Result

Con 842
Lab 691
BNP 564
UKIP 142
Ind 11
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Originally Posted by Vortex:
Result

Con 842
Lab 691
BNP 564
UKIP 142
Ind 11

Good by-election result for our 5th worst council ward in B&D, I heard that the campaigns put in by Labour and Tories were massive.
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Originally Posted by blueblood1920:
Good by-election result for our 5th worst council ward in B&D, I heard that the campaigns put in by Labour and Tories were massive.

Here are the percentages from last time when UKIP got 14.2%

Con 842 – 37.4% (27.0% in 2006) UP 10.4%
Lab 691 – 30.7% (38.1% in 2006) DOWN 7.4%
BNP 564 – 25.1% (not previously contested) UP 25.1% .
UKIP 142 – 6.3% (14.2% in 2006) DOWN 7.9%
Ind 11 – 0.5%
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This is a Tory gain from Labour.
See how this result compares with the others from 2006:

Local Elections - Thursday 4 May 2006. Barking and Dagenham.
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A Tory gain in B&D?? The Griffinites should be really worried about this result.

Voters there in 2006 elected loads of pisspoor BNP councillors NOT because they agreed with Mark Collett's analysis of the contribution of national socialism to European history, but because they wanted to give Labour a good kicking, and - and this is the crucial bit - the other mainstream parties locally all looked like a wasted vote. However,if the Tories are now making a serious re-entry onto the political stage in B&D, then in the next local election they are likely to receive a large slice of the anti-Labour protest vote that went to the British Mushroom Party last time. In some seats this may mean Labour get back in, and in others the Tories will win, but I reckon the local BMP is cruising for a bruising. :-)

This means a problem for their Barking gauleiter, Richard Barnbrook. In the wake of major seat losses his stock in far-right circles is likely to go down in flames. Therefore, if he wants to launch that leadership challenge to Nick "Hundreds of Jews Died in the Holocaust" Griffin, he'd be wise to get on with it asap. :-)
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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde:
A Tory gain in B&D?? The Griffinites should be really worried about this result.

Voters there in 2006 elected loads of pisspoor BNP councillors NOT because they agreed with Mark Collett's analysis of the contribution of national socialism to European history, but because they wanted to give Labour a good kicking, and - and this is the crucial bit - the other mainstream parties locally all looked like a wasted vote. However,if the Tories are now making a serious re-entry onto the political stage in B&D, then in the next local election they are likely to receive a large slice of the anti-Labour protest vote that went to the British Mushroom Party last time. In some seats this may mean Labour get back in, and in others the Tories will win, but I reckon the local BMP is cruising for a bruising. :-)

This means a problem for their Barking gauleiter, Richard Barnbrook. In the wake of major seat losses his stock in far-right circles is likely to go down in flames. Therefore, if he wants to launch that leadership challenge to Nick "Hundreds of Jews Died in the Holocaust" Griffin, he'd be wise to get on with it asap. :-)

Dont talk such rubbish, this is one of the worst wards for the BNP and our vote went up. We just won wards in B&D in the GLA elections which shows that our support is still there, the torries ran a campaign that some have considered harrasment and complaints have been lodged.
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Nice try Tom, but a flawed argument I'm afraid. Barking and Dagenham is essentially a former Labour stronghold which has seen much of its support go to the BNP. However in Chadwell Heath, this a former residents Association seat that went Labour in 2006, with no BNP candidate standing as it was one of the least favourable to the BNP. This time round the BNP stood a candidate and even here received an encouraging 25% of the vote. There is no doubt that a number of voters voted tactically for the Tories who were touted here as the only party that could replace the appalling and discredited Labour administration. However The Tories support in remaining wards remains very weak, although some improvement on their showing can be expected in 2010.

The only thing that can stop the BNP in B&D is the demographic changes taking place in the borough, and you will see the unedifying spectacle in 2010 of both main parties falling over themselves to court ethnic minorities, while the BNP consolidates and improves upon its position via the disenfranchised white working class.

I predict we will win a number of seats in 2010, with the possibility of the BNP being the main party in B&D, with Dagenham electing its first MP.:-)
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The Tories polled 27% in this ward in 2008 and the reason their vote share went up was probalby because the UKIP vote went down by 8%.

The BNP chose not to fight this seat in 2006.
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