The BNP Gains 2 MEPs



The BNP won 2 seats in the European Parliament.

Party leader Nick Griffin was elected in the North West with 8.0% of the vote, and Andrew Brons was elected in Yorkshire & Humber with 9.8% of the vote.

Across the country the BNP won 943,598 votes, a 1.3% increase over 2004.

To get an MEP elected in the East of England the BNP needed about 10% of the vote. They ended up with 6.1% which translates into 97,013 votes. This compares with 65,557 votes last time.

ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTION RESULTS IN ESSEX

THE BNP TOP 10 RESULTS FOR ESSEX

1 Barking and Dagenham 19.4%
2 Thurrock 17.5%
3 Havering 14.8%
4 Basildon 10.5%
5 Castle Point 9.7%
6 Southend on-Sea 8.4%
7 Epping Forest 7.9%
8 Rochford 7.7%
9 Tendring 7.3%
10 Maldon 6.5%

Here are the percentages for the European election in Southend-On-Sea.

29.9% Conservative
21.7% UKIP
12.1% Liberal Democrat
9.7% Labour
8.4% BNP
7.3% Green
2.1% English Democrats
1.8% UK First
1.7% Christian Party
1.2% No2EU
0.9% Independent
0.9% Animals Count
0.8% Socialist Labour
0.6% Pro Democracy: Libertas
0.5% Jury Team

Turnout 32.2%

Comparing these results with the 2004 European elections in Southend. Here are the main parties ordered by change of vote.

+4.1% BNP
+2.1% UKIP
+1.7% Green
-0.9% Conservative
-1.9% Liberal Democrat
-6.5% Labour

The BNP made the largest gain.

Here are the percentages for the European election in Rochford

33.7% Conservative
22.4% UKIP
9.3% Liberal Democrat
7.8% BNP
6.5% Labour
6.3% English Democrats
6.2% Green
2.2% United Kingdom First
1.8% Christian Party
1.1% No2EU
0.9% Animals Count
0.7% Socialist Labour
0.6% Pro Democracy: Libertas
0.3% Independent
0.3% Jury Team

0.6% spoilt
Turnout 37.1%

Comparing these results with the 2004 European elections in Rochford. Here are the main parties ordered by change in vote:

+1.8% BNP
+1.3% Green
-0.1% UKIP
-0.3% Liberal Democrat
-2.7% Conservative
-6.0% Labour

Only the BNP and the Greens made gains.

Here are the percentages for the European election in Castle Point.

30.0% Conservative
27.9% UKIP
9.7% BNP
9.7% Labour
5.3% Liberal Democrat
4.9% Green
2.4% English Democrats
2.4% United Kingdom First
1.7% NO2EU
1.5% Christian
1.1% Independent
0.8% Animals Count
0.7% Socialist Labour
0.5% Libertas
0.3% Jury Team

0.9% spoilt
Turnout 37.6%

Comparing these results with the 2004 European elections in Castle Point. Here are the main parties ordered by change in vote:

+3.2% BNP
-0.3% UKIP
-0.8% Conservative
-0.9% Green
-0.9% Liberal Democrat
-8.7% Labour

All lose except the BNP.

BNP Wins 3 Seats In The County Council Elections


Sharon Wilkinson, second from right, wins in Lancashire

On June 4th the BNP won 3 County Council seats.

Sharon Wilkinson won the seat in Padiham & Burnley West, Lancashire, with 1155 votes out of a total of 3790 votes cast (35% of the vote)

Graham Partner won the seat in Coalville, Leicestershire with 1039 votes out of 3750 cast (27.7% of the vote)

Deirdre Gates won the seat of South Oxhey, Hertfordshire (a suburb of Watford) with 783 votes out of 2681 cast (29% of the vote)

There were no County Council elections in Southend-on-Sea on June 4th, but there were elections in neighboring Rochford and Castle Point.

