British National Party election results
This article lists the British National Party's election results in the UK parliamentary, Scottish parliamentary and Welsh Assembly elections. The party is not represented in any of those assemblies.
United Kingdom elections
Summary of general election performance
Year | Number of candidates | Total votes | Average votes per candidate | Percentage of vote | Change (percentage points) | Saved deposits* | Number of MPs |
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1983 | 53 | 14,621 | 276 | 0.0 | N/A | 0 | 0 |
1987 | 2 | 553 | 277 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 13 | 7,631 | 587 | 0.1 | +0.1 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | 56 | 35,832 | 640 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
2001 | 33 | 47,129 | 1,428 | 0.2 | +0.1 | 7 | 0 |
2005 | 119 | 192,746 | 1,620 | 0.7 | +0.5 | 34 | 0 |
2010 | 338 | 563,743 | 1,668 | 1.9 | +1.2 | 73 | 0 |
* Note: Until 1985, a deposit was saved on securing 12½% of the votes cast; from 1985, this was reduced to 5%.
This was the first general election after the formation of the BNP following the disintegration of the National Front (NF) in the early 1980s. The BNP stood 53 candidates in order to be eligible for the five minute national television broadcast offered to all parties running fifty candidates or more. Although the party did not anticipate winning any seats (as was the case) the election was pivotal in ensuring that its profile was raised, with 13 million viewers watching the broadcast.[1] The NF itself contested 61 seats, a significant drop from the 303 it had contested in 1979. Only three constituencies (Hackney S & Shoreditch, Islington S & Finsbury and Worthing) were contested by both parties and in all three the NF beat the BNP. However, their combined vote in each of these constituencies was roughly half of what the NF had secured previously.
38 of the seats contested by the BNP had been contested by the NF in 1979. However, the BNP vote in all but one was lower than the NF had previously achieved. (The exception was Carmarthen: NF 149 in 1979; BNP 154 in 1983.)
BNP results ranged from 94 to 632 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.2% to 1.3%.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Ashford | R Lockwood | 195 | 0.4 |
Basingstoke | I Wilson | 344 | 0.6 |
Beckenham | G Younger | 203 | 0.5 |
Bolton North East | D Ball | 186 | 0.4 |
Bournemouth West | John Morse | 180 | 0.4 |
Bradford North | Michael Easter | 193 | 0.4 |
Broxbourne | J Smith | 502 | 1.0 |
Carmarthen | Charlie Grice | 154 | 0.3 |
Chislehurst | Alfred Waite | 201 | 0.5 |
Ealing North | J Shaw | 306 | 0.6 |
Edmonton | David Bruce | 372 | 0.8 |
Eltham | P Banks | 276 | 0.7 |
Enfield North | J Billingham | 268 | 0.5 |
Enfield Southgate | M Braithwaite | 318 | 0.7 |
Epping Forest | Stephen Smith | 330 | 0.7 |
Erith and Crayford | O Hawke | 272 | 0.7 |
Glasgow Shettleston | K Hill | 103 | 0.3 |
Gloucester | R Rhodes | 260 | 0.5 |
Greenwich | Ian Dell | 259 | 0.7 |
Hackney South and Shoreditch | Mrs Valerie Tyndall | 374 | 1.0 |
Harborough | J Taylor | 280 | 0.5 |
Hertford and Stortford | G Wiles | 304 | 0.6 |
Heywood and Middleton | Ken Henderson | 316 | 0.8 |
Ilford South | R Martin | 316 | 0.8 |
Ipswich | A Pearson | 235 | 0.5 |
Islington North | L Bearsford-Walker | 176 | 0.5 |
Islington South and Finsbury | D Stentiford | 94 | 0.2 |
Leeds Central | G Cummins | 331 | 0.9 |
Leeds West | A Braithwaite | 334 | 0.7 |
Leicester East | R Sutton | 459 | 0.9 |
Leicester South | C Pickard | 280 | 0.3 |
Leicester West | Ray Hill | 469 | 1.0 |
Lewisham Deptford | P Wilson | 317 | 0.9 |
Lewisham East | Richard Edmonds | 288 | 0.7 |
Lewisham West | R Hoy | 336 | 0.8 |
Liverpool Walton | D McKechnie | 343 | 0.7 |
Loughborough | John Peacock | 228 | 0.4 |
Manchester Gorton | Les Andrews | 231 | 0.5 |
Milton Keynes | Ronald Rickcord | 290 | 0.5 |
Orpington | L Taylor | 215 | 0.5 |
Plymouth Drake | C Bradbury | 163 | 0.4 |
Ravensbourne | A Shotton | 242 | 0.6 |
Reading East | P Baker | 147 | 0.3 |
Stevenage | D Bowmaker | 236 | 0.5 |
Thanet North | B Dobing | 324 | 0.7 |
Thurrock | R Sinclair | 252 | 0.6 |
Wakefield | V Parker | 295 | 0.6 |
Walsall South | John Parker | 632 | 1.3 |
Warrington North | I Sloan | 267 | 0.5 |
Woolwich | T Fitz-Gerald | 384 | 1.0 |
Worcester | Keith Axon | 208 | 0.4 |
Worthing | D Monks | 103 | 0.2 |
York | T Bratten | 148 | 0.3 |
Total | 14,621 | 0.0 |
By-elections, 1983-1987
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
26 February 1987 | Greenwich | Ian Dell | 116 | 0.3[3] |
With party finances strained, leader John Tyndall decided not to fight this election.[4] The party's Bromley officer Alf Waite and West Kent chief Michael Easter both broke rank and stood as candidates and, despite attempts by Tyndall to maintain unity, some of Waite and Easter's supporters split from the BNP to join the Flag Group after the election.[5]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Ravensbourne | Alfred Waite | 184 | 0.4 |
Tonbridge and Malling | Michael Easter | 369 | 0.6 |
Total | 553 | 0.0 |
Although a wider slate of candidates was put forward than in 1987, the party concentrated its campaigning efforts on the East London constituencies of Bethnal Green and Stepney and Bow and Poplar on the back of some relatively strong performances in local elections in the early 1990s.[7] The party's first elected representative to a borough council, Derek Beackon, would be elected in this area the following year.
