Our predictions were right, it was a tight race between the fascists and the Greens. We lost by 0.3% of the vote in the race for that last place in the region.
If we'd been able to get just a few more votes instead of returning the most reactionary scumbag imaginable we could have sent a fantastic, clear socialist in Peter Cranie. That was the choice before the electorate and unfortunately we weren't able to prevent the absolutely worst happening. Sickening.
| Conservative | 423,174 | 25.6 (+1.5) | 3 |
| Labour | 336,831 | 20.4 (-6.9) | 2 |
| UK Independence Party | 261,740 | 15.8 (+3.7) | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 235,639 | 14.3 (-1.6) | 1 |
| British National Party | 132,094 | 8.0 (+1.6) | 1 |
| Green Party | 127,133 | 7.7 (+2.1) | 0 |
| English Democrat | 40,027 | 2.4 (+0.8) | 0 |
| Socialist Labour Party | 26,224 | 1.6 (+1.6) | 0 |
| Christian Party-Christian Peoples Alliance | 25,999 | 1.6 (+1.6) | 0 |
| No2EU | 23,580 | 1.4 (+1.4) | 0 |
| Jury Team | 8,783 | 0.5 (+0.5) | 0 |
| Libertas | 6,980 | 0.4 (+0.4) | 0 |
| Independent - Francis Apaloo | 3,621 | 0.2 (+0.2) | 0 |
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I hope you will excuse the shameless self-publicity, but if anyone wants to read about the anti fascist mobilisation that greeted Griffin they can here:
http://infantile-and-disorderly.blogspot.com/
A sad day for the North West.
I'm trying not to be nauseated by this result, but I'm failing miserably.
I think one of the worst things about this (apart from the fact Griffin is now an MEP!) is that the Greens increased their vote by 300,000 and didn't win any extra seats.
It was so close. Personally I'd feel better if we were way behind.
At the end of the day more people voted fascist than voted for a good decent socialist in Peter Cranie and so we just have to accept it - we just have to make sure that we don't let the BNP use their victory to build a real movement.
Peter Cranie and the Green Party in the NW did an excellent job and should be congratulated. It is terribly, terribly galling how close the result was there, and horrible to have to hear that smarmy Griffin on the airwaves. The thought of how much more of him we'll be hearing is even more depressing.
It breaks my heart that more people voted for totally unworkable racist policies than they did for compassionate green values.
The Greens should be proud of their increases.
I'm from the North West and I voted for Peter. My first instinct about Gruesome Griffin's gain in the NW was one of shame but then, less people voted for the BNP there than they did last time round so it's not like the BNP are gaining voters. It's little comfort I know because we have him in Europe now. Bah!
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