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS FOR ROCHFORD

Rochford North

Cons 2490
BNP 705 14.6%
Lib/Dem 679
Green 618
Labour 328

Turnout 37.4%

Rochford South

Cons 1996
BNP 547 14.0%
Green 517
Labour 491
Lib/Dem 354

Turnout 32.3%

Rochford West

Cons 2972
Lib/Dem 900
BNP 874 16.8%
Labour 489

Turnout 38.2%

Rayleigh North

Cons 2095
Lib/Dems 1739
English Democrats 718
Say No To European Union 416
BNP 278 5.1%
Labour 226

Turnout 41.8%

Rayleigh South

Cons 2165
English Democrats 847
Lib/Dems 777
BNP 347 7.8%
Labour 289

Turnout 35.5%

The constituency-wide figures for the County Council elections in Rochford give the following percentages for each party:

49.2% Conservative
18.7% Lib/Dem
11.5% BNP
7.6% Labour
6.6% English Democrats
4.8% Green
1.7% Say No To EU

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS FOR CASTLE POINT

Canvey Island East

34.7% Independent
31.4% Conservative
16.6% BNP
10.8% Labour
6.1% Liberal Democrat

0.5% spoilt
Turnout 34.6%

Canvey Island West

43.0% Conservative
36.5% Canvey Island Independent Party
11.1% BNP
6.9% Labour
2.1% Liberal Democrat

0.3% spoilt
Turnout 34.6%

Hadleigh

51.8% Conservative
17.9% Say No To European Union
8.9% Labour
7.5% Green
7.1% Liberal Democrat
6.6% BNP

0.3% spoilt
Turnout 38.6%

South Benfleet

53.7% Conservative
15.0% Labour
13.0% BNP
9.4% Liberal Democrat
8.4% Green

0.5% spoilt
Turnout 38.7%

Thundersley

43.8% Conservative
19.3% Say No To European Union
13.9% Labour
8.1% Liberal Democrat
7.9% BNP
6.7% Green

0.3% spoilt
Turnout 42.3%

The constituency-wide figures for the County Council elections in Castle Point give the following percentages for each party:

44.9% Conservative
11.1% Labour
11.0% BNP
7.7% Say No To European Union
7.1% Independent
6.7% Liberal Democrat
6.6% Canvey island Independent Party
4.6% Green

4.9% of papers were spoilt.

Only the Conservatives, Labour, the Lib/Dems and the BNP stood candidates in all five divisions.

British National Party - European Election Broadcast

The EU Election Campaign In Southend-On-Sea

40,000 election leaflets delivered across Southend



Hundreds of "Vote BNP" posters



BNP adverts in local newspapers



Roadside demonstrations supporting British jobs for British Workers

Canvey Island East-Town Council Election
on Thursday January 22nd


The BNP team at Leigh Beck school after the election count.

Result

Jane Pontius (Canvey Island Independent Party) 425 37.5%
Colin Alan MacLean (Conservative) 328 28.9%
John Morgan (BNP) 229 20.2%
John Payne (Labour) 151 13.3%

Turnout was 23.6%.

It was the first time the BNP had contested this ward. We came from nowhere to take 20.2% of the vote.

Comparing this with the May 2008 election results. The Labour vote was up 3.8%, the Conservative vote was down 2.4% and the Canvey Island Independent Party lost a huge 21.7% with the BNP being the main beneficiary.

The winning Independent candidate has a strong Canvey heritage, as her father was the Surveyor and Engineer for Canvey's old Urban District Council. The Tories blitzed the area for two weeks solid. They even had the Mayor out campaigning for them.

The local rag ran a smear article concerning a photograph of our candidate which was taken outside Canvey Island's football club.

They claimed the photo, which we used on his election address, was taken to make it look as if the club supported the BNP. The real reason was that there was a large St. Georges Cross painted on the entrance gate and we thought it would make a good backdrop with our candidate standing in front of it.

Vera Partridge, chair of the Castle Point Conservative Association, said the BNP vote had cost the Tories victory.

She said: “We’re very disappointed, if it wasn’t for the BNP I think we would have won. It’s surprising they got so many votes, as the issues they stand for, like immigration, have no relevance locally".

My thanks to everyone who contributed to this campaign in what turned out to be several weeks of freezing cold weather. Especially Bernadette, Alisdair and Una who did most of the canvassing and to all the others who spent long hours leafletting. A big thank you to John Morgan who stood as our candidate.

As a result of this campaign we have had a lot of requests for party information packs and so far two members of the public have come forward to stand as candidates the next time around.

Muslim Benefit Scroungers can claim
benefits for up to 4 wives


Midnight at the Oasis - courtesy of the British Taxpayer

Polygamous husbands settling in Britain with multiple wives can claim extra benefits for their "harems" even though bigamy is a crime in the UK, it has emerged.

