British National Party election results

This article lists the British National Party's election results in the UK parliamentary, Scottish parliamentary and Welsh Assembly elections, as well as in the European Parliament elections and at a local level.

United Kingdom elections

Summary of general election performance

YearNo. of
candidates
Total votesAverage votes
per candidate
 % of voteChange
(% points)
Saved
deposits
*
No. of MPsRank
1983 5314,6212760.0N/A0017/29 Increase
1987 25532770.00.00018/18 Decrease
1992 137,6315870.1+0.10018/27 Steady
1997 5635,8326400.10.03016/35 Increase
2001 3347,1291,4280.2+0.17015/34 Increase
2005 119192,7461,6200.7+0.53408/42 Increase
2010 338563,7431,6681.9+1.27305/38 Increase
2015 81,6672080.0−1.90029/50 Decrease
2017 104,6424060.10.0+0017/? Increase
2019 15105100.00.1-00TBD

* Note: Until 1985, a deposit was saved on securing 12½% of the votes cast; from 1985, this was reduced to 5%.

General election, 9 June 1983

This was the first general election after the formation of the BNP following the disintegration of the National Front (NF) in the early 1980s. The BNP stood 53 candidates in order to be eligible for the five-minute national television broadcast offered to all parties running fifty candidates or more. Although the party did not anticipate winning any seats (as was the case) the election was pivotal in ensuring that its profile was raised, with 13 million viewers watching the broadcast.[1] The NF itself contested 61 seats, a significant drop from the 303 it had contested in 1979. Only three constituencies (Hackney S & Shoreditch, Islington S & Finsbury and Worthing) were contested by both parties and in all three the NF beat the BNP. However, their combined vote in each of these constituencies was roughly half of what the NF had secured previously.

38 of the seats contested by the BNP had been contested by the NF in 1979. However, the BNP vote in all but one was lower than the NF had previously achieved. (The exception was Carmarthen: NF 149 in 1979; BNP 154 in 1983.)

BNP results ranged from 94 to 632 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.2% to 1.3%.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
AshfordR Lockwood1950.4
BasingstokeI Wilson3440.6
BeckenhamG Younger2030.5
Bolton North EastD Ball1860.4
Bournemouth WestJohn Morse1800.4
Bradford NorthM Easter1930.4
BroxbourneJ Smith5021.0
CarmarthenC Grice1540.3
ChislehurstA Waite2010.5
Ealing NorthJ Shaw3060.6
EdmontonD Bruce3720.8
ElthamP Banks2760.7
Enfield NorthJ Billingham2680.5
Enfield SouthgateM Braithwaite3180.7
Epping ForestS Smith3300.7
Erith and CrayfordO Hawke2720.7
Glasgow ShettlestonK Hill1030.3
GloucesterR Rhodes2600.5
GreenwichI Dell2590.7
Hackney South and ShoreditchMrs Valerie Tyndall3741.0
HarboroughJ Taylor2800.5
Hertford and StortfordG Wiles3040.6
Heywood and MiddletonK Henderson3160.8
Ilford SouthR Martin3160.8
IpswichA Pearson2350.5
Islington NorthL Bearsford-Walker1760.5
Islington South and FinsburyD Stentiford940.2
Leeds CentralG Cummins3310.9
Leeds WestA Braithwaite3340.7
Leicester EastR Sutton4590.9
Leicester SouthC Pickard2800.3
Leicester WestRay Hill4691.0
Lewisham DeptfordP Wilson3170.9
Lewisham EastRichard Edmonds2880.7
Lewisham WestR Hoy3360.8
Liverpool WaltonD McKechnie3430.7
LoughboroughJ Peacock2280.4
Manchester GortonL Andrews2310.5
Milton KeynesR Rickcord2900.5
OrpingtonL Taylor2150.5
Plymouth DrakeC Bradbury1630.4
RavensbourneA Shotton2420.6
Reading EastP Baker1470.3
StevenageD Bowmaker2360.5
Thanet NorthB Dobing3240.7
ThurrockR Sinclair2520.6
WakefieldV Parker2950.6
Walsall SouthJ Parker6321.3
Warrington NorthI Sloan2670.5
WoolwichT Fitz-Gerald3841.0
WorcesterK Axon2080.4
WorthingD Monks1030.2
YorkT Bratten1480.3
Total14,6210.0

[2]


By-elections, 1983–87

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
26 February 1987GreenwichI B Dell1160.3[3]