BNP results ranged from 121 to 1310 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.3% to 3.6%.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Bethnal Green and Stepney | Richard Edmonds | 1,310 | 3.6 |
Blaby | John Peacock | 521 | 0.8 |
Bow and Poplar | John Tyndall | 1,107 | 3.0 |
Cardiff North | John Morse | 121 | 0.3 |
Clydesdale | Steve Cartwright | 342 | 0.7 |
Darlington | Donald Clarke | 355 | 0.6 |
Dewsbury | Lady Jane Birdwood | 660 | 1.1 |
Edinburgh West | David Bruce | 133 | 0.3 |
Erewash | L Johnson | 645 | 1.0 |
Peterborough | Richard Heaton | 311 | 0.5 |
Rochdale | Ken Henderson | 620 | 1.2 |
Southwark and Bermondsey | Stephen Tyler | 530 | 1.4 |
Uxbridge | M O'Rourke | 350 | 0.7 |
Total | 7,631 | 0.1 |
By-elections, 1992-1997
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
9 June 1994 | Dagenham | John Tyndall | 1,511 | 7.0[9] |
Both Tyndall and Tony Lecomber felt that recruitment of new members was of central importance to the growth of the BNP and it was agreed that a larger scale general election campaign was needed in order to accomplish this.[10] The party spent £60,000 on their election campaign, although ultimately it had no great impact on volume of membership.[11]
BNP results ranged from 149 to 3350 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.4% to 7.5%.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Aldershot | Donald Stevens | 322 | 0.6 |
Ashfield | Steven Belshaw | 595 | 1.2 |
Barking | Mark Toleman | 894 | 2.7 |
Batley and Spen | Ron Smith | 472 | 1.0 |
Bethnal Green and Bow | David King | 3,350 | 7.5 |
Bexleyheath and Crayford | Ms Pauline Smith | 429 | 0.9 |
Birmingham Edgbaston | Derek Campbell | 443 | 0.9 |
Birmingham Northfield | Keith Axon | 337 | 0.9 |
Birmingham Perry Barr | Lee Windridge | 544 | 1.2 |
Blaby | John Peacock | 523 | 1.0 |
Blackpool North and Fleetwood | John Ellis | 288 | 0.5 |
Bournemouth West | John Morse | 165 | 0.4 |
Bradford West | Gary Osborn | 893 | 1.8 |
Bristol North West | Stephen Parnell | 265 | 0.5 |
Broxbourne | David Bruce | 610 | 1.3 |
Calder Valley | Christian Jackson | 431 | 0.8 |
Carshalton and Wallington | Gary Ritchie | 261 | 0.5 |
Charnwood | Matthew Palmer | 525 | 0.9 |
Chingford and Woodford Green | Alan Gould | 1,059 | 2.4 |
Clydesdale | Kenneth Smith | 311 | 0.7 |
Coventry South | Jeffrey Astbury | 328 | 0.7 |
Croydon South | Paul Ferguson | 354 | 0.7 |
Dagenham | William Binding | 900 | 2.5 |
Dartford | Paul McHale | 424 | 0.8 |
Dewsbury | Ms Frances Taylor | 2,232 | 5.2 |
East Ham | Colin Smith | 1,258 | 3.2 |
Edmonton | Bruce Cowd | 437 | 1.0 |
Eltham | William Hitches | 491 | 1.1 |
Enfield North | Mrs Jean Griffin | 590 | 1.2 |
Epping Forest | Paul Henderson | 743 | 1.4 |
Erith and Thamesmead | Victor Dooley | 718 | 1.7 |
Feltham and Heston | Robert Church | 682 | 1.5 |
Gillingham | Christopher Jury | 195 | 0.4 |
Glasgow Govan | James White | 149 | 0.5 |
Glasgow Shettleston | Robert Currie | 191 | 0.6 |
Hackney South and Shoreditch | Gordon Callow | 531 | 1.6 |
Harlow | John Bowles | 319 | 0.9 |
Ilford North | Paul Wilson | 755 | 1.6 |
Ilford South | Aron Owens | 580 | 1.2 |
Kingswood | Peter Hart | 290 | 0.5 |
Leicester West | Adrian Belshaw | 302 | 0.7 |
Leominster | John Haycock | 292 | 0.6 |
Mitcham and Morden | Linda Miller | 521 | 1.1 |
Morley and Rothwell | Roger Wood | 381 | 0.8 |
Old Bexley and Sidcup | Mrs Valerie Tyndall | 415 | 0.8 |
Poplar and Canning Town | John Tyndall | 2,849 | 7.3 |
Reading East | Ms Barbara Packer | 238 | 0.5 |
Reading West | Ian Dell | 320 | 0.7 |
Rochdale | Gary Bergin | 653 | 1.4 |
Romford | Michael Carey | 522 | 1.2 |
Rossendale and Darwen | Andrew Wearden | 674 | 1.3 |
Sherwood | Paul Ballard | 432 | 0.8 |
Southwark North and Bermondsey | Michael Davidson | 713 | 1.8 |
Stoke-on-Trent Central | Michael Coleman | 806 | 1.5 |
Stoke-on-Trent South | Steven Batkin | 568 | 1.2 |
Taunton | Les Andrews | 318 | 0.5 |
West Ham | Kenneth Francis | 1,198 | 3.6 |
Total | 35,832 | 0.1 |
By-elections, 1997-2001
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
31 July 1997 | Uxbridge | Frances Taylor | 205 | 0.7[13] |
23 November 2000 | Preston | Chris Jackson | 229 | 1.1[14] |
23 November 2000 | West Bromwich West | Nick Griffin | 974 | 4.2[15] |
On the back of an intense local campaign that had been bolstered by the tensions around the 2001 Oldham race riots, the BNP secured their best ever general election result in Oldham West and Royton where party leader Nick Griffin secured 16.4% of the vote.[16]
BNP results ranged from 278 to 6,552 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.8% to 16.4%.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Ashton-under-Lyne | Roger Woods | 1,617 | 4.5 |
Barking | Mark Tolman | 1,606 | 6.4 |
Bethnal Green and Bow | Michael Davidson | 1,211 | 3.2 |
Bexleyheath and Crayford | Colin Smith | 1,408 | 3.5 |
Birmingham Hodge Hill | Lee Windridge | 889 | 3.3 |
Blaby | Edward Scott | 1,375 | 2.8 |
Bradford North | John Brayshaw | 1,613 | 4.6 |
Broxbourne | John Cope | 848 | 2.2 |
Burnley | Steve Smith | 4,151 | 11.3 |