HUSBANDS who bring more than one wife to Britain can claim extra benefits for them at taxpayers’ expense.

Ministers have ruled that men in polygamous marriages can receive state handouts for each wife, including additional income support, even though bigamy is illegal in the UK. A review of benefit rules for such marriages concluded in December that allowing husbands to claim for their additional wives remained the “best possible” option.

The decision will chiefly benefit Muslim men, as Islamic law allows them to have up to four wives. Multi-marriages are recognised by the Government – provided the weddings took place in countries where the practice is legal. But critics last night attacked the decision as “completely unacceptable” and warned it could lead to demands for other changes in British laws.

Corin Taylor, of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: “British taxpayers are paying a record amount of tax so the Government has a duty to make sure that every penny is spent properly.“Polygamy is not something which British law allows and British taxpayers should not have to pay for extra benefits for second or third wives.”

There are an estimated 1,000 polygamous marriages in the UK, meaning there could be up to 5,000 people involved. The husband would be entitled to £90.80 a week income support for himself and his first wife and £33.65 for each additional wife. The families would also be entitled to child benefits for every child and could argue for greater housing benefit and council tax credits because of the need for larger properties.

Live a life of luxury on the dole - Benefit
Scroungers get £30,000 a year in benefits

DAMNING new evidence last night proved it does not pay to work in Britain under Labour’s benefit bonanza regime. Official figures reveal that 20,000 households are handed more than £30,000 in benefits every year – more than the average working wage. A further 12,000 families – equivalent to the population of Nottingham – claim more than £20,000 a year in tax-free benefits.

Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “At a time when ordinary taxpayers are facing redundancy and repossession, and pensioners struggle on under £100 per week, this benefit bill is far too high. "It’s important there is a safety net for the vulnerable but the Government must do more to stop the abuse of taxpayers’ generosity and give people greater incentive to get back into work.”

Economist Ruth Lea said: “Frankly, it’s immoral. Many of these people are receiving more than the average wage.”

The Tories said the huge benefit totals meant many families collecting handouts were better off than households with somebody in work. A person in work would have to earn at least £27,000 before tax to receive £20,000 a year in take-home pay.But the average worker earns just over £25,000 a year, while half of full-time women workers are on less than £21,500 and one full-time worker in 10 earns less than £13,613.

Mr Grayling said: “It really is time the Government got a grip on Britain’s benefits culture.“It’s hardly surprising so many people live a life on benefits when in some cases it is possible to be paid as much money as someone in work on a typical average income.”

Analysis by the Daily Express reveals just how easy it is to clock up a big benefit payout. A family of two healthy non-working adults and two healthy children paying rent of £100 a week and a monthly council tax bill of £108 could collect more than £16,100 a year in benefits. That sum is made up of more than £4,700 in tax credits, £4,950 in Jobseeker’s Allowance, housing benefit of £5,214 and council tax benefit of £1,296. More children and a bigger house would mean an even larger annual payout. A single mother with four healthy children, paying the maximum rent allowed in an area such as west London could collect up to £32,638 a year.


The Ramonds and their nine kids

Ray and Tracey Ramond have been branded Britain's biggest beneficiaries from state handouts. The couple and their nine children hit the headlines three years ago when it emerged they received £39,000-a-year in benefits.
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Mr and Mrs Ramond were living in a three-bedroom house in Newcastle upon Tyne with their children Cherlynne, 13, Stacey, 12, Chantelle, 11, Nicky, ten, Susan, nine, Courtney, seven, Leigh, four, Tia, three, and 11-month-old Chardonnay.
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Mrs Ramond, then 36, said she could not work because she was a full-time carer for Stacey, who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and her husband was off work with depression. She said: 'It's hard for us making ends meet, it really is. I try to cook healthy food for the kids and keep them looking presentable and the money just goes on food and clothes. Our two older children only want the best trainers because they're at school and don't want to get picked on so what can we do?'
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In an average week, Mrs Ramond said she spent £250 on food, £100 on clothes and nappies, £55 on gas and electricity and £150 paying off catalogue bills and a loan. The rest went on cigarettes, mobile phone bills and pocket money for the children. In all, the family received housing benefit, child benefit, child tax credit, carer's allowance and incapacity benefit.
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The Raymonds were last night unavailable for comment.