General election, 11 June 1987

With party finances strained, leader John Tyndall decided not to fight this election.[4] The party's Bromley officer Alf Waite and West Kent chief Michael Easter both broke rank and stood as candidates and, despite attempts by Tyndall to maintain unity, some of Waite and Easter's supporters split from the BNP to join the Flag Group after the election.[5]

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
RavensbourneA Waite1840.4
Tonbridge and MallingM Easter3690.6
Total5530.0

[6]


General election, 9 April 1992

Although a wider slate of candidates was put forward than in 1987, the party concentrated its campaigning efforts on the East London constituencies of Bethnal Green and Stepney and Bow and Poplar on the back of some relatively strong performances in local elections in the early 1990s.[7] The party's first elected representative to a borough council, Derek Beackon, would be elected in this area the following year.

BNP results ranged from 121 to 1310 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.3% to 3.6%.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Bethnal Green and StepneyRichard Edmonds1,3103.6
BlabyJ Peacock5210.8
Bow and PoplarJohn Tyndall1,1073.0
Cardiff NorthJohn Morse1210.3
ClydesdaleS Cartwright3420.7
DarlingtonD Clarke3550.6
DewsburyLady Jane Birdwood6601.1
Edinburgh WestD Bruce1330.3
ErewashL Johnson6451.0
PeterboroughR Heaton3110.5
RochdaleK Henderson6201.2
Southwark and BermondseyS Tyler5301.4
UxbridgeM O'Rourke3500.7
Total7,6310.1

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By-elections, 1992–97

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
9 June 1994DagenhamJohn Tyndall1,5117.0[9]

General election, 1 May 1997

Both Tyndall and Tony Lecomber felt that recruitment of new members was of central importance to the growth of the BNP and it was agreed that a larger scale general election campaign was needed in order to accomplish this.[10] The party spent £60,000 on their election campaign, although ultimately it had no great impact on volume of membership.[11]

BNP results ranged from 149 to 3350 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.4% to 7.5%.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
AldershotD Stevens3220.6
AshfieldS Belshaw5951.2
BarkingM Toleman8942.7
Batley and SpenR Smith4721.0
Bethnal Green and BowD King3,3507.5
Bexleyheath and CrayfordMs P Smith4290.9
Birmingham EdgbastonD Campbell4430.9
Birmingham NorthfieldK Axon3370.9
Birmingham Perry BarrL Windridge5441.2
BlabyJ Peacock5231.0
Blackpool North and FleetwoodJ Ellis2880.5
Bournemouth WestJohn Morse1650.4
Bradford WestG Osborn8931.8
Bristol North WestS Parnell2650.5
BroxbourneD Bruce6101.3
Calder ValleyC Jackson4310.8
Carshalton and WallingtonG Ritchie2610.5
CharnwoodM Palmer5250.9
Chingford and Woodford GreenA Gould1,0592.4
ClydesdaleK Smith3110.7
Coventry SouthJ Astbury3280.7
Croydon SouthP Ferguson3540.7
DagenhamW Binding9002.5
DartfordP McHale4240.8
DewsburyMs F Taylor2,2325.2
East HamC Smith1,2583.2
EdmontonB Cowd4371.0
ElthamW Hitches4911.1
Enfield NorthMrs Jean Griffin5901.2
Epping ForestP Henderson7431.4
Erith and ThamesmeadV Dooley7181.7
Feltham and HestonR Church6821.5
GillinghamC Jury1950.4
Glasgow GovanJ White1490.5
Glasgow ShettlestonR Currie1910.6
Hackney South and ShoreditchG Callow5311.6
HarlowJ Bowles3190.9
Ilford NorthP Wilson7551.6
Ilford SouthA Owens5801.2
KingswoodP Hart2900.5
Leicester WestA Belshaw3020.7
LeominsterJ Haycock2920.6
Mitcham and MordenL Miller5211.1
Morley and RothwellR Wood3810.8
Old Bexley and SidcupMrs Valerie Tyndall4150.8
Poplar and Canning TownJohn Tyndall2,8497.3
Reading EastMs B Packer2380.5
Reading WestI Dell3200.7
RochdaleG Bergin6531.4
RomfordM Carey5221.2
Rossendale and DarwenA Wearden6741.3
SherwoodP Ballard4320.8
Southwark North and BermondseyM Davidson7131.8
Stoke-on-Trent CentralM Coleman8061.5
Stoke-on-Trent SouthS Batkin5681.2
TauntonL Andrews3180.5
West HamKenneth Francis1,1983.6
Total35,8320.1

