmith North | R Pearse | 462 | 1.3 |
Hampstead | J White | 255 | 0.6 |
Harborough | A Ashby | 1002 | 1.8 |
Harlow | J Childs | 840 | 1.6 |
Harrogate | D Waite | 585 | 1.4 |
Harrow Central | H Marshall | 427 | 1.3 |
Harrow East | L le Croisette | 572 | 1.5 |
Harrow West | T Bennett | 646 | 1.4 |
Harwich | A Pearson | 597 | 0.9 |
Hastings | H Anderson | 344 | 0.8 |
Hayes and Harlington | G Callow | 582 | 1.4 |
Hemel Hempstead | T Walters | 649 | 0.8 |
Hendon North | Bernard Franklyn | 638 | 1.0 |
Hendon South | Albert Elder | 290 | 0.8 |
Hertford and Stevenage | J Pell | 581 | 0.8 |
Hertfordshire East | J Smith | 1819 | 2.4 |
Hertfordshire South | S Fenn | 605 | 1.2 |
Hertfordshire South West | P Graves | 839 | 1.4 |
Heywood and Royton | R Marsh | 641 | 1.0 |
Hitchin | V Logan | 881 | 1.4 |
Holborn and St Pancras South | F Theobald | 334 | 1.4 |
Horncastle | M Hook | 319 | 0.8 |
Hornchurch | A Harris | 994 | 2.1 |
Hornsey | P Pell | 337 | 0.8 |
Horsham and Crawley | A Murch | 493 | 0.6 |
Hove | F Sheridan | 508 | 1.0 |
Hull Central | A Braithwaite | 422 | 1.0 |
Hull East | D Matson | 374 | 0.6 |
Hull West | M Fox | 411 | 1.2 |
Huntingdonshire | K Robinson | 983 | 1.4 |
Ilford North | J Hughes | 804 | 1.6 |
Ilford South | T Fitzgerald | 636 | 1.5 |
Ipswich | P Robinson | 449 | 0.6 |
Islington Central | Sid Chaney | 797 | 1.2 |
Islington North | S Hook | 501 | 2.1 |
Islington South and Finsbury | P Kavanagh | 824 | 3.4 |
Keighley | R Fairey | 234 | 0.5 |
Kensington | C Hopewell | 356 | 1.1 |
Kidderminster | A Luckman | 1052 | 1.7 |
Kingswood | R Bale | 258 | 0.5 |
Lambeth Central | V Lillington | 830 | 3.0 |
Lancaster | D White | 196 | 0.5 |
Leeds East | S Rigby | 445 | 0.9 |
Leeds South | B Spink | 416 | 1.2 |
Leeds South East | P Flint | 168 | 0.6 |
Leeds West | J Duckenfield | 466 | 1.1 |
Leicester East | B Calver | 1385 | 2.7 |
Leicester South | A Cartwright | 940 | 1.8 |
Leicester West | P Ash | 1308 | 2.7 |
Lewes | B Webb | 764 | 1.3 |
Lewisham East | M Ellis | 1168 | 2.3 |
Lewisham West | P Williams | 901 | 2.0 |
Leyton | P Pomery-Rudd | 1179 | 2.9 |
Lichfield and Tamworth | P Wallace | 475 | 0.6 |
Lincoln | J Noble | 107 | 0.3 |
Liverpool Edge Hill | H Hawksley | 152 | 0.6 |
Liverpool Kirkdale | W Williams | 198 | 0.7 |
Liverpool Walton | W Haire | 254 | 0.7 |
Loughborough | John Peacock | 484 | 0.8 |
Louth | C Stokes | 261 | 0.5 |
Ludlow | R Adshead | 354 | 0.9 |
Luton East | M Kerry | 461 | 1.1 |
Luton West | D How | 701 | 1.5 |
Maidstone | Dennis Whiting | 703 | 1.0 |
Manchester Blackley | N Wallace | 326 | 0.8 |
Manchester Central | P Benthall | 365 | 1.8 |
Manchester Gorton | R Chadfield | 469 | 1.1 |
Manchester Openshaw | A Coles | 296 | 1.1 |