Chingford and Woodford Green | Mrs Jean Griffin | 1,062 | 2.9 |
Coventry North East | Edward Sheppard | 937 | 2.0 |
Croydon Central | Linda Miller | 449 | 1.0 |
Dagenham | David Hill | 1,378 | 5.0 |
Dewsbury | Russell Smith | 1,632 | 4.5 |
Dudley North | Simon Darby | 1,882 | 4.7 |
Enfield North | Ramon Johns | 605 | 1.6 |
Erewash | Steve Belshaw | 591 | 1.2 |
Hayes and Harlington | Gary Birch | 705 | 2.2 |
Leicester East | Clive Potter | 772 | 1.9 |
Lewisham East | Barry Roberts | 1,005 | 3.3 |
Mitcham and Morden | John Tyndall | 642 | 1.7 |
Newport West | Terrance Cavill | 278 | 0.8 |
Oldham East and Saddleworth | Mick Treacy | 5,091 | 11.2 |
Oldham West and Royton | Nick Griffin | 6,552 | 16.4 |
Pendle | Christian Jackson | 1,976 | 5.0 |
Poplar and Canning Town | Paul Borg | 1,733 | 5.1 |
Romford | Frank McAllister | 414 | 1.2 |
Ruislip Northwood | Ian Edwards | 547 | 1.5 |
Stoke-on-Trent South | Steve Batkin | 1,358 | 3.8 |
Sunderland North | Dave Guynan | 687 | 2.3 |
Sunderland South | Joe Dobbie | 576 | 1.8 |
Walthamstow | William Phillips | 389 | 1.1 |
West Bromwich West | John Salvage | 1,428 | 4.5 |
BNP results ranged from 376 to 5,066 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.8% to 17.0%. In total 34 BNP candidates polled 5% or more and saved their deposit. The highest percentage was achieved in Barking by Richard Barnbrook, later to be elected to the London Assembly in 2008 when the BNP passed the 5% threshold and thus qualified for a single seat.[18]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Aldridge-Brownhills | William Vaughan | 1,620 | 4.1 |
Amber Valley | Paul Snell | 1,243 | 2.6 |
Ashton-under-Lyne | Anthony Jones | 2,051 | 5.5 |
Barking | Richard Barnbrook | 4,916 | 17.0 |
Barnsley Central | Geoff Broadley | 1,403 | 4.9 |
Basildon | Emma Colgate | 2055 | 4.8 |
Basingstoke | Roger Robertson | 821 | 1.7 |
Batley and Spen | Colin Auty | 2,668 | 6.8 |
Bexleyheath and Crayford | Jay Lee | 1,245 | 2.9 |
Billericay | Bryn Robinson | 1,435 | 2.9 |
Birmingham Erdington | Sharon Ebanks | 1,512 | 4.8 |
Birmingham Hodge Hill | Denis Adams | 1,445 | 5.1 |
Birmingham Northfield | Mark Cattell | 1,278 | 4.1 |
Birmingham Yardley | Robert Purcell | 1,523 | 5.2 |
Blaby | Michael Robinson | 1,704 | 3.5 |
Blackburn | Nicholas Holt | 2,263 | 5.4 |
Blackpool South | Roy Goodwin | 1,113 | 2.9 |
Boston and Skegness | Wendy Russell | 1,025 | 2.5 |
Bradford North | Lynda Cromie | 2,061 | 6.0 |
Bradford South | James Lewthwaite | 2,862 | 7.8 |
Bradford West | Paul Cromie | 2,525 | 6.9 |
Broxbourne | Andrew Emerson | 1,929 | 4.7 |
Burnley | Len Starr | 4,003 | 10.3 |
Burton | Julie Russell | 1,840 | 3.8 |
Bury North | Stewart Clough | 1,790 | 4.0 |
Calder Valley | John Gregory | 1,887 | 4.0 |
Charnwood | Andrew Holders | 1,737 | 3.4 |
Cheadle | Richard Chadfield | 421 | 0.9 |
Colne Valley | Barry Fowler | 1,430 | 2.9 |
Coventry North West | David Clarke | 1,556 | 3.6 |
Crawley | Richard Trower | 1,277 | 3.0 |
Dagenham | Lawrence Rustem | 2,870 | 9.3 |
Denton and Reddish | John Edgar | 1,326 | 3.7 |
Derbyshire South | David Joines | 1,797 | 3.2 |
Dewsbury | David Exley | 5,066 | 13.1 |
Doncaster Central | John Wilkinson | 1,239 | 3.6 |
Doncaster North | Lee Hagan | 1,506 | 4.8 |
Dudley North | Simon Darby | 4,022 | 9.7 |
Dudley South | John Salvage | 1,841 | 4.7 |
Easington | Ian McDonald | 1,042 | 3.3 |
Elmet | Tracy Andrews | 1,231 | 2.6 |
Eltham | Barry Roberts | 979 | 2.8 |
Enfield North | Terence Farr | 1,004 | 2.5 |
Epping Forest | Julian Leppert | 1,728 | 3.9 |
Erewash | Sadie Graham | 1,319 | 2.6 |
Erith and Thamesmead | Brian Ravenscroft | 1,620 | 4.3 |
Glasgow Central | Walter Hamilton | 671 | 2.4 |
Glasgow North East | Scott McLean | 920 | 3.2 |
Great Grimsby | Stephen Fyfe | 1,338 | 4.1 |
Halifax | Geoff Wallace | 2,627 | 6.6 |
Haltemprice and Howden | John Mainprize | 798 | 1.7 |
Harrogate and Knaresborough | Colin Banner | 466 | 1.1 |
Havant | Ian Johnson | 652 | 1.4 |
Hayes and Harlington | Tony Hazel | 830 | 2.6 |
Heywood and Middleton | Gary Aronsson | 1,855 | 4.7 |
Hornchurch | Ian Moore | 1,313 | 3.4 |
Houghton and Washington East | John Richardson | 1,367 | 3.9 |
Huddersfield | Karl Hanson | 1,036 | 3.0 |
Hull East | Alan Siddle | 1,022 | 3.3 |
Hull North | Brian Wainwright | 766 | 2.6 |
Hyndburn | Christian Jackson | 2,444 | 6.2 |
Keighley | Nick Griffin | 4,240 | 9.2 |
Knowsley North and Sefton East | Michael McDermott | 872 | 2.4 |
Leeds Central | Mark Collett | 1,201 | 4.1 |
Leeds West | Julie Day | 1,167 | 3.5 |
Leicestershire North West | Clive Potter | 1,474 | 3.1 |
Maidenhead | Tim Rait | 704 | 1.5 |
Makerfield | Dennis Shambley | 1,221 | 3.4 |
Middlesbrough | Ron Armes | 819 | 2.5 |
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Geoffrey Groves | 1,099 | 2.5 |
Morley and Rothwell | Chris Beverley | 2,271 | 5.3 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | John Dawson | 1,390 | 3.5 |
Normanton | John Aveyard | 1,967 | 5.3 |
Old Bexley and Sidcup | Claire Sayers | 1,227 | 2.8 |
Oldham East and Saddleworth | Michael Treacy | 2,109 | 4.9 |
