Socialist Labour Party (UK) election results
UK political party election results
The Socialist Labour Party 's results in general elections are as follows.
United Kingdom elections
Year
Candidates
Votes
% of total vote
% vote in contested seats
Saved deposits
Votes per candidate
1997
65
52,516
0.17
1.78
3
808
2001
114
57,289
0.22
1.40
1
503
2005
49
20,167
0.07
1.08
1
412
2010
23
7,196
0.02
0.77
0
313
By-elections 1996–1997
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Barnsley East and Mexborough
Ken Capstick
1,213
2.8
Bethnal Green and Bow
Abdul Hamid
413
0.9
Birkenhead
Michael Cullen
1,168
3.0
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath
Colin Wren
483
1.2
Blackburn
Helen Drummon
635
1.3
Bolton North East
Kelly William
676
1.4
Bolton West
Doris Kelly
1,374
2.8
Bradford West
Abdul Khan
1,551
3.4
Brent East
Stanley Keable
466
1.3
Brighton Kemptown
Hannah Williams
316
0.7
Bristol East
Paul Williams
766
1.6
Bristol North West
Giles Shorter
482
0.9
Bristol West
Roy Nurse
244
0.4
Camberwell and Peckham
Angela Ruddock
685
2.4
Cannock Chase
Michael Conroy
1,120
2.1
Cardiff Central
Terence Burns
2,230
5.3
Colne Valley
Alan Brooke
759
1.3
Coventry North East
Hanna Khamis
597
1.2
Coventry North West
David Spencer
940
1.7
Cunninghame North
Louise McDaid
501
1.2
Cunninghame South
James McDaid
494
1.4
Doncaster Central
Michael Kenny
854
2.0
Don Valley
Nigel Ball
1,024
2.4
Dudley North
Mark Atherton
2,155
4.5
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
Jack Gilbert
635
1.3
Ealing Southall
Harpal Brar
2,107
3.9
East Ham
Imran Khan
2,697
6.8
Erewash
Matthew Simmons
496
0.8
Hornsey and Wood Green
Pat Sikorski
586
1.1
Ilford South
Bruce Ramsay
868
1.7
Knowsley North and Sefton East
Christopher Jones
857
1.7
Leeds Central
Mick Rix
656
1.8
Leeds North East
Jan Egan
468
1.0
Leeds North West
Roger Lamb
335
0.7
Leicester East
Sohan Singh Sidhu
436
1.0
Leicester South
Jim Dooher
634
1.3
Leicester West
Dave Roberts
452
1.1
Lewisham Deptford
John Mulrenan
996
3.0
Lewisham West
Nicholas Long
398
1.1
Llanelli
John Willock
757
1.8
Maidstone and the Weald
Maureen Cleator
979
1.8
Manchester Central
Francis Rafferty
810
2.4
Manchester Gorton
Trevor Longsam
501
1.4
Motherwell and Wishaw
Chris Herriot
797
2.2
Newbury
Katrina Howse
174
0.3
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Bridget Bell
1,082
2.2
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Blanch Carpenter
642
1.5
Newport East
Arthur Scargill
1,951
5.2
North East Cambridgeshire
Christopher Bennett
851
1.5
Norwich North
James Hood
495
0.9
Oldham East and Saddleworth
John Smith
470
0.9
Oldham West and Royton
Gias Choudhury
1,311
2.5
Pontypridd
Peter Skelly
380
0.83
Poplar and Canning Town
Jacqueline Joseph
557
1.4
St Helens North
Ronald Waugh
830
1.7
Scunthorpe
Brian Hopper
399
1.0
Sedgefield
Brian Gibson
474
1.0
Sheffield Brightside
Paul Davidson
482
1.4
Southampton Itchen
Kim Rose
628
1.2
Stockport
Geoffrey Southern
255
0.5
Swansea West
David Proctor
885
2.2
Vauxhall
Ian Driver
983
2.5
Wythenshawe and Sale East
James Flannery
957
2.1
Total
52,516
By-elections 1997–2001
By-elections 2001–2005
The Party managed to get its highest percentage share in any individual parliamentary constituency at the 2005 general election when it gained 14.2% of the votes cast in Glasgow North East.
By-elections 2005–2010
The Socialist Labour Party ran 23 candidates in the 2010 general election , who received a total of 7,196 votes, fewer than 0.1% of the UK national vote. All lost their deposits. The best results were those of Kai Andersen in Liverpool West Derby (614 votes - 1.7%) and Ken Capstick in Barnsley East (601 votes - 1.6%). In the local elections held on the same day, Andersen also received 244 votes
(4.2%) in the Croxteth ward of Liverpool.[ 2]
By-elections 2010–2015
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Hartlepool
Kevin Cranney
494
1.2
6
Total
494
European Parliament
Regional lists
Votes
%
+/- %
East Midlands
9,342
1.3
n/a
East of England
6,143
0.6
n/a
London
19,632
1.7
n/a
North East England
4,511
1.2
n/a
North West England
11,338
1.1
n/a
Scotland
9,385
1.0
n/a
South East England
7,281
0.5
n/a
South West England
5,741
0.6
n/a
Wales
4,283
0.7
n/a
West Midlands
5,257
0.6
n/a
Yorkshire and the Humber
7,650
1.0
n/a
Total
86,749
0.87
n/a
Regional lists
Votes
%
+/- %
East Midlands
13,590
1.1
n/a
East of England
13,599
0.8
n/a
London
15,306
0.9
n/a
North East England
10,238
1.7
n/a
North West England
26,224
1.6
n/a
Scotland
22,135
2.0
n/a
South East England
15,484
0.7
n/a
South West England
10,033
0.6
n/a
Wales
12,402
1.8
n/a
West Midlands
14,724
1.0
n/a
Yorkshire and the Humber
19,380
1.6
n/a
Total
173,115
1.14
n/a
Regional lists
Votes
%
+/- %
Wales
4,459
0.61
-1.2
Total
4,459
0.61
-0.01
Scottish Parliament
By-Elections 1999–2003
National Assembly for Wales
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
+/- %
Ogmore
Christoper Herriot
410
2.5
n/a
The Socialist Labour Party stood throughout every region in Wales and managed to qualify for its first Welsh Assembly electoral broadcast. Its votes had dropped by 0.1% in the three regions which it contested in 2003.
The Socialist Labour Party stood throughout every region in Wales and managed to beat the British National Party in four regions out of the entire election and the Greens in two regions. Its vote went up by 1.2% giving it 2.4% of the national vote in 7th place pushing the BNP into 8th place.
By-Elections 2011–2016
References
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