Mansfield | P Donovan | 259 | 0.5 |
Meriden | A Parkes | 1032 | 1.4 |
Middleton and Prestwich | S Andrews | 350 | 0.6 |
Mitcham and Morden | J Perryman | 966 | 2.0 |
Nantwich | J Green | 814 | 1.6 |
Newham North East | W Northcott | 1769 | 4.2 |
Newham North West | M Maloney | 1217 | 4.1 |
Newham South | T Anderson | 1899 | 6.2 |
Newport | G Woodward | 454 | 0.8 |
Newton | A Fishwick | 641 | 0.8 |
Norfolk North | A Sizeland | 548 | 0.7 |
Northampton North | R Rickord | 373 | 1.0 |
Northampton South | M James | 407 | 1.1 |
Norwich North | L Goold | 250 | 0.7 |
Norwich South | Andrew Fountaine | 264 | 0.7 |
Norwood | C Williams | 707 | 2.1 |
Nottingham East | M Coles | 426 | 1.4 |
Nottingham North | R Pratt | 454 | 0.9 |
Nottingham West | T Wilkinson | 718 | 1.3 |
Nuneaton | R Matthews | 1028 | 1.6 |
Oldham West | G Halliwell | 515 | 1.5 |
Orpington | F Hitches | 516 | 0.9 |
Paddington | J Cameron | 402 | 1.1 |
Peckham | M Roberts | 1503 | 4.4 |
Peterborough | J Wilhelmy | 672 | 1.2 |
Plymouth Devonport | L Bearsford-Walker | 243 | 0.7 |
Plymouth Drake | C Bradbury | 279 | 0.7 |
Pontypridd | R Davies | 263 | 1.5 |
Portsmouth North | R Hadlow | 298 | 0.6 |
Portsmouth South | W Donkin | 457 | 0.9 |
Preston North | J Hetherington | 329 | 0.8 |
Preston South | M Gibson | 258 | 0.7 |
Putney | J Webster | 685 | 1.4 |
Ravensbourne | S Greene | 478 | 1.3 |
Reading North | P Baker | 554 | 1.1 |
Richmond upon Thames | P Murphy | 244 | 0.6 |
Rochdale | J Merrick | 690 | 1.4 |
Rochester and Chatham | J King | 417 | 0.7 |
Romford | M Caine | 820 | 1.9 |
Rotherham | K Davies | 490 | 1.1 |
Rugby | A Gresham | 551 | 1.1 |
Ruislip Northwood | A Martin | 477 | 1.1 |
Rye | T Duesbury | 552 | 1.0 |
Saffron Walden | R Bailey | 342 | 0.6 |
St Marylebone | C Elrick | 239 | 1.0 |
St Pancras North | S Andrews | 360 | 1.3 |
Sevenoaks | Michael Easter | 821 | 1.3 |
Sheffield Attercliffe | J Mason | 457 | 1.0 |
Sheffield Brightside | K Brack | 354 | 0.9 |
Sheffield Hallam | G Smith | 300 | 0.5 |
Sheffield Heeley | P Thorpe | 274 | 0.6 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | S Williams | 326 | 0.9 |
Sheffield Park | I Pierson | 302 | 0.7 |
Shoreham | J Benjafield | 406 | 0.7 |
Sidcup | A Webb | 774 | 2.0 |
Solihull | D Stevenson | 978 | 1.5 |
Southall | J Fairhurst | 1545 | 3.0 |
Southend East | P Twomey | 676 | 1.7 |
Southend West | L McKeon | 680 | 1.3 |
Southgate | R Pert | 895 | 1.7 |
Spelthorne | J Sawyer | 518 | 1.0 |
Staffordshire South West | J Thomas | 912 | 1.7 |
Stepney and Poplar | V Clarke | 1571 | 5.0 |
Stockport North | K Walker | 244 | 0.6 |
Stockport South | R Murphy | 374 | 1.0 |
Stockton | A Bruce | 384 | 0.6 |