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By-elections, 1997–2001

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
31 July 1997UxbridgeMs. F Taylor2050.7[13]
23 November 2000PrestonChristian Jackson2291.1[14]
23 November 2000West Bromwich WestNick Griffin9744.2[15]

General election, 7 June 2001

On the back of an intense local campaign that had been bolstered by the tensions around the 2001 Oldham race riots, the BNP secured their best ever general election result in Oldham West and Royton where party leader Nick Griffin secured 16.4% of the vote.[16]

BNP results ranged from 278 to 6,552 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.8% to 16.4%.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Ashton-under-LyneR Woods1,6174.5
BarkingM Tolman1,6066.4
Bethnal Green and BowM Davidson1,2113.2
Bexleyheath and CrayfordC Smith1,4083.5
Birmingham Hodge HillL Windridge8893.3
BlabyE Scott1,3752.8
Bradford NorthJ Brayshaw1,6134.6
BroxbourneJ Cope8482.2
BurnleyS Smith4,15111.3
Chingford and Woodford GreenMrs Jean Griffin1,0622.9
Coventry North EastE Sheppard9372.0
Croydon CentralL Miller4491.0
DagenhamD Hill1,3785.0
DewsburyR Smith1,6324.5
Dudley NorthSimon Darby1,8824.7
Enfield NorthR Johns6051.6
ErewashS Belshaw5911.2
Hayes and HarlingtonG Birch7052.2
Leicester EastC Potter7721.9
Lewisham EastB Roberts1,0053.3
Mitcham and MordenJohn Tyndall6421.7
Newport WestT Cavill2780.8
Oldham East and SaddleworthM Treacy5,09111.2
Oldham West and RoytonNick Griffin6,55216.4
PendleC Jackson1,9765.0
Poplar and Canning TownP Borg1,7335.1
RomfordF McAllister4141.2
Ruislip NorthwoodI Edwards5471.5
Stoke-on-Trent SouthS Batkin1,3583.8
Sunderland NorthD Guynan6872.3
Sunderland SouthJ Dobbie5761.8
WalthamstowW Phillips3891.1
West Bromwich WestJ Salvage1,4284.5

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General election, 5 May 2005

BNP results ranged from 376 to 5,066 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.8% to 17.0%. In total 34 BNP candidates polled 5% or more and saved their deposit. The highest percentage was achieved in Barking by Richard Barnbrook, later to be elected to the London Assembly in 2008 when the BNP passed the 5% threshold and thus qualified for a single seat.[18]