Oldham West and Royton | Anita Corbett | 2,606 | 6.9 |
Pendle | Tom Boocock | 2,547 | 6.2 |
Pontefract and Castleford | Suzy Cass | 1,835 | 5.6 |
Poole | Peter Pirnie | 547 | 1.4 |
Redcar | Andrew Harris | 985 | 2.5 |
Rochdale | Derek Adams | 1,773 | 4.3 |
Romford | John McCaffrey | 1,088 | 3.0 |
Rossendale and Darwen | Tony Wentworth | 1,736 | 3.9 |
Rother Valley | Nick Cass | 2,020 | 5.1 |
Rotherham | Marlene Guest | 1,986 | 6.6 |
Sheffield Attercliffe | Beverley Jones | 1,477 | 4.0 |
Sheffield Brightside | Christopher Hartigan | 1,537 | 6.2 |
Sheffield Central | Mark Payne | 539 | 1.8 |
Sheffield Hallam | Ian Senior | 469 | 1.2 |
Sheffield Heeley | John Beatson | 1,314 | 3.9 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | David Wright | 2,010 | 4.4 |
Shipley | Tom Linden | 2,000 | 4.2 |
Solihull | Diane Carr | 1,752 | 3.3 |
Stalybridge and Hyde | Nigel Byrne | 1,399 | 4.0 |
Stockton North | Kevin Hughes | 986 | 2.7 |
Stoke-on-Trent Central | Michael Coleman | 2,178 | 7.8 |
Stoke-on-Trent North | Spencer Cartlidge | 2,132 | 6.9 |
Stoke-on-Trent South | Mark Leat | 3,305 | 8.7 |
Sunderland North | Debra Hiles | 1,136 | 3.9 |
Sunderland South | David Guynan | 1,166 | 3.8 |
Swansea East | Kevin Holloway | 770 | 2.5 |
Thurrock | Nick Geri | 2,526 | 5.8 |
Tyne Bridge | Kevin Scott | 1,072 | 4.1 |
Upminster | Chris Roberts | 1173 | 3.4 |
Uxbridge | Cliff le May | 763 | 2.2 |
Wakefield | Grant Rowe | 1,328 | 3.1 |
Walsall North | William Locke | 1,992 | 6.0 |
Walsall South | Kevin Smith | 1,776 | 5.0 |
Warley | Simon Smith | 1,761 | 5.5 |
Warwickshire North | Michaela Mackenzie | 1,910 | 4.1 |
Wentworth | Jonathan Pygott | 1,798 | 5.1 |
West Bromwich East | Carl Butler | 2,329 | 6.6 |
West Bromwich West | James Lloyd | 3,456 | 9.9 |
Weston-super-Mare | Clive Courtney | 778 | 1.6 |
Wokingham | Richard Colborne | 376 | 0.8 |
Wolverhampton South West | Edward Mullins | 983 | 2.4 |
Woodspring | Michael Howson | 633 | 1.2 |
Worcester | Martin Roberts | 980 | 2.1 |
Wrexham | John Walker | 919 | 3.0 |
Total | 192,746 | 0.7 |
By-elections, 2005-2010
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
19 July 2007 | Sedgefield | Andrew Spence | 2,494 | 8.9[20] |
26 June 2008 | Henley | Timothy Rait | 1,243 | 3.6[21] |
23 July 2009 | Norwich North | Rev. Robert West | 941 | 2.7[22] |
13 November 2009 | Glasgow North East | Charlie Baillie | 1,013 | 4.9[23] |
The BNP fielded 338 candidates[24] (including 19 in Wales and 14 in Scotland but none in Northern Ireland), nearly three times the number in 2005. Leader Nick Griffin came third in Barking - the constituency it had targeted heavily - while the party lost all 12 of its seats on Barking and Dagenham council. In total 73 BNP candidates polled 5% or more and saved their deposit. The election results followed a campaign in which the BNP website was closed down by its designer, the party's publicity director was arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill Griffin and a candidate in London was filmed fighting in the street with a group of Asian teenagers.[25] Votes polled ranged from 150 to 6,620. The percentage of votes ranged from 0.4% to 14.6%. The average was 1.9%.[26]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Aberavon | Kevin Edwards | 1,276 | 4.1 |
Aberdeen North | Roy Jones | 635 | 1.7 |
Aberdeen South | Susan Ross | 529 | 1.2 |
Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine | Gary Raikes | 513 | 1.1 |
Alyn and Deeside | John Walker | 1,368 | 3.4 |
Amber Valley | Michael Clarke | 3,195 | 7.0 |
Ashfield | Edward Holmes | 2,781 | 5.8 |
Ashton-under-Lyne | David Lomas | 2,929 | 7.6 |
Banff and Buchan | Richard Payne | 1,010 | 2.6 |
Barking | Nick Griffin | 6,620 | 14.6 |
Barnsley Central | Ian Sutton | 3,307 | 8.9 |
Barnsley East | Colin Porter | 3,301 | 8.6 |
Barrow and Furness | Mike Ashburner | 840 | 1.9 |
Basildon and Billericay | Irene Bateman | 1,934 | 4.6 |
Basildon South and Thurrock East | Chris Roberts | 2,518 | 5.6 |
Batley and Spen | David Exley | 3,685 | 7.1 |
Beckenham | Roger Tonks | 1,001 | 2.1 |
Bedford | William Dewick | 757 | 1.7 |
Bedfordshire North East | Ian Seeby | 1,265 | 2.3 |
Bedfordshire South West | Mark Tolman | 1,703 | 3.4 |
Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Stephen Tyler | 1,370 | 3.1 |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | Peter Mailer | 1,213 | 3.2 |
Bethnal Green and Bow | Jeffrey Marshall | 1,405 | 2.8 |
Beverley and Holderness | Neil Whitelam | 2,080 | 3.9 |
Bexhill and Battle | Neil Jackson | 1,950 | 3.6 |
Bexleyheath and Crayford | Stephen James | 2,042 | 4.7 |
Birmingham Edgbaston | Trevor Lloyd | 1,196 | 2.9 |
Birmingham Erdington | Kevin McHugh | 1,815 | 5.1 |
Birmingham Hodge Hill | Richard Lumby | 2,333 | 5.5 |
Birmingham Northfield | Les Orton | 2,290 | 5.5 |
Birmingham Selly Oak | Lynette Orton | 1,820 | 3.9 |
Birmingham Yardley | Tanya Lumby | 2,153 | 5.3 |
Bishop Auckland | Adam Walker | 2,036 | 4.9 |
Blackburn | Robin Evans | 2,158 | 4.7 |
Blackley and Broughton | Derek Adams | 2,469 | 7.2 |
Blackpool North & Cleveleys | James Clayton | 1,556 | 3.8 |