Stoke-on-Trent North | Charles Baugh | 341 | 0.8 |
Streatham | G Bryant | 523 | 1.4 |
Surrey East | D Smith | 452 | 1.0 |
Surrey North West | R Heath | 796 | 1.4 |
Sutton and Cheam | J Hunt | 465 | 0.9 |
Sutton Coldfield | R Wallace | 466 | 0.9 |
Thanet East | B Dobing | 376 | 1.1 |
Thornaby | M Evans | 251 | 0.5 |
Thurrock | E Burdett | 1358 | 2.0 |
Tonbridge and Malling | G Burnett | 429 | 0.8 |
Tooting | P Berbridge | 682 | 0.7 |
Torbay | J Spry | 647 | 1.0 |
Tottenham | C Mates | 833 | 2.9 |
Truro | N Hedger | 182 | 0.3 |
Tunbridge Wells | W Standen | 509 | 1.0 |
Twickenham | M Braithwaite | 686 | 1.2 |
Upminster | W Neary | 965 | 1.8 |
Uxbridge | P Budgen | 595 | 1.3 |
Vauxhall | V Atkinson | 879 | 3.5 |
Wakefield | A Cooper | 530 | 1.0 |
Wallasey | J Fishwick | 491 | 0.9 |
Wallsend | I Hunter | 472 | 0.7 |
Walsall North | Charles Parker | 1098 | 2.1 |
Walsall South | V Parker | 795 | 1.8 |
Walthamstow | G Flaxton | 1119 | 3.2 |
Wanstead and Woodford | C Bond | 957 | 2.3 |
Warley East | J Worrall | 1204 | 3.1 |
Watford | Brent Cheetham | 388 | 0.9 |
Wellingborough | S Wright | 529 | 0.7 |
Welwyn and Hatfield | P Ruddock | 459 | 0.8 |
West Bromwich East | C Allsopp | 1175 | 2.9 |
West Bromwich West | R Churms | 1351 | 3.4 |
Wimbledon | A Bailey | 612 | 1.2 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | P Crowley | 930 | 1.4 |
Woking | P Gleave | 564 | 1.0 |
Wokingham | G Sanders | 722 | 1.1 |
Wolverhampton North East | G Cooper | 1283 | 2.7 |
Wolverhampton South East | G Jones | 1139 | 3.1 |
Wolverhampton South West | J Lees | 912 | 1.8 |
Wood Green | R Frost | 998 | 2.9 |
Woolwich East | I Steven | 884 | 2.4 |
Woolwich West | M Skeggs | 630 | 1.4 |
Worcester | K Stevens | 450 | 0.8 |
Worthing | A Hough | 893 | 1.6 |
Wycombe | S Jones | 833 | 1.3 |
York | P Spink | 221 | 0.4 |
By-elections, 1980-1983
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
26 June 1980 | Glasgow Central | John MacKenzie | 148 | 1.8[15] |
22 October 1981 | Croydon North West | Nick Griffin | 429 | 1.2[16] |
3 June 1982 | Merton, Mitcham & Morden | Joseph Pearce | 547 | 1.0[17] |
28 October 1982 | Birmingham Northfield | Ian Anderson | 411 | 0.9[18] |
28 October 1982 | Peckham | Martin Webster | 874 | 3.9[19] |
24 February 1983 | Bermondsey | James Sneath | 426 | 1.4[20] |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Barking | I Newport | 646 | 1.9 |
Battersea | Michael Salt | 539 | 1.2 |
Bethnal Green and Stepney | V Clark | 800 | 2.6 |
Birmingham Hodge Hill | Norman Tomkinson | 529 | 1.3 |
Birmingham Yardley | R Jones | 415 | 1.0 |
Blaby | P Gegan | 568 | 1.0 |
Blackburn | David Riley | 864 | 1.5 |
Blackpool North | A Hanson | 514 | 1.3 |