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Aldridge-BrownhillsW Vaughan1,6204.1
Amber ValleyP Snell1,2432.6
Ashton-under-LyneA Jones2,0515.5
BarkingRichard Barnbrook4,91617.0
Barnsley CentralG Broadley1,4034.9
BasildonMiss E Colgate20554.8
BasingstokeR Robertson8211.7
Batley and SpenC Auty2,6686.8
Bexleyheath and CrayfordJay Lee1,2452.9
BillericayB Robinson1,4352.9
Birmingham ErdingtonSharon Ebanks1,5124.8
Birmingham Hodge HillD Adams1,4455.1
Birmingham NorthfieldM Cattell1,2784.1
Birmingham YardleyR Purcell1,5235.2
BlabyM Robinson1,7043.5
BlackburnN Holt2,2635.4
Blackpool SouthR Goodwin1,1132.9
Boston and SkegnessMs W Russell1,0252.5
Bradford NorthMs L Cromie2,0616.0
Bradford SouthJ Lewthwaite2,8627.8
Bradford WestPaul Cromie2,5256.9
BroxbourneA Emerson1,9294.7
BurnleyL Starr4,00310.3
BurtonMs J Russell1,8403.8
Bury NorthS Clough1,7904.0
Calder ValleyJ Gregory1,8874.0
CharnwoodA Holders1,7373.4
CheadleR Chadfield4210.9
Colne ValleyB Fowler1,4302.9
Coventry North WestD Clarke1,5563.6
CrawleyR Trower1,2773.0
DagenhamLawrence Rustem2,8709.3
Denton and ReddishJ Edgar1,3263.7
Derbyshire SouthD Joines1,7973.2
DewsburyD Exley5,06613.1
Doncaster CentralJ Wilkinson1,2393.6
Doncaster NorthL Hagan1,5064.8
Dudley NorthSimon Darby4,0229.7
Dudley SouthJ Salvage1,8414.7
EasingtonI McDonald1,0423.3
ElmetMs T Andrews1,2312.6
ElthamB Roberts9792.8
Enfield NorthT Farr1,0042.5
Epping ForestJ Leppert1,7283.9
ErewashMrs S Graham1,3192.6
Erith and ThamesmeadB Ravenscroft1,6204.3
Glasgow CentralW Hamilton6712.4
Glasgow North EastS McLean9203.2
Great GrimsbyS Fyfe1,3384.1
HalifaxG Wallace2,6276.6
Haltemprice and HowdenJ Mainprize7981.7
Harrogate and KnaresboroughC Banner4661.1
HavantI Johnson6521.4
Hayes and HarlingtonT Hazel8302.6
Heywood and MiddletonG Aronsson1,8554.7
HornchurchI Moore1,3133.4
Houghton and Washington EastJ Richardson1,3673.9
HuddersfieldK Hanson1,0363.0
HyndburnC Jackson2,4446.2
KeighleyNick Griffin4,2409.2
Kingston upon Hull EastA Siddle1,0223.3
Kingston upon Hull NorthB Wainwright7662.6
Knowsley North and Sefton EastM McDermott8722.4
Leeds CentralMark Collett1,2014.1
Leeds WestMrs J Day1,1673.5
Leicestershire North WestC Potter1,4743.1
MaidenheadT Rait7041.5
MakerfieldD Shambley1,2213.4
MiddlesbroughR Armes8192.5
Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandG Groves1,0992.5
Morley and RothwellC Beverley2,2715.3
Newcastle-under-LymeJ Dawson1,3903.5
NormantonJ Aveyard1,9675.3
Old Bexley and SidcupMiss C Sayers1,2272.8
Oldham East and SaddleworthM Treacy2,1094.9
Oldham West and RoytonMrs A Corbett2,6066.9
PendleT Boocock2,5476.2
Pontefract and CastlefordMs S Cass1,8355.6
PooleP Pirnie5471.4
RedcarA Harris9852.5
RochdaleD Adams1,7734.3
RomfordJ McCaffrey1,0883.0
Rossendale and DarwenAnthony Wentworth1,7363.9
Rother ValleyN Cass2,0205.1
RotherhamMrs M Guest1,9866.6
Sheffield AttercliffeMrs B Jones1,4774.0
Sheffield BrightsideC Hartigan1,5376.2
Sheffield CentralM Payne5391.8
Sheffield HallamI Senior4691.2
Sheffield HeeleyJ Beatson1,3143.9
Sheffield HillsboroughD Wright2,0104.4
ShipleyT Linden2,0004.2
SolihullMrs D Carr1,7523.3
Stalybridge and HydeN Byrne1,3994.0
Stockton NorthK Hughes9862.7
Stoke-on-Trent CentralM Coleman2,1787.8
Stoke-on-Trent NorthS Cartlidge2,1326.9
Stoke-on-Trent SouthM Leat3,3058.7
Sunderland NorthMiss D Hiles1,1363.9
Sunderland SouthD Guynan1,1663.8
Swansea EastK Holloway7702.5
ThurrockN Geri2,5265.8
Tyne BridgeK Scott1,0724.1
UpminsterC Roberts11733.4
UxbridgeC le May7632.2
WakefieldG Rowe1,3283.1
Walsall NorthW Locke1,9926.0
Walsall SouthK Smith1,7765.0
WarleySimon Smith1,7615.5
Warwickshire NorthMs M Mackenzie1,9104.1
WentworthJ Pygott1,7985.1
West Bromwich EastC Butler2,3296.6
West Bromwich WestJ Lloyd3,4569.9
Weston-super-MareC Courtney7781.6
WokinghamR Colborne3760.8
Wolverhampton South WestE Mullins9832.4
WoodspringM Howson6331.2
WorcesterM Roberts9802.1
WrexhamJ Walker9193.0
Total192,7460.7

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By-elections, 2005–10

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
19 July 2007SedgefieldAndrew Spence2,4948.9[20]
26 June 2008HenleyTimothy Rait1,2433.6[21]
23 July 2009Norwich NorthRev. Robert West9412.7[22]
12 November 2009Glasgow North EastCharlie Baillie1,0134.9[23]

