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Britannist · 03-07-2006, 06:37 PM

It's probably worth me reminding critics of UKIP's performance last Thursday at Bromley of the result - by coincidence almost exactly a year ago - of the last By-Election in a Parliamentary constituency where there was a 'two-horse' Conservative-Liberal 'Democrat' battle.

At Cheadle on 14.7.2006, the europhile Liberal Dims retained the seat on a 52.15% share of the vote. The former Conservative MP for the constituency came in second on 42.42%. Labour were third with a 4.63% share and lost their deposit.

UKIP did not contest the seat - but Veritas did and their candidate Les Leggett secured a paltry 218 votes. No doubt, after that poor electoral performance he did leg-it :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: .

So that's 0.58% for the anti-EU candidate in the Cheadle By-Election a year ago in a Conservative-LD battle compared to 8.07% for UKIP in a similar Conservative-LD battle at Bromley last week. I know which result I prefer. In just a year, the anti-EU vote has shot up 16 times in the second of two Conservative-LD By-Election battles.

Of course, it (the campaign at Bromley) has cost UKIP money - but we can see from the press that UKIP's third place at Bromley has been reported widely. UKIP has successfully beaten Labour - party whose leader, Bliar, was verbally attacking UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP only six months ago in Brussels.

I thought before the Bromley result was declared that UKIP would be doing well to get third place and push Labour into fourth position in the ranking. The result for UKIP at Bromley - when compared to the low vote the anti-EU candidate got at Cheadle - is a particularly good one.

Result Cheadle (votes) 14.7.2005: Fiberal Dims 19593, Conservative 15936, Labour 1739, Veritas 218, Alliance for Change 81.

03-07-2006, 06:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	UKIP increases anti-EU vote 16 times compared to Cheadle It's probably worth me reminding critics of UKIP's performance last Thursday at Bromley of the result - by coincidence almost exactly a year ago - of the last By-Election in a Parliamentary constituency where there was a 'two-horse' Conservative-Liberal 'Democrat' battle. At Cheadle on 14.7.2006, the europhile Liberal Dims retained the seat on a 52.15% share of the vote. The former Conservative MP for the constituency came in second on 42.42%. Labour were third with a 4.63% share and lost their deposit. UKIP did not contest the seat - but Veritas did and their candidate Les Leggett secured a paltry 218 votes. No doubt, after that poor electoral performance he did leg-it :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: . So that's 0.58% for the anti-EU candidate in the Cheadle By-Election a year ago in a Conservative-LD battle compared to 8.07% for UKIP in a similar Conservative-LD battle at Bromley last week. I know which result I prefer. In just a year, the anti-EU vote has shot up 16 times in the second of two Conservative-LD By-Election battles. Of course, it (the campaign at Bromley) has cost UKIP money - but we can see from the press that UKIP's third place at Bromley has been reported widely. UKIP has successfully beaten Labour - party whose leader, Bliar, was verbally attacking UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP only six months ago in Brussels. I thought before the Bromley result was declared that UKIP would be doing well to get third place and push Labour into fourth position in the ranking. The result for UKIP at Bromley - when compared to the low vote the anti-EU candidate got at Cheadle - is a particularly good one. Result Cheadle (votes) 14.7.2005: Fiberal Dims 19593, Conservative 15936, Labour 1739, Veritas 218, Alliance for Change 81.