Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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At the Barnsley by-election, Labour have received 61% of the vote, followed by UKIP with 12% and in second place.
The Conservatives have gained third place with 8%, while BNP achieve 6% of the share, coming fourth.
The LibDems, who had been second in May 2010, now are at N.6 (not Downing St.), with 4%.
A certain Loony got 0.82%.
The largest share of the vote went to apathy: in fact, once again the trend has held steadfast: the turnout was 36%, down from the 56% in May 2010.
So the latest trend shows that UKIP is becoming Britain's second party.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Heres how the press reported the result
The Liberal Democrats slumped to a dismal sixth place in the Barnsley Central by-election on Friday morning, as Labour strolled to an easy win in one of its safest seats.
Nick Clegg's party finished second in the Yorkshire seat in last May's general election, but ended up last night trailing behind Labour, UK Independence Party, Conservatives, British National Party and a local Independent.
Dan Jarvis, a former paratrooper who served in Afghanistan, strolled to an easy victory for Labour, winning 14,774 votes - 60.9 per cent of the total. He claimed that the people of Barnsley had rejected the coalition's programme of cuts.
Mr Jarvis claimed voters were punishing the coalition for "broken promises" and compared the government's spending cuts with those of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s: "Thatcher was wrong and Cameron is wrong now," he said.
It was a good night for a jubilant UKIP who polled 2,953 which beat the Conservatives with 1,999, but the bigger humiliation was for the Liberal Democrats who polled just 1,012 and lost their deposit
Marek
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Amusing and highly imaginative analysis from Alexander. Now back to the real world....
Keith Sansum1
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It was no different baz/alexander to our very own paulw whewn he stood in batrnsley and lost by 20,or 30,000 votes yes he stood as a candidate but labour were never threatened paulw was just a paper candidate.
on last nights results, we again see UKIP claiming victory from defeat!!!!
unless we see a dramatic change and UKIP actually win a seat somewhere, peopole wont take them seriously, and just like the other fringe parties they will fizzle away, but achieve nowt.
On the lib dems, they must be concerned at there lack of popularity going from second place, but that was predicted and im sure mr clegg who presently holds a yorkshire seat will be concerned for the next general election.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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LIBDEM VOTE COLLAPSES
Dan Jarvis (Lab) 14,724
Jane Collins (UKIP) 2,953
James Hockney (C) 1,999
Enis Dalton (BNP) 1,463
Tony Devoy (Ind) 1,266
Dominic Carman (LD) 1,012
I think it was a reasonable turnout Alex so perhaps apathy is not the right notion. But two things do leap into view. One is the very good UKIP vote which sees them climb to second place..the other is the dismal showing of the Libdems. They were previously second here and its now clear their image has been hugely tarnished, as they are heavily noted by the electorate now, for promising one thing and delivering something else completely. The tuition fee fiasco was and is their armageddon.
Surely Nick Clegg's future as Libdem Leader must now be in jeopardy. His rapid acceleration from hero to zero is spellbinding in its awfulness. To be beaten by the BNP and another Independent candidate is dire, and on top of that an even worse humiliation..THEY LOST THEIR DEPOSIT!
UKIP though, despite their good result here, are a long way short of becoming the UKs second party. The Conservatives will have something to say about that !!
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PAULB
I go further on the lib dems and nick clegg, who as i say holds a seat in yorkshire
he must be realy concerned.
on UKIP as i keep saying until they make a breakthrough they are in danger of fizzling out.
and when there very own chairman says that he's to stand as an indy because people won't vote for UKIP says it all
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Wrong I said I will be standing as both in the Main seats Town and District I will be standing for UKIP but after lastnight anything can happen, I go to tomorrows meeting a very happy UkIP Chairman.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Yes indeed Nick Clegg holds a seat in Sheffield. He was/is deeply unpopular there too as soon after the general election he closed a noted steelworks there. The Coalition refused them funding despite having contracts in the offing. This put people out of work which was a shame as the company was considered genrally strong. Would be quite amazing to see the Deputy Leader of the Coalition government lose his seat...and it is indeed possible. This annihilation in Barnsley is also a Yorkshire seat....not all that far from Sheffield.
The gloom is gathering for the Libdems.
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PAULB
The gloom is on for n clegg and not before time and pleased you have at last picked up on my theme lol
VIC;
It's short lived mate, and you did say in that post 5 on another thread quite clearly that you are standing in some seats as an indy because people still think of UKIP as a one policy party(your words) therefore you were standing as an indy as people wouldn't vote for you as a ukip person
I just think people won't vote for vic lol be he tory, lib dem, ukip or whatever lol
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Time will tell on that one,But I can you all I will never ,never give up on what I am trying to do and that is the best for our great town of Dover.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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That sounds like an admittance of defeat
NO one feels you dont work hard
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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It's amazing what people try to read into by-election results. You really have to treat this as a freak unless it's validated by the May council elections.
In Barnsley the Labour party could field a chimpanzee as a candidate and it would be elected.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Brian Dixon
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peter,the same could be said in a safe tory seat.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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as usual the government get a bashing in a by- election soon after gaining power.
the reds will be pleased considering the previous member has just been thrown in the slammer, ukip will be pleased in coming second, worth noting that they fielded a well known local candidate.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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HOWARD
You are correct.
and
PETER
I have said all along, unless UKIP win seats in district elections, then they will as i say fizzle out, and vic will find another party lol
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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The new MP was just asked on Sky if his 15 years as major in the Parachute regiment helped him and he said yes, it undoubtedly did as there is a lot of good feeling towards the military at present.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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RAY
I'm sure that's always been the case
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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so the winner was parachuted into a safe seat.
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Vic
You often state that you are trying to your best for Dover (in your opinion) and no-one would doubt that as untrue regardless of how misplaced your views and decisions are, however what I find difficult to reconcile with that stance and your (present flavour of the month) support for UKIP is that their main policy is the withdrawal of UK from the EU the knock-on effect of that on Dover would be catastrophic to jobs and industry shipping and exports.
Marek
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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Nice one Howard!