Blackpool South | Roy Goodwin | 1,482 | 4.2 |
Blaenau Gwent | Anthony King | 1,211 | 3.7 |
Blaydon | Keith McFarlane | 2,277 | 5.1 |
Blyth Valley | Steve Fairburn | 1,699 | 4.4 |
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Andrew Moffat | 1,890 | 4.0 |
Bolsover | Martin Radford | 2,640 | 6.0 |
Bolton South East | Shelia Spink | 2,012 | 5.1 |
Bootle | Charles Stewart | 942 | 2.3 |
Boston and Skegness | David Owens | 2,278 | 5.3 |
Bosworth | John Ryde | 2,458 | 4.5 |
Bracknell | Mark Burke | 1,253 | 2.4 |
Bradford East | Neville Poynton | 1,854 | 4.6 |
Bradford South | Sharon Sutton | 2,651 | 7.0 |
Bradford West | Jenny Sampson | 1,370 | 3.4 |
Braintree | Paul Hooks | 1,080 | 2.2 |
Brentford and Isleworth | Paul Winnet | 704 | 1.3 |
Brentwood and Ongar | Paul Morris | 1,447 | 2.9 |
Bridgend | Brian Urch | 1,020 | 2.7 |
Bridgwater and West Somerset | Donna Treanor | 1,282 | 2.4 |
Brigg and Goole | Steve Ward | 1,498 | 3.4 |
Bristol East | Brian Jenkins | 1,960 | 4.4 |
Bristol South | Colin Chidsey | 1,739 | 3.6 |
Broadland | Edith Crowther | 871 | 1.7 |
Bromley and Chislehurst | Rowena Savage | 1,070 | 2.4 |
Bromsgrove | Elizabeth Wainwright | 1,923 | 3.7 |
Broxbourne | Steve McCole | 2,159 | 4.7 |
Broxtowe | Michael Shore | 1,422 | 2.7 |
Buckingham | Lynne Mozar | 980 | 2.0 |
Burnley | Sharon Wilkinson | 3,747 | 9.0 |
Burton | Alan Hewitt | 2,409 | 4.8 |
Bury North | John Maude | 1,825 | 4.1 |
Bury South | Jean Purdy | 1,743 | 3.6 |
Caerphilly | Laurence Reid | 1,635 | 4.2 |
Calder Valley | John Gregory | 1,823 | 3.5 |
Cambridgeshire North East | Susan Clapp | 1,747 | 3.3 |
Cannock Chase | Terence Majorowicz | 2,168 | 4.8 |
Carlisle | Paul Stafford | 1,086 | 2.6 |
Carshalton and Wallington | Charlotte Lewis | 1,100 | 2.4 |
Castle Point | Phil Howell | 2,205 | 4.9 |
Charnwood | Cathy Duffy | 3,116 | 5.8 |
Chatham and Aylesford | Colin McCarthy-Stewart | 1,365 | 3.1 |
Chelmsford | Mike Bateman | 899 | 1.6 |
Cheslea and Fulham | Brian MacDonald | 388 | 1.0 |
Chingford and Woodford Green | Julian Leppert | 1,288 | 3.0 |
Chippenham | Michael Simpkins | 641 | 1.2 |
Clacton | Jim Taylor | 1,975 | 4.6 |
Clwyd South | Sarah Hynes | 1,100 | 3.2 |
Colchester | Sidney Chaney | 705 | 1.5 |
Colne Valley | Barry Fowler | 1,893 | 3.4 |
Copeland | Clive Jefferson | 1,474 | 3.4 |
Corby | Roy Davies | 2,525 | 4.7 |
Coventry North East | Tom Gower | 1,863 | 3.4 |
Coventry North West | Edward Sheppard | 1,666 | 3.6 |
Crawley | Richard Trower | 1,672 | 3.5 |
Crewe and Nantwich | Phil Williams | 1,043 | 2.0 |
Croydon Central | Cliff Le May | 1,448 | 2.9 |
Dagenham and Rainham | Michael Barnbrook | 4,952 | 11.2 |
Darlington | Amanda Foster | 1,262 | 2.9 |
Delyn | Jennifer Matthys | 844 | 2.3 |
Derby North | Peter Cheeseman | 2,000 | 4.4 |
Derbyshire Mid | Lewis Allsebrook | 1,698 | 3.6 |
Derbyshire South | Peter Jarvis | 2,193 | 4.3 |
Devon North | Gary Marshall | 614 | 1.2 |
Devon West and Torridge | Nick Baker | 766 | 1.4 |
Dewsbury | Roger Roberts | 3,265 | 6.0 |
Don Valley | Erwin Toseland | 2,112 | 4.9 |
Doncaster Central | John Bettney | 1,762 | 4.2 |
Doncaster North | Pamela Chambers | 2,818 | 6.8 |
Dover | Dennis Whiting | 1,104 | 2.2 |
Dudley North | Ken Griffiths | 1,899 | 4.9 |
Durham, City of | Ralph Musgrave | 1,153 | 2.5 |
Durham North | Peter Molloy | 1,686 | 4.1 |
Durham North West | Michael Stewart | 1,852 | 4.2 |
Ealing North | Dave Furness | 1,045 | 2.2 |
Easington | Cheryl Dunn | 2,317 | 6.6 |
Eastbourne | Colin Poulter | 939 | 1.8 |
Elmet and Rothwell | Sam Clayton | 1,802 | 3.2 |
Eltham | Roberta Woods | 1,745 | 4.2 |
Enfield North | Tony Avery | 1,228 | 2.8 |
Epping Forest | Patricia Richardson | 1,982 | 4.3 |
Erewash | Mark Bailey | 2,337 | 4.9 |
Erith and Thamesmead | Kevin Saunders | 2,184 | 5.1 |
Exeter | Robert Farmer | 673 | 1.3 |
Feltham and Heston | John Donnelly | 1,714 | 3.5 |
Filton and Bradley Stoke | David Scott | 1,328 | 2.7 |
Folkestone and Hythe | Harry Williams | 1,662 | 3.1 |
Gainsborough | Malcolm Porter | 1,512 | 3.1 |
Gateshead | Kevin Scott | 1,787 | 4.7 |
Gedling | Stephen Adcock | 1,598 | 3.3 |
Gillingham and Rainham | Brian Ravenscroft | 1,149 | 2.5 |
Glasgow Central | Ian Holt | 616 | 2.0 |
Glasgow East | Joseph Finnie | 677 | 2.1 |
Glasgow North | Thomas Main | 296 | 1.0 |
Glasgow North East | Walter Hamilton | 798 | 2.7 |
Glasgow North West | Scott McLean | 699 | 2.0 |
Glasgow South | Mike Coyle | 637 | 1.6 |
Glasgow South West | David Orr Jnr | 841 | 2.6 |
Gordon | Elise Jones | 699 | 1.4 |
Gosport | Barry Bennett | 1,004 | 2.1 |
Gower | Adrian Jones | 963 | 2.3 |
Grantham and Stamford | Christopher Robinson | 2,485 | 4.7 |
Great Grimsby | Steve Fyfe | 1,517 | 4.6 |
Great Yarmouth | Bosco Tann | 1,421 | 3.3 |
Greenwich and Woolwich | Lawrence Rustem | 1,151 | 2.8 |
Halifax | Tom Bates | 2,760 | 6.3 |
Haltemprice and Howden | James Cornell | 1,583 | 3.2 |
Halton | Andrew Taylor | 1,563 | 3.8 |
Hammersmith | Lawrence Searle | 432 | 0.9 |
Hampstead and Kilburn | Victoria Moore | 328 | 0.6 |
Harborough | Geoff Dickens | 1,715 | 3.1 |
Harlow | Eddy Butler | 1,739 | 4.0 |
