Retrospective - Part 2

I will continue the story of how the English Democrats have progressed with this Summary of General Election performances and Parliamentary by-elections and EU elections.

By-elections, 2004-2005
Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
15 July 2004 Birmingham Hodge Hill Mark Wheatley 277 1.4
30 September 2004 Hartlepool Ed Abrams 41 0.1

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General Election 2005
The English Democrats contested 24 seats, receiving a total of 15,149 votes, an average of 631 (range 221 to 1216). The percentage share of the vote ranged from 0.6% to 3.4%, with an average of 1.45%. We got almost no mention in the media but did distribute a single unaddressed leaflet using the Royal mail election distribution in most of these seats.
Constituency Candidate Votes %
Aldershot Gary Cowd 701 1.7
Basildon Ms Kim Gandy 510 1.2
Bristol North West Michael Blundell 828 1.7
Chatham & Aylesford Michael Russell 668 1.6
City of Chester Ed Abrams 308 0.7
Chesterfield Ian Jerram 814 1.8
Copeland Alan Mossop 662 2.0
Doncaster North Michael Cassidy 561 1.8
Epping Forest Robin Tilbrook 631 1.4
Grantham & Stamford Benedict Brown 774 1.6
Greenwich & Woolwich Garry Bushell 1216 3.4
Hexham Ian Riddell 521 1.3
Ipswich Jervis Kay 641 1.3
Lancashire West Stephen Garrett 525 1.2
Leeds North West Adrian Knowles 545 1.2
Norwich South Christine Constable 466 1.1
Reigate Harold Green 600 1.4
Saffron Walden Raymond Brown 860 1.6
Sevenoaks John Marshall 751 1.7
Southend West Jeremy Moss 701 1.8
Staffordshire South* Garry Bushell 643 2.5
Vauxhall Janus Polenceus 221 0.6
Wakefield Paul McEnhill 356 0.8
Wantage Gerald Lambourne 646 1.2

*Note the South Staffordshire election was postponed until 23 June due to the death of a candidate


