The England First Party’s greatly improved local election vote in Preston is detailed in the party news section of this site.
Elsewhere this year’s elections resulted in a series of crushing defeats for the British National Party, all of whose defending councillors were defeated, with zero gains.
The BNP’s disastrous election – which included a record low vote in the London mayoral contest – brought unwelcome headlines in all national media, from the Guardian to the Independent to the BBC.
A detailed analysis of the results is now online.