English Democrats Party election results

Main article: English Democrats

Parliamentary elections

Summary of general election performances

Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average voters per candidate Percentage of vote Saved deposits Change (percentage points) Number of MPs
2005 24 15,149 631 0.1 0 N/A 0
2010 107 64,826 605 0.2 1 +0.1 0
2015 32 6,531 204 0.0 0 −0.2 0

By-elections, 2004–05

Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
15 July 2004 Birmingham Hodge Hill Mark Wheatley 277 1.4[1]
30 September 2004 Hartlepool Ed Abrams 41 0.1[2]

General Election 2005

The English Democrats contested 24 seats, receiving a total of 15149 votes, an average of 631 (range 221 to 1216). The percentage share of the vote ranged from 0.6% to 3.4%, with an average of 1.45%. No candidates were elected.

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Aldershot G Cowd 701 1.7
Basildon Ms K Gandy 510 1.2
Bristol North West M Blundell 828 1.7
Chatham & Aylesford M Russell 668 1.6
City of Chester E Abrams 308 0.7
Chesterfield I Jerram 814 1.8
Copeland A Mossop 662 2.0
Doncaster North M Cassidy 561 1.8
Epping Forest Robin Tilbrook 631 1.4
Grantham & Stamford B Brown 774 1.6
Greenwich & Woolwich Garry Bushell 1216 3.4
Hexham I Riddell 521 1.3
Ipswich J Kay 641 1.3
Lancashire West S Garrett 525 1.2
Leeds North West A Knowles 545 1.2
Norwich South C Constable 466 1.1
Reigate H Green 600 1.4
Saffron Walden R Brown 860 1.6
Sevenoaks J Marshall 751 1.7
Southend West J Moss 701 1.8
Staffordshire South* Garry Bushell 643 2.5
Vauxhall J Polenceus 221 0.6
Wakefield P McEnhill 356 0.8
Wantage G Lambourne 646 1.2

Source:[3]

*Note the South Staffordshire election was postponed until 23 June due to the death of a candidate

By-elections, 2005–10

Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
29 June 2006 Bromley and Chislehurst Steven Uncles 212 0.7[4]
Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
10 July 2008 Haltemprice and Howden Joanne Robinson 1714 7.2[5]

General Election 2010

The English Democrats stood 107 candidates in the 2010 general election.[6] (106 is the minimum number required to qualify for a Party Election Broadcast.) The EDP received 64,826 votes, or 0.3% of the vote in England, won only one deposit in Doncaster North with 5.2% and overall 0.2% of the vote in the United Kingdom. No candidates were elected.[7]

