Britannist

Result of the Crewe-Nantwich Parliamentary By-Election of 22.5.2008:

Declaration time: 2.24 am on 23.5.2008 - posted to this forum immediately after declaration at Nantwich -

Flying Brick - 236 (0.56%)
Dunwoody, Labour 12679 (30.5%)
Garrett, Ind. 113 (0.27%)
Mike Nattrass MEPUKIP 922 (2.22%)
Roberts, English Dem. 275 (0.66%)
Liberal 'Dem' 6040 (14.5%)
Smith, Green Party 359 (0.86%)
Thorogood Cut tax, 118 (0.28%)
Timson, Conservative 20539 (49.4%)
Mark Walklate, Ind. 217 (0.52%)

Conservative majority - 7860 (18.9%)

* Conservative gain - the first Conservative gain from a Labour Government since the Ilford By-Election in 1978 when Mr. V. Bendall won.

Turnout at Crewe-Nantwich 58.2%.
Votes 41, 856.
Swing to Conservatives - 17.6%.

The candidates for the Crewe-Nantwich Parliamentary By-Election on 22.5.2008 are:

The Flying Brick - The Official Monster Raving Loony Party, Tamsin Dunwoody – Labour, Gemma Garrett – Independent, Mike Nattrass - UK Independence Party, David Roberts - English Democrats, Elizabeth Shenton - Liberal Democrats, Robert Smith - Green Party, Paul Thorogood - Cut Tax on Petrol and Diesel, Edward Timpson – Conservatives, Mark Walklate - Independent

Source:

BBC NEWS | Politics | Crewe and Nantwich by-election candidates

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Anthony Butcher

2.2% for UKIP?

Fourth place though, so nothing terribly embarrassing, and considerably ahead of the rest.

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As good as could have been expected under the circumstances.

Anthony Butcher

Good grief, the Lib Dem candidate was sooooo dull in her speech. She even had the nerve to attack the Conservative party saying that she couldn't sense any support for them. Duh! What a sore loser.

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Anthony Butcher

UKIP has done much better in by-elections in the past. They are always tough fights. This is a poor result for UKIP.

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Anthony Butcher

Tamsin Dunwoody just tried to claim that Labour held their vote and that the 17% swing was due to secret Tory voters that they weren't expecting.... WTF. So much for the down-to-earth candidate....

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Britannist

UKIP did better in this Parliamentary By-Election (held yesterday at Crewe-Nantwich) than Veritas did at the By-Election in Summer 2005 held at Cheadle - which is near to Crewe (there was no UKIP candidate in the Cheadle By-Election and anti-EU Veritas was the only pro-EU withdrawal party putting up a candidate).

The UKIP percentage share of the vote at Crewe-Nantwich yesterday was about four times the vote that Veritas got at Cheadle:

BBC NEWS | Politics | Lib Dems win Cheadle by-election

Britannist

UKIP did not contest the Crewe-Nantwich at the last General Election - so many will say getting almost a thousand votes yesterday was a good result for the party - especially when one considers that most of the other small parties standing in the Crewe-Nantwich By-Election did not get anywhere near that number of votes.

Here is the result in Crewe-Nantwich last time - notice that the europhile Liberal 'Democrats' got over 18% of the vote in 2005 and that yesterday in the Crewe-Nantwich Parliamentary By-Election this fell to 14% :

BBC NEWS | Election 2005 | Results | Crewe & Nantwich

Britannist

The Conservative majority of 7860 in the Crewe-Nantwich By-Election held yesterday is 782 votes more than the Labour majority was before the By-Election was held.

Britannist

Here is the result of the Crewe-Nantwich Parliamentary By-Election of 22.5.2008 with the candidate who got the highest vote first and the candidate who got the second highest vote listed second and so on:

Edward Timpson – Conservatives: 20539 (49.4%)

Tamsin Dunwoody - Labour: 12679 (30.5%)

Elizabeth Shenton - Liberal Democrats: 6040 (14.5%)

Mike Nattrass MEP - UK Independence Party: 922 (2.22%)

Robert Smith - Green Party: 359 (0.86%)

David Roberts - English Democrats: 275 (0.66%)

The Flying Brick/The Official Monster Raving Loony Party: 236 (0.56%)

Mark Walklate - Independent: 217 (0.52%)

Paul Thorogood - Cut Tax on Petrol and Diesel: 118 (0.28%)

Gemma Garrett – Independent: 113 (0.27%)

* Conservative majority - 7860 (18.9%)

Turnout at Crewe-Nantwich: 58.2%.

Total Votes: 41, 856.

Swing to Conservatives: 17.6%.

* Conservative gain: the first Conservative gain from a Labour Government since the Ilford By-Election in 1978 when Mr. V. Bendall won.