Harrogate and Knaresborough | Steven Gill | 1,094 | 2.1 |
Hartlepool | Ronnie Bage | 2,002 | 5.2 |
Harwich and North Essex | Stephen Robey | 1,065 | 2.2 |
Hastings and Rye | Nicholas Prince | 1,310 | 2.6 |
Hayes and Harlington | Chris Forster | 1,520 | 3.6 |
Hemel Hempstead | Janet Price | 1,615 | 3.3 |
Hemsworth | Ian Kitchen | 3,059 | 7.0 |
Henley | John Bews | 1,020 | 1.9 |
Hereford & Herefordshire South | John Oliver | 986 | 2.0 |
Hertford and Stortford | Roy Harris | 1,297 | 2.3 |
Hertfordshire South West | Deirdre Gates | 1,302 | 2.3 |
Hertsmere | Daniel Seabrook | 1,397 | 3.0 |
Hexham | Quentin Hawkins | 1,205 | 2.8 |
Heywood and Middleton | Peter Greenwood | 3,239 | 7.0 |
Holborn and St Pancras | Robert Carlyle | 779 | 1.4 |
Hornchurch and Upminster | William Whelpley | 3,421 | 6.4 |
Houghton and Sunderland South | Karen Allen | 1,961 | 5.4 |
Huddersfield | Rachel Firth | 1,563 | 3.9 |
Hull North | John Mainprize | 1,443 | 4.3 |
Hull West and Hessle | Edward Scott | 1,416 | 4.5 |
Hyndburn | David Shapcott | 2,137 | 5.0 |
Ilford North | Danny Warville | 1,545 | 3.3 |
Ipswich | Dennis Boater | 1,270 | 2.7 |
Isle of Wight | Geof Clynch | 1,457 | 2.1 |
Islwyn | John Voisey | 1,320 | 3.8 |
Jarrow | Andy Swaddle | 2,709 | 7.0 |
Keighley | Andrew Brons | 1,962 | 4.1 |
Kettering | Clive Skinner | 1,366 | 2.9 |
Kingswood | Michael Carey | 1,311 | 2.7 |
Knowsley | Steven Greenhalgh | 1,895 | 4.2 |
Lancaster and Fleetwood | Debra Kent | 938 | 2.2 |
Leeds Central | Kevin Meeson | 3,066 | 8.2 |
Leeds East | Trevor Brown | 2,947 | 7.8 |
Leeds North East | Tom Redmond | 758 | 1.6 |
Leeds North West | Geoffrey Bulmer | 766 | 1.8 |
Leeds West | Joanna Beverley | 2,377 | 6.1 |
Leicester East | Colin Gilmore | 1,700 | 3.5 |
Leicester South | Adrian Waudby | 1,418 | 3.0 |
Leicester West | Gary Reynolds | 2,158 | 6.0 |
Leicestershire North West | Ian Meller | 3,396 | 6.5 |
Leicestershire South | Paul Preston | 2,721 | 5.0 |
Leigh | Gary Chadwick | 2,724 | 5.8 |
Lewes | David Lloyd | 594 | 1.2 |
Leyton and Wanstead | Jim Clift | 561 | 1.4 |
Lincoln | Robert West | 1,367 | 3.0 |
Liverpool Riverside | Peter Stafford | 706 | 1.8 |
Liverpool Walton | Peter Stafford | 1,104 | 3.2 |
Liverpool Wavertree | Steven McEllenborough | 150 | 0.4 |
Livingston | David Orr | 960 | 2.0 |
Loughborough | Kevan Stafford | 2,040 | 3.9 |
Louth and Horncastle | Julia Green | 2,199 | 4.4 |
Ludlow | Christina Evans | 1,016 | 2.1 |
Luton North | Shelley Rose | 1,316 | 3.1 |
Luton South | Tony Blakey | 1,299 | 3.1 |
Maidenhead | Tim Rait | 825 | 1.5 |
Makerfield | Ken Haslam | 3,229 | 7.4 |
Maldon | Len Blaine | 1,454 | 3.1 |
Manchester Central | Tony Trebilcock | 1,636 | 4.1 |
Mansfield | Rachel Hill | 2,108 | 4.4 |
Meriden | Frank O'Brien | 2,511 | 4.8 |
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Richard Barnes | 1,173 | 3.7 |
Middlesbrough | Michael Ferguson | 1,954 | 5.8 |
Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East | Shaun Gatley | 1,576 | 3.4 |
Milton Keynes North | Richard Hamilton | 1,154 | 2.1 |
Milton Keynes South | Matthew Tait | 1,502 | 2.7 |
Mitcham and Morden | Tony Martin | 1,386 | 3.2 |
Morley and Outwood | Chris Beverley | 3,535 | 7.2 |
Neath | Michael Green | 1,342 | 3.6 |
Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Ken Booth | 2,302 | 6.7 |
Newcastle upon Tyne East | Alan Spence | 1,342 | 3.5 |
Newcastle upon Tyne North | Terry Gibson | 1,890 | 4.3 |
Newport East | Keith Jones | 1,168 | 3.4 |
Newport West | Timothy Windsor | 1,183 | 3.0 |
Norfolk Mid | Christine Kelly | 1,261 | 2.5 |
Norfolk North West | David Fleming | 1,839 | 3.8 |
Norfolk South | Helen Mitchell | 1,086 | 2.0 |
Norfolk South West | Dennis Pearce | 1,774 | 3.6 |
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Graham Thewlis-Hardy | 3,864 | 8.4 |
Northampton North | Ray Beasley | 1,316 | 3.3 |
Norwich North | Thomas Richardson | 747 | 1.8 |
Norwich South | Len Heather | 697 | 1.5 |
Nottingham North | Bob Brindley | 1,944 | 5.7 |
Nottingham South | Tony Woodward | 1,140 | 2.8 |
Nuneaton | Martyn Findley | 2,797 | 6.3 |
Ogmore | Kay Thomas | 1,242 | 3.6 |
Old Bexley and Sidcup | John Brooks | 2,132 | 4.7 |
Oldham East and Saddleworth | Alwyn Scott | 2,546 | 5.7 |
Oldham West and Royton | Dave Joines | 3,049 | 7.1 |
Orpington | Tess Cullnane | 1,241 | 2.5 |
Pendle | James Jackman | 2,894 | 6.4 |
Penistone and Stocksbridge | Paul James | 2,207 | 4.7 |
Penrith and The Border | Chris Davidson | 1,093 | 2.4 |
Plymouth Moor View | Roy Cook | 1,438 | 3.5 |
Poole | David Holmes | 1,188 | 2.5 |
Portsmouth South | Geoff Crompton | 873 | 2.1 |
Pudsey | Ian Gibson | 1,549 | 3.2 |
Putney | Peter Darby | 459 | 1.1 |
Rayleigh and Wickford | Tony Evennett | 2,160 | 4.1 |
Redcar | Kevin Broughton | 1,475 | 3.5 |
Redditch | Andy Ingram | 1,394 | 3.2 |
Reigate | Keith Brown | 1,345 | 2.7 |
Rochford and Southend East | Geoff Strobridge | 1,856 | 4.5 |
Romford | Robert Bailey | 2,438 | 5.2 |
Rother Valley | Will Blair | 3,616 | 7.7 |
Rotherham | Marlene Guest | 3,906 | 10.4 |
Rugby | Mark Badrick | 1,375 | 2.9 |
Rutland and Melton | Keith Addison | 1,757 | 3.2 |