Blackpool South | W Smith | 263 | 0.7 |
Bow and Poplar | Mrs S Bartlett | 596 | 1.9 |
Brentford and Isleworth | P Andrews | 427 | 0.8 |
Brighton Kemptown | Ted Budden | 290 | 0.7 |
Bristol East | E Andrews | 434 | 0.7 |
Chingford | Brent Cheetham | 380 | 0.9 |
City of London & Westminster South | A Reeve | 258 | 0.7 |
Croydon North West | Nick Griffin | 336 | 0.9 |
Dagenham | Joe Pearce | 645 | 1.6 |
Dartford | G Nye | 282 | 0.5 |
Dulwich | R Barker | 338 | 0.9 |
Ealing Southall | E Pendrous | 555 | 1.1 |
Feltham and Heston | S Glass | 696 | 1.3 |
Fulham | R Pearse | 229 | 0.6 |
Gravesham | P Johnson | 420 | 0.8 |
Hackney North and Stoke Newington | J Field | 396 | 1.1 |
Hackney South and Shoreditch | R Ashton | 593 | 1.5 |
Hammersmith | Mrs L Bennett | 250 | 0.8 |
Harrogate | P Vessey | 163 | 0.3 |
Hornchurch | Mrs A Joyce | 402 | 0.9 |
Islington South and Finsbury | J Donegan | 341 | 0.9 |
Leeds East | Andrew Brons | 475 | 1.1 |
Liverpool Mossley Hill | M Erickson-Rohrer | 212 | 0.5 |
Manchester Central | A Coles | 729 | 1.7 |
Meriden | C Collins | 460 | 0.9 |
Mitcham and Morden | J Perryman | 539 | 1.2 |
Newham North East | F Adams | 794 | 2.1 |
Newham North West | Mike Hipperson | 525 | 1.9 |
Newham South | Ian Anderson | 993 | 3.7 |
Norwich South | Peter Williams | 145 | 0.3 |
Norwood | Mrs C Williams | 343 | 0.9 |
Peckham | Mrs M Bailey | 800 | 2.5 |
Plymouth Devonport | R Bearsford-Walker | 72 | 0.2 |
Plymouth Sutton | G Knight | 297 | 0.6 |
Putney | M Connolly | 290 | 0.6 |
Rochdale | P Barker | 436 | 1.0 |
Romford | Mrs M Caine | 432 | 1.1 |
Sevenoaks | G Burnett | 416 | 0.8 |
Sheffield Brightside | P Spink | 286 | 0.7 |
Slough | G John | 528 | 1.0 |
Southwark and Bermondsey | James Sneath | 474 | 1.4 |
Stalybridge and Hyde | B Nylan | 294 | 0.6 |
Streatham | K Handy | 321 | 0.8 |
Tooting | P Berbridge | 355 | 0.8 |
Tunbridge Wells | D Smith | 236 | 0.4 |
Twickenham | Terry Denville-Faulkner | 234 | 0.5 |
Upminster | G Nobles-Pride | 566 | 1.2 |
Vauxhall | J Wright | 508 | 1.3 |
Walthamstow | P Mitchell | 443 | 1.3 |
Wanstead and Woodford | H Marshall | 456 | 1.2 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | G Gillmore | 511 | 0.9 |
Wolverhampton North East | Charles Baugh | 585 | 1.3 |
Worthing | Martin Wingfield | 292 | 0.5 |
By-elections, 1984-1987
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
14 June 1984 | Portsmouth South | Gordon Knight | 226 | 0.6[22] |
26 February 1987 | Greenwich | Joe Pearce | 103 | 0.3[23] |
In the late 1980s, the NF had gone into a split between the Flag Group and the Official National Front, the latter stood no candidates whereas the former only stood one in Bristol East as an 'Independent NF'.