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Ashfield Tony Ellis 1102 2.3
Beckenham Dan Eastgate 223 0.5
Bedfordshire Mid John Cooper 712 1.3
Bexleyheath & Crayford John Griffiths 466 1.1
Blyth Valley Allan White 327 0.8
Bosworth Kames Lampitt 615 1.1
Brent North Arvind Tailor 247 0.5
Brentford & Isleworth David Cunningham 230 0.4
Brentwood & Ongar Robin Tilbrook 491 1.0
Bristol East Stephen Wright 347 0.8
Bristol North West Ray Carr 635 1.3
Bristol South Craig Clarke 400 0.8
Bristol West Jon Baker 270 0.5
Bromley & Chislehurst Jon Cheeseman 376 0.9
Broxbourne Debbie LeMay 618 1.4
Bury South Valerie Morris 494 1.0
Calder Valley Barry Greenwood 157 0.3
Camberwell & Peckham Yohara Robby Munilla 435 0.9
Cambridgeshire North East Graham Murphy 387 0.7
Cambridgeshire North West Stephen Goldspink 1407 2.4
Chatham & Aylesford Sean Varnham 400 0.9
Chelmsford Claire Breed 254 0.5
Chelsea & Fulham George Roseman 169 0.4
Chester, City of Ed Abrams 594 1.3
Chesterfield Ian Jerram 1213 2.6
Chippenham John Maguire 307 0.6
Cities of London & Westminster Frank Roseman 191 0.5
Colchester Eddie Bone 335 0.7
Dartford Gary Rogers 2178 4.3
Daventry Alan Bennett-Spencer 1187 2.3
Devon North Nigel Vidler 146 0.3
Dewsbury Michael Felse 661 1.2
Don Valley Bernie Aston 1756 4.0
Doncaster Central Lawrence Parramore 1816 4.4
Doncaster North Wayne Crawshaw 2148 5.2
Dover Michael Walters 216 0.4
Ealng Southall Sati Chaggar 408 1.0
East Ham Barry O'Connor 822 1.6
Eastleigh Tony Stephen 249 0.5
Eltham Mike Tibby 217 0.5
Enfield North Raquel Weald 131 0.3
Enfield Southgate Ben Weald 173 0.4
Epping Forest Kim Sawyer 285 0.6
Erith & Thamesmead Laurence Williams 465 1.1
Esher & Walton Mike Kearsley 307 0.6
Fareham Joe Jenkins 618 1.1
Gillingham & Rainham Dean Lacey 464 1.0
Gloucester Alan Platt 564 1.1
Gosport Bob Shaw 622 1.3
Gravesham Steven Uncles 1005 2.1
Greenwich & Woolwich Topo Wresniwiro 339 0.8
Haltemprice & Howden Joanne Robinson 1485 3.0
Hampshire East Matt Williams 710 1.4
Harborough David Ball 568 3.1
Hastings & Rye Rodney Bridger 339 0.7
Havant Fungus Addams 809 1.8
Hayes & Harlington Cliff Dixon 464 1.1
Holborn & St Pancras Mikel Susperregi 75 0.1
Hull East Mike Burton 715 2.1
Hull North Michael Cassidy 200 0.6
Hull West & Hessle Pater Mawer 876 2.8
Hyndburn Christopher Reid 413 1.0
Isle of Wight Ian Dunsire 1233 1.8
Islington South & Finsbury John Dodds 301 0.7
Kettering Derek Hilling 952 2.0
Kingswood Michael Blundell 333 0.7
Leeds North West Alan Procter 153 0.4
Lewisham East James Rose 426 1.0
Lincoln Ernest Coleman 604 1.3
Louth & Horncastle Colin Mair 517 1.0
Meon Valley Pat Harris 582 1.1
Northampton South Kevin Sills 618 1.6
Old Bexley & Sidcup Elaine Cheeseman 520 1.1
Orpington Chriss Snape 199 0.1
Penistone & Stocksbridge Paul McEnhill 492 1.1
Peterborough Rob King 770 1.7
Poplar & Limehouse Andrew Osborne 470 1.0
Portsmouth North David Knight 1040 2.4
Portsmouth South Ian DuCane 400 1.0
Rayleigh & Wickford John Hayter 2219 4.2
Redditch Vincent Schittone 255 0.6
Rochester & Strood Ron Sands 2182 4.5
Romford Peter Thorogood 603 1.3
Rossendale & Darwen Michael Johnson 663 1.4
Salford & Eccles Stephen Morris 621 1.5
Selby & Ainsty Graham Michael 677 1.3
Sevenoaks Louise Uncles 806 1.6
Sheffield Hallam David Wildgoose 586 1.1
Southend West Terry Phillips 546 1.3
Stevenage Charles Vickers 366 0.8
Stockton North Ian Saul 1724 2.9
Stratford-On-Avon Fred Bishop 473 0.9
Streatham Janus Polenceus 229 0.5
Sutton & Cheam John Dodds 106 0.2
Tonbridge & Malling Lisa Rogers 390 0.8
Uxbridge & South Ruislip Roger Cooper 403 0.6
Vauxhall Jose Navarro 289 0.7
Warwickshire North David Lane 411 0.9
Wellingborough Terry Spencer 530 1.0
West Bromwich East Mark Cowles 1150 3.0
Westminster North Edward Roseman 99 0.3
Weston-Super-Mare John Peverelle 275 0.5
Winchester Mark Lancaster 503 0.9
Workington Rob Logan 414 1.1
Worsley & Eccles South Paul Whitelegg 1334 3.2