Saffron Walden | Christine Mitchell | 1,050 | 1.9 |
St Austell and Newquay | James Fitton | 1,022 | 2.2 |
St Helens South and Whiston | James Winstanley | 2,040 | 4.4 |
Salisbury | Sean Witheridge | 765 | 1.6 |
Salford and Eccles | Tina Wingfield | 2,632 | 6.3 |
Scarborough and Whitby | Trisha Scott | 1,445 | 2.9 |
Scunthorpe | Douglas Ward | 1,447 | 3.9 |
Sedgefield | Mark Walker | 2,075 | 5.2 |
Selby and Ainsty | Duncan Lorriman | 1,377 | 2.7 |
Sevenoaks | Paul Golding | 1,384 | 2.8 |
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | John Sheldon | 3,026 | 7.8 |
Sheffield Central | Tracey Smith | 903 | 2.2 |
Sheffield Heeley | John Beatson | 2,260 | 5.5 |
Sheffield South East | Christopher Hartigan | 2,345 | 5.7 |
Sherwood | James North | 1,754 | 3.6 |
Shrewsbury and Atcham | James Whittall | 1,168 | 2.2 |
Shropshire North | Phil Reddall | 1,667 | 3.2 |
Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lawrence Tames | 1,305 | 2.7 |
Skipton and Ripon | Bernard Allen | 1,403 | 2.6 |
Sleaford and North Hykeham | Mike Clayton | 1,977 | 3.3 |
Solihull | Andrew Terry | 1,624 | 2.9 |
South Holland and The Deepings | Roy Harban | 1,796 | 3.6 |
South Ribble | Rosalind Gauci | 1,054 | 2.0 |
South Shields | Donna Watson | 2,382 | 6.5 |
Southend West | Tony Gladwin | 1,333 | 3.1 |
Stafford | Roland Hynd | 1,103 | 2.2 |
Staffordshire South | David Bradnock | 1,928 | 3.8 |
Stalybridge and Hyde | Anthony Jones | 2,259 | 5.5 |
Stevenage | Andrew Green | 1,007 | 2.3 |
Stockport | Duncan Warner | 1,201 | 3.1 |
Stockton North | James MacPherson | 1,724 | 4.4 |
Stockton South | Neil Sinclair | 1,553 | 3.1 |
Stoke-on-Trent Central | Simon Darby | 2,502 | 7.7 |
Stoke-on-Trent North | Melanie Baddeley | 3,196 | 8.0 |
Stoke-on-Trent South | Michael Coleman | 3,762 | 9.4 |
Stourbridge | Robert Weale | 1,696 | 3.6 |
Stratford-on-Avon | George Jones | 1,097 | 2.2 |
Suffolk West | Ramon Johns | 1,428 | 3.0 |
Sunderland Central | John McCaffrey | 1,913 | 4.5 |
Surrey South West | Helen Hamilton | 644 | 1.1 |
Sussex Mid | Stuart Minihane | 583 | 1.0 |
Sutton and Cheam | John Clarke | 1,014 | 2.1 |
Sutton Coldfield | Robert Grierson | 1,749 | 3.5 |
Swansea East | Clive Bennett | 1,715 | 5.2 |
Swansea West | Alan Bateman | 910 | 2.6 |
Swindon North | Reginald Bates | 1,542 | 3.1 |
Telford | Phil Spencer | 1,513 | 3.7 |
Thurrock | Emma Colgate | 3,618 | 7.9 |
Torbay | Ann Conway | 709 | 1.4 |
Torfaen | Jennifer Noble | 1,657 | 4.4 |
Totnes | Mike Turner | 624 | 1.3 |
Tunbridge Wells | Andrew Mcbride | 704 | 1.4 |
Twickenham | Chris Hurst | 654 | 1.1 |
Tynemouth | Dorothy Brooke | 1,404 | 2.7 |
Tyneside North | John Burrows | 1,860 | 4.0 |
Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Dianne Neal | 1,396 | 3.1 |
Vale of Clwyd | Ian Si'Ree | 827 | 2.3 |
Wakefield | Ian Senior | 2,581 | 5.8 |
Walsall North | Christopher Woodall | 2,930 | 8.1 |
Wansbeck | Stephen Finlay | 1,418 | 3.7 |
Warwickshire North | Jason Holmes | 2,106 | 4.5 |
Washington and Sunderland West | Ian McDonald | 1,913 | 5.1 |
Watford | Andrew Emerson | 1,217 | 2.2 |
Weaver Vale | Colin Marsh | 1,063 | 2.4 |
Wellingborough | Rob Walker | 1,596 | 3.1 |
Wells | Richard Boyce | 1,004 | 1.8 |
Wentworth and Dearne | George Baldwin | 3,189 | 7.6 |
West Bromwich East | Terry Lewin | 2,205 | 5.8 |
West Bromwich West | Russ Green | 3,394 | 9.4 |
Westminster North | Stephen Curry | 334 | 0.8 |
Weston-Super-Mare | Peryn Parsons | 1,098 | 2.1 |
Wigan | Charles Mather | 2,506 | 5.7 |
Windsor | Peter Phillips | 950 | 1.9 |
Wolverhampton North East | Simon Patten | 2,296 | 6.6 |
Worcester | Spencer Lee Kirby | 1,219 | 2.5 |
Workington | Martin Wingfield | 1,496 | 3.8 |
Wrekin, The | Susan Harwood | 1,505 | 3.3 |
Wrexham | Melvin Roberts | 1,134 | 3.4 |
Wyre Forest | Gordon Howells | 1,120 | 2.2 |
Wythenshawe and Sale East | Bernard Todd | 1,572 | 3.9 |
Yeovil | Robert Baehr | 1,162 | 2.0 |
York Central | Jeff Kelly | 1,171 | 2.5 |
York Outer | Cathy Smurthwaite | 956 | 1.8 |
Yorkshire East | Gary Pudsey | 1,865 | 3.6 |
Total | 563,743 | 1.9 |
By-elections, 2010-
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
13 January 2011 | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Derek Adams | 1,460 | 4.5[28] |
3 March 2011 | Barnsley Central | Enis Dalton | 1,463 | 6.0[citation needed] |
15 December 2011 | Feltham and Heston | David Furness | 540 | 2.35[citation needed] |
European Parliament
The 1999 European elections were the first time European elections contested by the BNP which qualified for a party electoral broadcast after standing in every region except Wales. With regional votes of between 0.4% and 1.7% (1.13% nationally), it failed to win any seats and lost all its deposits.
In the 2004 European elections, the BNP vote increased by 3.9%, saving deposits in every region except Scotland. No seats were taken.
In the 2009 European elections, the BNP won two seats. Andrew Brons was elected in the Yorkshire and the Humber with 9.8% of the vote[29] and Nick Griffin in North West England, with 8% of the vote.[30] Nationally, the BNP received 6.26%.
