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EAST WICKHAM BY-ELECTION: Close call for Tories

12:40am Friday 23rd January 2009 in


THE British National Party nearly pulled off a shock result in Bexley’s East Wickham by-election.

Tory candidate Steven Hall scraped home to win the seat by just eight votes.

The vote was recounted twice before the result was finally announced at Bexley Council’s civic offices at 12.15am this morning (January 23).

Mr Hall polled 798 votes with Michael Barnbrook (BNP) on 790 votes.

Labour’s Pat Ball came third with 700 votes while the Liberal Democrat candidate Grace Goodlad came fourth with 564 votes.

Laurence Williams (English Democrats) was in last place with 128 votes.

Comments(8)

Joe Public™ says...
4:03am Fri 23 Jan 09

8 votes short is still 8 votes short = BNP FAIL!


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bexleytone says...
4:13am Fri 23 Jan 09

Two years ago the BNP would have been lucky to have got 10% of the vote in that ward. This result represents a moral victory for them - a near win against all the odds. Yet I cannot understand why anyone would vote for the Lib-Lab-Cons they, after all, are the people who allowed the banks to screw up the economy. Wasn't it the Tories who started the rot in 1994 when they deregulated the banks - allowing them to exercise their greed virtually unchecked? And wasn't it Labour who maintained the politicians "special relationship" with the banks, carrying on where the Tories left off? The BNP may have its faults but it, unlike the Labour and CONservatives, were not party to, and have no responsibility for, the unfolding economic disaster that threatens to wreck so many lives! It is therefore no surprise that the BNP did so well and I, for one, regret they didn't actually win - I certainly do not want to be represented by one of the tainted "banker-alliance" parties!

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MB says...
10:17am Fri 23 Jan 09

I don't think this is as much about banks as this is about immigration and crime. No amount of spinning of statistics can hide the bitterness of people who feel that this country is out of control. Failing to see other solutions they turn to BNP.

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scoffer says...
10:41am Fri 23 Jan 09

Good, decent, honest, folk are just getting fed up with these three party policians who use the electorate as door-mats for their own sleazy, political, corrupt ways... even Jack Straw and Peter Hain (both Labour) have aplogised for breaking Commons rules over cash donations this week - 'they forgot' was their excuse ?? - people just don't trust these politicians anymore!!

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bertie bert says...
12:55pm Fri 23 Jan 09

November 14th BNP by-election Fenside ward Boston David Owens. has beaten all comers, piling up more votes than the Tories, Labour, Lib-Dems and UKIP combined. taking 42.9% of the votes.

Friday 12th December 2008 Mark Walker BNP came within two votes of winning the Shildon Town Council by-election after four recounts, polling 32.6% of the votes

Friday 18th December 2008 Simon Nicholson BNPs first time standing reduced labours 1,010 majority to just 16 votes, the BNP polling 40.1% knocking conservatives into 3rd place.

Friday 18th December 2008 Ivan Hammonds BNP in the North West Leicestershire District Council took 30.9% of the votes just 15 votes from victory, as the Tories took the seat from Labour.

Decent people of Britain are waking up to what's happening to Britain, and dont like what they are seeing !

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DavidCH says...
4:09pm Fri 23 Jan 09

At the Obama party in Park Lane Kwami Wossname made a bit of a slip. We are now 40% of London, if we all work together we can have a black Mayor. That's not the script son.

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upwardsand says...
5:25pm Fri 23 Jan 09

Congratulations Thisislocallondon for reporting the sensational BNP performance in this election.

As you are probably aware, there is no coverage on the BBC website - they regularly black out news of the growing number of phenomenal BNP election performances.

The BNP is regularly hitting 30% of the vote in local elections - how can the BNP be called extremist - more 'mainstreamist' if you ask me! Let's hope the days of the multiculturalist, PC-obsessed, Marxist Lib/Lab/Con trick are coming to a rapid end.



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Excalibur says...
4:35pm Sun 25 Jan 09

OK, BNP freaks, your time is up. Back to the restraints, medication and padded cells until your next day release from the Institution at the next elections.

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