Source for results:[8]

By-elections, 2010–15

Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
13 January 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth Stephen Morris 144 0.4[9]
3 March 2011 Barnsley Central Kevin Riddiough 544 2.2[10]
15 December 2011 Feltham and Heston Roger Cooper 322 1.4[11]
15 November 2012 Corby David Wickham 432 1.21[12]
29 November 2012 Rotherham David Wildgoose 703 3.3[13]
28 February 2013 Eastleigh Michael Walters 70 0.2 [14]

General Election 2015

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Barnsley, Central Ian Sutton 477 1.3
Barnsley, E Kevin Riddiough 440 1.1
Bath Jenny Knight 63 0.1
Berwick-upon-Tweed Neil Humphrey 88 0.2
Bexleyheath & Crayford Maggi Young 151 0.3
Bradford, W Therese Hirst 98 0.2
Brentwood & Ongar Robin Tilbrook 173 0.3
Bury, S Valerie Morris 170 0.4
Dagenham & Rainham Kim Gandy 71 0.2
Dartford Steve Uncles 211 0.4
Don Valley Louise Dutton 242 0.6
Doncaster, Central David Burnett 309 0.8
Doncaster, N David Allen 448 1.1
Erith & Thamesmead Graham Moore 188 0.4
Faversham & Mid Kent Gary Butler 158 0.3
Harlow Eddy Butler 115 0.3
Kettering Derek Hilling 151 0.3
Monmouth Stephen Morris 100 0.2
Nuneaton Steve Paxton 104 0.2
Penistone & Stocksbridge Colin Porter 500 1.1
Rother Valley Sharon Pilling 377 0.8
Rotherham Dean Walker 166 0.4
Sheffield, Brightside & Hillsborough Justin Saxton 171 0.4
Sheffield, Central Elizabeth Breed 68 0.2
Sheffield, Hallam Steve Clegg 167 0.3
Sheffield, Heeley David Haslett 122 0.3
Sheffield, SE Matthew Roberts 141 0.3
Southend, W Jeremy Moss 165 0.4
Stevenage Charles Vickers 115 0.2
Suffolk Central & Ipswich, N Tony Holyoak 162 0.3
Wentworth & Dearne Alan England 309 0.7
Weston-super-Mare Ronald Lavelle 311 0.6

Source:[15]

By-elections, 2015-

Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
20 October 2016 Batley & Spen Therese Hirst 969 4.8[16]
20 October 2016 Witney Winston McKenzie 52 0.1[17]

European Parliament elections

Summary of European election performance in the UK

Year Number of English
regions contested 		Total
votes 		% of
GB vote 		Saved
deposits 		GB change
(% points) 		Number
of MEPs
2004 5/9 130,056 0.8 0 N/A 0
2009 9/9 279,801 1.8 1 +1.0 0
2014 9/9 126,024 0.8 0 −1.1 0[18]

Note: The English Democrats do not stand in Scotland or Wales in the European Elections although the results are displayed as a proportion of the GB results. (Northern Ireland has a different electoral system).

English Police Commissioner elections

English Democrats contested five of the 41 Police and Crime Commissioner elections in November 2012. Results were:

Police force Candidate 1st round votes % Posn/no. cands
Cambridgeshire Constabulary Stephen Goldspink 7,219 8.1% 6 out of 7
Essex Police Robin Tilbrook 11,550 6.87% 6 out of 6
Kent Police Steven Uncles 10,789 5.3% 5 out of 6[19]
Merseyside Police Paul Rimmer 7,142 5.7% 6 out of 6[20]
South Yorkshire Police David Allen 22,608 15.6% 2 out of 5[21]

Welsh Assembly elections

2007 Welsh Assembly, 2007

Source: BBC News[22]
Due to the English Democrats stance on the status of Monmouthshire, the English Democrats stood in the three constituencies in Monmouthshire and in the South Wales East region. They came 16th place nationwide with 0.2% of the vote.

