Barnsley By-Election Results

So, those Barnsley figures in full:

Votes cast:

• Dan Jarvis (Lab) 14,724
• Jane Collins (UKIP) 2,953
• James Hockney (C) 1,999
• Enis Dalton (BNP) 1,463
• Tony Devoy (Ind) 1,266
• Dominic Carman (LD) 1,012
• Kevin Riddiough (Eng Dem) 544
• Howling Laud Hope (Loony) 198
• Michael Val Davies (Ind) 60 

Percentage share:

• Lab 60.8%
• UKIP 12.2%
• Con 8.6%
• BNP 6.0%
• Ind 5.2%
• LD 4.2%
• ED 2.2%
• MRL 0.8%
• Ind 0.2%

Percentage change:

• Lab +13.5%
• UKIP +7.5%
• Con -9%
  
• BNP -2.9%
• Ind +4.6%
• LD -13.1%
• ED n/a
• MRL n/a
• Ind n/a

Voter turnout: 36.5%


Percentage of vote by total electorate: (with thanks for this to @rpxadair)

• No vote 63.0%
• Lab 22.5%
  
• UKIP 4.5%
• Con 3.0%
  
• BNP 2.2%
• Ind 1.9%
• LD 1.5%
• ED 0.8%
• MRL 0.3%
• Ind 0.1%
• Spoilt ballot 0.1

Percentage of electorate who voted for the coalition government: 4.5%


I'd also like to say that while I appreciate that people are concerned about the BNP getting 6% of the votes, we must also appreciate that extremist parties like this do (unfortunately) have a loyal core of voters. We must be pleased that a) their share of the vote has dropped by 1/3, and b) that only 1,463 of the Barnsley electorate were foolish enough to vote for them.