Friday 4 March 2011

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.

1 comment:

  1. You're welcome! :) But I worked out the figures using 37% as the turnout so the figures won't be particularly accurate!

    Well done to Labour and especially to former Para Dan Jarvis, hope he fights for Barnsley as heroically as he fought for our country, but while I may not be popular for saying this I genuinely hope the Lib Dems can improve on this poor performance.

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