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Monmouth Ed Abrams 804 2.7
Newport East Michael Blundell 429 2.2
Newport West Andrew Constantine 634 2.7
Regional lists Votes % +/- %
South Wales East 1,655 0.9 n/a

2011 Welsh Assembly, 2011

Source: BBC News[23]
The English Democrats stood five candidates in the South Wales East region and contested only one individual constituency, Monmouth. The vote in Monmouth fell by 0.2% but regional vote increased by 0.2%. They came 11th place nationwide with 0.1% of the vote.

Constituency Candidate Votes % +/- %
Monmouth Steve Uncles 744 2.5 −0.2
Regional lists Votes % +/- %
South Wales East 1,904 1.1 +0.2

References

  1. ↑ "Lib Dems snatch Labour seat", BBC News, 16 July 2004
  2. ↑ "Labour narrowly wins Hartlepool", BBC News, 1 October 2004
  3. ↑ Politics resources: UK General Election results May 2005 and Election Candidates
  4. ↑ "Bromley and Chislehurst". The Guardian. London. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  5. ↑ "Haltemprice and Howden". The Guardian. London. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  6. ↑ "English Democrats Field More candidates than the SNP and Plaid Cymru". English Democrats Party. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "Results: England". Election 2010. BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  8. ↑ BBC News Election 2010 results and The Guardian: "How Britain voted" supplement, 8 May 2010
  9. ↑ UK Polling Report: "Oldham East and Saddleworth" 14 January 2011
  10. ↑ Barnsley by-election: What now for Lib Dems?, by Brian Wheeler, BBC News, 4 March 2011
  11. ↑ Feltham & Heston at telegraph.co.uk (accessed 12 May 2012)
  12. ↑ "By-elections: Labour takes Corby from Conservatives", BBC News, 16 November 2012
  13. ↑ "By-elections: Labour retains three seats" BBC News, 30 November 2012
  14. ↑ "Eastleigh by-election: Lib Dems hold on despite UKIP surge" BBC News, 1 March 2013
  15. ↑ BBC News Election 2015: Barnsley central, Barnsley East, Bath, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Bexleyheath & Crayford, Bradford west, Brentwood & Ongar, Bury South, Dagenham & Rainham, Dartford, Don Valley, Doncaster Central, Doncaster North, Erith & Thamesmead, Faversham & Mid Kent, Harlow, Kettering, Monmouth, Nuneaton, Penistone & Stocksbridge, Rother Valley, Rotherham, Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield South East, Southend West, Stevenage, Suffolk, Central & Ipswich, N, Wentworth & Dearne, Weston-super-Mare. Accessed 11 May 2015.
  16. ↑ Samantha Gildea, "Batley and Spen by-election: Labour's Tracy Brabin elected as new MP". Hudersfield Examiner, 21 October 2016
  17. ↑ West Oxfordshire District Council "Declaration of Result of Poll", 21 October 2016
  18. ↑ "UK European election results", BBC NEWS, 26 May 2014
  19. ↑ "Kent police and crime commissioner results", BBC News England, 16 November 2012
  20. ↑ "Merseyside police and crime commissioner result", BBC News Liverpool, 16 November 2012
  21. ↑ "South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner results", BBC News England, 16 November 2012
  22. ↑ "Welsh assembly election 2007", BBC News, 5 May 2007. Accessed 14 June 2016.
  23. ↑ "Wales elections", BBC News, 6 May 2011. Accessed 14 June 2016.
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