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By-election 2008
Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
10 July 2008 Haltemprice and Howden Joanne Robinson 1714 7.2 Our best Parliamentary election result YET!
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General Election 2010
The English Democrats stood 107 candidates in the 2010 general election. (106 is the minimum number required to qualify for a Party Election Broadcast.) The EDP received 64,826 votes, or 0.3% of the vote in England, won only one deposit in Doncaster North with 5.2% and overall 0.2% of the vote in the United Kingdom. We were determined to qualify for the Party Election Broadcast and here is a link to it >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mC4wiGZsVU What do you think?
Constituency Candidate Votes %
Ashfield Tony Ellis 1102 2.3
Beckenham Dan Eastgate 223 0.5
Bedfordshire Mid John Cooper 712 1.3
Bexleyheath & Crayford John Griffiths 466 1.1
Blyth Valley Allan White 327 0.8
Bosworth Kames Lampitt 615 1.1
Brent North Arvind Tailor 247 0.5
Brentford & Isleworth David Cunningham 230 0.4
Brentwood & Ongar Robin Tilbrook 491 1.0
Bristol East Stephen Wright 347 0.8
Bristol North West Ray Carr 635 1.3
Bristol South Craig Clarke 400 0.8
Bristol West Jon Baker 270 0.5
Bromley & Chislehurst Jon Cheeseman 376 0.9
Broxbourne Debbie LeMay 618 1.4
Bury South Valerie Morris 494 1.0
Calder Valley Barry Greenwood 157 0.3
Camberwell & Peckham Yohara Robby Munilla 435 0.9
Cambridgeshire North East Graham Murphy 387 0.7
Cambridgeshire North West Stephen Goldspink 1407 2.4
Chatham & Aylesford Sean Varnham 400 0.9
Chelmsford Claire Breed 254 0.5
Chelsea & Fulham George Roseman 169 0.4
Chester, City of Ed Abrams 594 1.3
Chesterfield Ian Jerram 1213 2.6
Chippenham John Maguire 307 0.6
Cities of London & Westminster Frank Roseman 191 0.5
Colchester Eddie Bone 335 0.7
Dartford Gary Rogers 2178 4.3
Daventry Alan Bennett-Spencer 1187 2.3
Devon North Nigel Vidler 146 0.3
Dewsbury Michael Felse 661 1.2
Don Valley Bernie Aston 1756 4.0
Doncaster Central Lawrence Parramore 1816 4.4
Doncaster North Wayne Crawshaw 2148 5.2
Dover Michael Walters 216 0.4
Ealng Southall Sati Chaggar 408 1.0
East Ham Barry O'Connor 822 1.6
Eastleigh Tony Stephen 249 0.5
Eltham Mike Tibby 217 0.5
Enfield North Raquel Weald 131 0.3
Enfield Southgate Ben Weald 173 0.4
Epping Forest Kim Sawyer 285 0.6
Erith & Thamesmead Laurence Williams 465 1.1
Esher & Walton Mike Kearsley 307 0.6
Fareham Joe Jenkins 618 1.1
Gillingham & Rainham Dean Lacey 464 1.0
Gloucester Alan Platt 564 1.1
Gosport Bob Shaw 622 1.3
Gravesham Steven Uncles 1005 2.1
Greenwich & Woolwich Topo Wresniwiro 339 0.8
Haltemprice & Howden Joanne Robinson 1485 3.0
Hampshire East Matt Williams 710 1.4
Harborough David Ball 568 3.1
Hastings & Rye Rodney Bridger 339 0.7
Havant Fungus Addams 809 1.8
Hayes & Harlington Cliff Dixon 464 1.1
Holborn & St Pancras Mikel Susperregi 75 0.1
Hull East Mike Burton 715 2.1
Hull North Michael Cassidy 200 0.6
Hull West & Hessle Pater Mawer 876 2.8
Hyndburn Christopher Reid 413 1.0
Isle of Wight Ian Dunsire 1233 1.8
Islington South & Finsbury John Dodds 301 0.7
Kettering Derek Hilling 952 2.0
Kingswood Michael Blundell 333 0.7
Leeds North West Alan Procter 153 0.4
Lewisham East James Rose 426 1.0
Lincoln Ernest Coleman 604 1.3
Louth & Horncastle Colin Mair 517 1.0
Meon Valley Pat Harris 582 1.1
Northampton South Kevin Sills 618 1.6
Old Bexley & Sidcup Elaine Cheeseman 520 1.1
Orpington Chriss Snape 199 0.1
Penistone & Stocksbridge Paul McEnhill 492 1.1
Peterborough Rob King 770 1.7
Poplar & Limehouse Andrew Osborne 470 1.0
Portsmouth North David Knight 1040 2.4
Portsmouth South Ian DuCane 400 1.0
Rayleigh & Wickford John Hayter 2219 4.2
Redditch Vincent Schittone 255 0.6
Rochester & Strood Ron Sands 2182 4.5
Romford Peter Thorogood 603 1.3
Rossendale & Darwen Michael Johnson 663 1.4
Salford & Eccles Stephen Morris 621 1.5
Selby & Ainsty Graham Michael 677 1.3
Sevenoaks Louise Uncles 806 1.6
Sheffield Hallam David Wildgoose 586 1.1
Southend West Terry Phillips 546 1.3
Stevenage Charles Vickers 366 0.8
Stockton North Ian Saul 1724 2.9
Stratford-On-Avon Fred Bishop 473 0.9
Streatham Janus Polenceus 229 0.5
Sutton & Cheam John Dodds 106 0.2
Tonbridge & Malling Lisa Rogers 390 0.8
Uxbridge & South Ruislip Roger Cooper 403 0.6
Vauxhall Jose Navarro 289 0.7
Warwickshire North David Lane 411 0.9
Wellingborough Terry Spencer 530 1.0
West Bromwich East Mark Cowles 1150 3.0
Westminster North Edward Roseman 99 0.3
Weston-Super-Mare John Peverelle 275 0.5
Winchester Mark Lancaster 503 0.9
Workington Rob Logan 414 1.1
Worsley & Eccles South Paul Whitelegg 1334 3.2

By-elections, 2011

Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
13 January 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth Stephen Morris 144 0.4
3 March 2011 Barnsley Central Kevin Riddiough 544 2.2
15 December 2011 Feltham and Heston Roger Cooper 322 1.38

Summary of EU Parliamentary election performance
Year Number of English Regions Contested Total votes GB Percentage of vote Saved deposits GB Change (percentage points) Number of MEPs
2004 5/9 130,056 0.8 0 N/A 0
2009 9/9 279,801 1.8 1 +1.0 0
In 2009 we made sure that we qualified for the PEB. Here is a link >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mI8678VyRM What do you think?

Note the English Democrats do not stand in Scotland or Wales in the European Elections although the results are displayed as a proportion of the GB results (Northern Ireland has a different electoral system)

Welsh Assembly elections
2007 Welsh Assembly (3rd May 2007)
Due to the English Democrats stance on the status of Monmouthshire, the English Democrats stood in the three constituencies in Monmouthshire and in the South Wales East region. They came 16th place nationwide with 0.2% of the vote.

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Monmouth Ed Abrams 804 2.7
Newport East Michael Blundell 429 2.2
Newport West Andrew Constantine 634 2.7
Regional lists Votes % +/- %
South Wales East 1,655 0.9 n/a

2011 Welsh Assembly (5th May 2011)
The English Democrats stood 5 candidates in the South Wales East region and contested only one individual constituency, Monmouth. The vote in Monmouth fell by 0.2% but regional vote increased by 0.2%. They came 11th place nationwide with 0.1% of the vote.

Constituency Candidate Votes % +/- %
Monmouth Steven Uncles 744 2.5 -0.2