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | Bristol East | Paul Kingston | 286 | 0.6 |
By-elections, 1987-1992
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
18 December 1988 | Epping Forest | Tina Wingfield | 286 | 0.6 |
15 June 1989 | Vauxhall | Ted Budden | 83 | 0.3[23] |
22 March 1990 | Mid Staffordshire | John Hill | 311 | 0.5[24] |
18 October 1990 | Eastbourne | John McAuley | 154 | 0.3[25] |
9 November 1990 | Bradford North | Robert Tenney | 305 | 0.8[25] |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Birmingham Hodge Hill | Eddie Whicker | 370 | 0.9 |
Birmingham Yardley | Paul Read | 192 | 0.4 |
Bristol East | Ian Anderson | 270 | 0.5 |
Coventry South East | Norman Tomkinson | 173 | 0.5 |
Derby North | Peter Hart | 245 | 0.4 |
Dudley East | Gary Cartwright | 675 | 1.2 |
Ealing North | CJG Hill | 277 | 0.6 |
Leeds West | Robert Tenney | 132 | 0.3 |
Slough | Andrew Carmichael | 290 | 0.5 |
Southwark and Bermondsey | Terry Blackham | 168 | 0.4 |
Torbay | Robert Jones | 268 | 0.5 |
Walsall North | K Reynolds | 614 | 1.2 |
West Bromwich East | John Lord | 477 | 1.1 |
West Hertfordshire | John McAuley | 665 | 1.0 |
By-elections, 1992-1997
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
9 June 1994 | Barking | Gary Needs | 551 | 2.9[26] |
15 December 1994 | Dudley West | Andy Carmichael | 561 | 1.4[25] |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Beckenham | John McAuley | 388 | 0.7 |
Bromley and Chislehurst | Michael Stoneman | 369 | 0.7 |
Dudley North | George Cartwright | 559 | 1.2 |
Hayes and Harlington | Gerald Hutchins | 504 | 1.2 |
Lewisham East | Robert Croucher | 431 | 1.2 |
Walsall North | A Humphries | 465 | 1.1 |
By-elections, 1997-2001
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 July 1997 | Uxbridge | John McAuley | 110 | 0.3[28] | |
20 November 1997 | Beckenham | John McAuley | 267 | 0.8[29] |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Birmingham Erdington | Michael Shore | 681 | 2.2 |
North Southwark and Bermondsey | Miss Lianne Shore | 612 | 1.7 |
North Thanet | Tom Holmes | 395 | 0.9 |
South Thanet | Bernard Franklin | 242 | 0.6 |
Wolverhampton South East | James Barry | 554 | 2.0 |
By-elections, 2001-2005
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
15 July 2004 | Birmingham Hodge Hill | James Starkey | 805 | 3.9[31] |
30 September 2004 | Hartlepool | James Starkey | 246 | 0.8[32] |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Banbury | James Starkey | 918 | 1.6 |
Brentford and Isleworth | Michael Stoneman | 523 | 1.1 |
Birmingham Erdington | Terry Williams | 416 | 1.3 |
Feltham and Heston | Graham Kemp | 975 | 2.6 |
Halifax | Tom Holmes | 191 | 0.5 |
Lewisham East | Bernard Franklin | 625 | 2.0 |
Manchester Central | Richard Kemp | 421 | 1.4 |
Newcastle upon Tyne North | Roland Wood | 997 | 2.6 |
Peterborough | Terry Blackham | 931 | 2.3 |
Ruislip-Northwood | Ian Edward | 841 | 2.1 |
Sedgefield | Mark Farrell | 253 | 0.6 |
North Southwark and Bermondsey | Paul Winnett | 704 | 1.9 |
Uxbridge | Peter Shaw | 284 | 0.8 |
By-elections, 2005-2010
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
29 June 2006 | Bromley and Chislehurst | Paul Winnett | 476 | 1.6[34] |
10 July 2008 | Haltemprice and Howden | Tess Culnane | 544 | 2.3[35] |
Although the NF had planned to stand 25 candidates, in the event it fielded only 17.[36] The NF did not compete in Ulster and instead encouraged supporters there to support the Traditional Unionist Voice.[37]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Birmingham Erdington | Terry Williams | 229 | 0.6 |
Birmingham Yardley | Paul Morris | 349 | 0.9 |
Bradford East | Gerry Robinson | 222 | 0.5 |
Dudley North | Kevin Inman | 173 | 0.4 |
Faversham and Mid Kent | Graham Kemp | 542 | 1.2 |
