BNP and other nationalist votes
Posted by admin978 on June 9, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Pendle BNP councillor and parliamentary candidate Brian Parker
An extraordinary General Election that wiped out Theresa May’s Conservative majority also saw the electoral eclipse of the BNP and the English Democrats, none of whose candidates even came close to saving their deposits.
Brian Parker – the BNP’s sole remaining borough councillor – polled only 718 votes (1.6%) in Pendle, his party’s main target seat.
BNP chairman Adam Walker managed a slightly better result in Bishop Auckland, but was bottom of the poll with 991 votes (2.3%).
Meanwhile the English Democrats’ results were even worse, collapsing from an already low base. As the SNP lost support north of the border it appears that the Union is safe, and logically ‘English’ nationalism has lost relevance.[spacer height=”20px”]
BNP results
Bexleyheath & Crayford
Peter Finch 0.6%
Bishop Auckland
Adam Walker 2.3%
Charnwood
Stephen Denham 0.6% (-0.4)
Dagenham & Rainham
Paul Sturdy 0.5% (+0.2)
Eltham
John Clarke 1.6%
Hornchurch & Upminster
David Furness 0.7% (+0.3)
Maldon [listed as ‘Fighting Unsustainable Housing’: BNP name not on ballot]
Richard Perry 0.5%
Old Bexley & Sidcup
Michael Jones 0.7% (+0.2)
Pendle
Brian Parker 1.6%
South Basildon & East Thurrock
Paul Borg 0.8%
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English Democrat candidates
Barnsley Central
Stephen Morris 0.5% (-0.8)
Barnsley East
Kevin Riddiough 0.7% (-0.4)
Bradford South
Thérèse Hirst 0.9%
Clacton
Robin Tilbrook 0.7%
Doncaster North
David Allen 0.9% (-0.3)
Holborn & St Pancras
Janus Polenceus 0.2%
NE Cambridgeshire
Stephen Goldspink 0.5%
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Paul Nuttall (left) succeeded Nigel Farage last year as UKIP leader following a period of internal turmoil. He resigned today after electoral humiliation,
Meanwhile those racial nationalists who believed that UKIP offered us some hope must think again after the party suffered a series of crushing defeats, ending with the resignation of humiliated leader Paul Nuttall.
Notable UKIP disasters included Clacton (formerly their sole parliamentary seat until Douglas Carswell’s resignation) where UKIP’s vote fell from 44.4% to 7.6%; Thanet South (where re-elected Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay still faces criminal charges for fraudulent overspending during his defeat of Nigel Farage in 2015) – UKIP vote down from 32.4% to 6.0%; and Boston & Skegness, a key target seat contested by Nuttall himself – UKIP vote down from 33.8% to 7.7%.
The only vaguely credible UKIP result came in Thurrock, where UKIP’s Tim Aker (an MEP from a part-Turkish background) fought a vigorous campaign against pro-Remain Tory MP Jackie Doyle-Price. However even here the UKIP vote fell from 31.7% to 20.1%. Ms Doyle-Price survived, and Labour pushed UKIP into third place.