Regional lists | Votes | % | +/- % |
---|---|---|---|
East Midlands | 9,342 | 1.3 | n/a |
East of England | 9,356 | 0.9 | n/a |
London | 17,960 | 1.6 | n/a |
North East England | 3,505 | 0.9 | n/a |
North West England | 13,587 | 1.3 | n/a |
Scotland | 3,729 | 0.4 | n/a |
South East England | 12,161 | 0.8 | n/a |
South West England | 9,752 | 0.9 | n/a |
West Midlands | 14,344 | 1.7 | n/a |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 8,911 | 1.2 | n/a |
Total | 102,647 | 1.13 | n/a |
Regional lists | Votes | % | +/- % |
---|---|---|---|
East Midlands | 91,860 | 6.5 | +5.2 |
East of England | 65,557 | 4.3 | +3.4 |
London | 76,152 | 4.0 | +2.5 |
North East England | 50,249 | 6.4 | +5.5 |
North West England | 134,959 | 6.4 | +5.1 |
Scotland | 19,427 | 1.7 | +1.3 |
South East England | 64,877 | 2.9 | +2.1 |
South West England | 43,653 | 3.0 | +2.1 |
Wales | 27,135 | 2.9 | n/a |
West Midlands | 107,794 | 7.5 | +5.8 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 126,538 | 8.0 | +6.8 |
Total | 808,200 | 4.9 | +3.9 |
Regional lists | Votes | % | +/- % |
---|---|---|---|
East Midlands | 106,319 | 8.7 | +2.1 |
East of England | 97,013 | 6.1 | +1.7 |
London | 86,420 | 4.9 | +0.9 |
North East England | 52,700 | 8.9 | +2.5 |
North West England | 132,194 | 8.0 | +1.6 |
Scotland | 27,174 | 2.5 | +0.8 |
South East England | 101,769 | 4.4 | +1.4 |
South West England | 60,889 | 3.9 | +0.9 |
Wales | 37,114 | 5.4 | +2.5 |
West Midlands | 121,967 | 8.6 | +1.1 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 120,139 | 9.8 | +1.8 |
Total | 943,598 | 6.2 | +1.3 |
Scottish Parliament
In UK parliamentary elections, the BNP had only ever contested six Scottish seats - Clydesdale (1992 and 1997), Edinburgh West (1992), Glasgow Central (2005), Glasgow Govan (1997), Glasgow North East (2005, 2009 by election) and Glasgow Shettleston (1983 and 1997) - until the 2010 General election, when it contested 13 which covered all Glasgow constituencies and parts of the north-east but failed to save any deposits.
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, the BNP only stood one candidate, Peter Appleby,[31] in the Glasgow electoral region; he polled 2,344 votes (1.1%), 0.001% of the nationwide vote.
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the BNP competed in all the Scottish Parliamentary electoral regions, polling 1.2% of the vote (seventh place). It failed to save any of its deposits.
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the BNP fielded 32 candidates - four in each of the eight electoral regions. It gained 15,580 votes (0.78%) throughout Scotland ending in 11th place. The party lost all deposits in all regions with no elected members and its nationwide vote fell by 0.42%, being beaten by UKIP, the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, the Scottish Christian Party and the Socialist Labour Party.
Regional lists | Votes | % | +/- % |
---|---|---|---|
Central Scotland | 4,125 | 1.4 | n/a |
Glasgow | 3,865 | 1.9 | +0.8 |
Highlands and Islands | 2,152 | 1.2 | n/a |
Lothians | 2,637 | 0.9 | n/a |
Mid Scotland and Fife | 2,620 | 1.0 | n/a |
North East Scotland | 2,764 | 1.1 | n/a |
South of Scotland | 3,212 | 1.2 | n/a |
West of Scotland | 3,241 | 1.2 | n/a |
Total | 24,616 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
Source: BBC News[32]
Regional lists | Votes | % | +/- % |
---|---|---|---|
Central Scotland | 2,214 | 0.9 | -0.5 |
Glasgow | 2,424 | 1.2 | -0.7 |
Highlands and Islands | 1,134 | 0.6 | -0.5 |
Lothian | 1,978 | 0.7 | -0.2 |
Mid Scotland and Fife | 1,726 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
North East Scotland | 1,925 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
South Scotland | 2,017 | 0.7 | -0.4 |
West Scotland | 2,162 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
Total | 15,580 | 0.78 | -0.42 |
Source: BBC News[33]
National Assembly for Wales
In UK parliamentary elections, the BNP has only contested Welsh seats in Carmarthen (1983), Cardiff North (1992), Newport West (2001), Swansea East (2005) and Wrexham (2005).
In the 2010 General election, it stood 19 candidates in Wales and won its deposit in Swansea East, the first time ever in a Westminster constituency in Wales.
In the National Assembly for Wales election, 2003, the BNP only stood one candidate, Pauline Gregory,[34] in the South Wales East region, who obtained 3,210 votes (1.89%) (less than 0.01% of the total).
In the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007,[35] it stood 20 candidates with all 4 for each region, they finished 6th nationwide with 42,197 votes (4.3%). The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru came second to the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats came fourth having achieved 2.5 times the vote of the BNP and earning six seats. The BNP was the only minor party to save its deposits in the electoral regions with one in the North Wales region and the other in the South Wales West region.
In the National Assembly for Wales election, 2011, the BNP stood 27 candidates - 7 for the constituencies and 20 for the additional regions in which there would be 4 candidates for each of the 5 regions. 2 candidates for Swansea East and Islwyn saved their deposits for the first time ever in a Welsh Assembly constituency. Despite its hope to win an Assembly seat, the nationwide vote for the party in the regions fell by 1.9% from 4.3% which it gained in the 2007 Assembly elections to 2.6% losing all regional deposits and being beaten by the Greens, the UK Independence Party and even the Socialist Labour Party.
Regional lists | Votes | % | +/- % |
---|---|---|---|
Mid and West Wales | 6,389 | 2.9 | n/a |
North Wales | 9,986 | 5.1 | n/a |
South Wales Central | 7,899 | 3.8 | n/a |
South Wales East | 8,940 | 4.7 | +2.8 |
South Wales West | 8,993 | 5.5 | n/a |
Total | 42,197 | 4.3 | +4.29 |
Source: BBC News[36]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Alyn and Deeside | Michael Joseph Whitby | 959 | 4.2 |
Blaenau Gwent | Brian Urch | 948 | 4.7 |
Caerphilly | Anthony King | 1,022 | 4.0 |
Islwyn | Peter Whalley | 1,115 | 5.3 |
Neath | Michael Green | 1,004 | 4.2 |
Swansea East | Joanne Shannon | 1,102 | 5.8 |
Torfaen | Sue Harwood | 906 | 4.1 |
Total | 7,056 | 0.7 |
Regional lists | Votes | % | +/- % |
---|---|---|---|
Mid and West Wales | 2,821 | 1.3 | -1.6 |
North Wales | 4,705 | 2.5 | -2.6 |
South Wales Central | 3,805 | 1.8 | -2.0 |
South Wales East | 6,485 | 3.6 | -1.1 |
South Wales West | 4,714 | 3.1 | -2.5 |
Total | 22,610 | 2.4 | -1.9 |
Source: BBC News[37]
Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly
The BNP stood 3 candidates for the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly elections for the first time.
Constituency | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Counts | % | +/- % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belfast East | Ann Cooper | 337 | Eliminated | 5 | 1.0 | n/a |
East Antrim | Steven Moore | 511 | Eliminated | 2 | 1.8 | n/a |
South Antrim | Stephen Parkes | 404 | Eliminated | 1 | 1.3 | n/a |
Total | 1,252 | 0.2 | n/a |
Source: BBC News[38]
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