Hayes and Harlington | Andrewy Cripps | 566 | 1.3 |
Hull East | Joe Uttley | 880 | 2.6 |
Keighley | Steven Smith | 135 | 0.3 |
Maidstone and the Weald | Gary Butler | 643 | 1.3 |
Montgomeryshire | Milton Ellis | 384 | 1.1 |
Rochdale | Chris Jackson | 2,236 | 4.9 |
Rossendale and Darwen | Kevin Bryan | 1,062 | 2.3 |
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | Ian Edward | 899 | 1.8 |
Tonbridge and Malling | Mike Easter | 505 | 1.0 |
Tyneside North | Bob Batten | 599 | 1.3 |
Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Frank Mcallister | 271 | 0.6 |
West Ham | Michael Davidson | 1,089 | 2.3 |
Scottish Parliament
In UK parliamentary elections, the NF has only ever contested 3 constituencies: Glasgow Govan (October 1974), Glasgow Pollok (1979) and the 1980 Glasgow Central by-election.
The NF stood for the first time ever in the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary elections by fielding 6 candidates- 1 for the North East region and 5 (3 of whom stood for the North East region too) for the constituencies. It failed to save any deposits or win any seats and achieved betwwen 0.8% and 1.6% of the vote in the constituencies it contested (0.08% of the nationwide vote).
Source: BBC News[39]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen Central | Mike Phillips | 201 | 0.8 |
Aberdeen Donside | Christopher Sean Willett | 213 | 0.8 |
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine | Ross Alexander Willett | 214 | 0.7 |
Almond Valley | Neil McIvor | 329 | 1.1 |
Linlithgow | Mike Coyle | 558 | 1.6 |
Regional lists | Votes | % | +/- % |
---|---|---|---|
North East Scotland | 640 | 0.2 | n/a |
European Parliament elections
The National Front stood in the 1989 and 1994 European elections but has not stood in European elections since.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Birmingham East | Martin Wingfield | 1,471 | 0.8 |
Total | 1,471 | 0.0 |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Birmingham West | Andrew Carmichael | 3,727 | 2.6 |
Hertfordshire | John McAuley | 1,755 | 0.8 |
London South East | Ken Lowne | 2,926 | 1.7 |
London West | William Binding | 1,963 | 1.1 |
Staffordshire East and Derby | R.P. Jones | 2,098 | 1.1 |
Total | 12,469 | 0.1 |
Greater London Council elections
The NF had stood in the now defunct Greater London Council in 1967, 1973, 1977 and 1981. 1977 was the largest in which the NF stood 91 candidates out of 92 constituencies.[40]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Ealing (1) | John Bean | 2,164 | 1.9 |
Ealing (2) | B E Holbrook | 1,690 | |
Ealing (3) | G H Kemp | 1,665 | |
Total | 1,839 | 0.1 |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Battersea South | Tom Lamb | 826 | 4.8 |
Bermondsey | R S Pritchard | 992 | 5.8 |
Enfield North | K T Robinson | 1,204 | 4.0 |
Feltham and Heston | J M Reid | 3,332 | 11.3 |
Harrow Central | R Franklin | 1,361 | 7.1 |
Hayes and Harlington | John Fairhurst | 1,821 | 8.5 |
Total | 9,536 | 0.5 |
1973-1977 by-elections
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
15 May 1975 | Finchey | D H Fereday | 760 | 4.3 |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 119,060 | 5.3 |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 21,582 | 1.0 |
External links
References
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- ^ The Times, 20 June 1970
- ^ Martin Walker: The National Front p100
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- ^ Daily Telegraph, 9 Dec 1972
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- ^ Martin Walker: The National Front p144
- ^ (For the Feb 1974 election, The Guardian, 2 March 1974)
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- ^ The Guardian, 5 May 1979
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