28-05-2007, 09:51 AM
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From the UKIP website:
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UKIP won 5 seats in 2007, up from just 1 in 2006.
UKIP won 2 seats on Newcastle-Under-Lyme council, where we can now form a UKIP group. We also had wins in Kennet, Staffordshire Moorlands and Carrick.
UKIP took an average 12% of the vote where we stood in 2007, up from 10.5% last year. UKIP took over 200,000 votes in the English local elections, more than double our previous record.
Candidate Brian Pearce missed out on winning a seat in Wycombe by the drawing of lots after he tied with his Conservative opponent.
Other 'near misses' include Roy Hopwood (14 votes short of a seat on Wyre council) and Martin Aiken, who finished 3rd with 32.1% of the vote and was just 23 votes short of winning his ward in Hartlepool.
UKIP stood in every ward in Milton Keynes, Dudley, Wokingham and Newcastle-Under-Lyme. Despite not winning a seat in Dudley, UKIP took more votes across the council than Lib Dems, Greens and BNP put together!
Across Bournemouth and Poole, UKIP took more votes than the Labour Party. Who is supposed to be governing the country?
More than ¾ of a million personalised election address leaflets were ordered by candidates from the national party. Many more were produced by local branches.
UKIP also won over 20 parish council seats.
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