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Indeed Labour won by a fairly large number of votes over the LibDems, whereas the Tories really got a thrashing!
As we can see from the media, those who are not among the top three get little or no coverage, but after plenty of research (4 minutes) I managed to find out that UKIP came fourth and BNP fifth.
So in Dover, the coverage for UKIP in the December 2010 local by-elections, as third party, was fair! Ahem!
Anyway, it seems the Conservatives would be on their way out, and that Labour is becoming number 1 party, in Britain. Still, with a 48% turnout at Oldham East/Saddleworth (May 2010 62%), apathy has prevailed!
(Not quite as much as in Dover December 2010 with 16%.)
Keith, I read that there was plenty of mist but no rain today in Oldham, so I'm not sure if the weather can account for the reduced turnout.
One note of difference is that whereas in Dover we had local Council elections in December, in Oldham East/Saddleworth it was for the Parliament, so the issues at stake were also different.
It seems a thumbs down for the Government.
The question is now, how to get the support of the masses turning away from voting at all, which account for over half of the electorate.
I received an email from Nigel Farage this morning, UKIP must stand and fight!