General election, 6 May 2010

The BNP fielded 338 candidates[24] (including 19 in Wales and 14 in Scotland but none in Northern Ireland), nearly three times the number in 2005. Leader Nick Griffin came third in Barking – the constituency it had targeted heavily – while the party lost all 12 of its seats on Barking and Dagenham council. In total 73 BNP candidates polled 5% or more and saved their deposit. The election results followed a campaign in which the BNP website was closed down by its designer, the party's publicity director was arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill Griffin and a candidate in London was filmed fighting in the street with a group of Asian teenagers.[25] Votes polled ranged from 150 to 6,620. The percentage of votes ranged from 0.4% to 14.6%. The average was 1.9%.[26]

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
AberavonKevin Edwards1,2764.1
Aberdeen NorthRoy Jones6351.7
Aberdeen SouthSusan Ross5291.2
Aberdeenshire West & KincardineGary Raikes5131.1
Alyn and DeesideJohn Walker1,3683.4
Amber ValleyMichael Clarke3,1957.0
AshfieldEdward Holmes2,7815.8
Ashton-under-LyneDavid Lomas2,9297.6
Banff and BuchanRichard Payne1,0102.6
BarkingNick Griffin6,62014.6
Barnsley CentralIan Sutton3,3078.9
Barnsley EastColin Porter3,3018.6
Barrow and FurnessMike Ashburner8401.9
Basildon and BillericayIrene Bateman1,9344.6
Basildon South and Thurrock EastChris Roberts2,5185.6
Batley and SpenDavid Exley3,6857.1
BeckenhamRoger Tonks1,0012.1
BedfordWilliam Dewick7571.7
Bedfordshire North EastIan Seeby1,2652.3
Bedfordshire South WestMark Tolman1,7033.4
Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkStephen Tyler1,3703.1
Berwick-upon-TweedPeter Mailer1,2133.2
Bethnal Green and BowJeffrey Marshall1,4052.8
Beverley and HoldernessNeil Whitelam2,0803.9
Bexhill and BattleNeil Jackson1,9503.6
Bexleyheath and CrayfordStephen James2,0424.7
Birmingham EdgbastonTrevor Lloyd1,1962.9
Birmingham ErdingtonKevin McHugh1,8155.1
Birmingham Hodge HillRichard Lumby2,3335.5
Birmingham NorthfieldLes Orton2,2905.5
Birmingham Selly OakLynette Orton1,8203.9
Birmingham YardleyTanya Lumby2,1535.3
Bishop AucklandAdam Walker2,0364.9
BlackburnRobin Evans2,1584.7
Blackley and BroughtonDerek Adams2,4697.2
Blackpool North & CleveleysJames Clayton1,5563.8
Blackpool SouthRoy Goodwin1,4824.2
Blaenau GwentAnthony King1,2113.7
BlaydonKeith McFarlane2,2775.1
Blyth ValleySteve Fairburn1,6994.4
Bognor Regis and LittlehamptonAndrew Moffat1,8904.0
BolsoverMartin Radford2,6406.0
Bolton South EastShelia Spink2,0125.1
BootleCharles Stewart9422.3
Boston and SkegnessDavid Owens2,2785.3
BosworthJohn Ryde2,4584.5
BracknellMark Burke1,2532.4
Bradford EastNeville Poynton1,8544.6
Bradford SouthSharon Sutton2,6517.0
Bradford WestJenny Sampson1,3703.4
BraintreePaul Hooks1,0802.2
Brentford and IsleworthPaul Winnet7041.3
Brentwood and OngarPaul Morris1,4472.9
BridgendBrian Urch1,0202.7
Bridgwater and West SomersetDonna Treanor1,2822.4
Brigg and GooleSteve Ward1,4983.4
Bristol EastBrian Jenkins1,9604.4
Bristol SouthColin Chidsey1,7393.6
BroadlandEdith Crowther8711.7
Bromley and ChislehurstRowena Savage1,0702.4
BromsgroveElizabeth Wainwright1,9233.7
BroxbourneSteve McCole2,1594.7
BroxtoweMichael Shore1,4222.7
BuckinghamLynne Mozar9802.0
BurnleySharon Wilkinson3,7479.0
BurtonAlan Hewitt2,4094.8
Bury NorthJohn Maude1,8254.1
Bury SouthJean Purdy1,7433.6
CaerphillyLaurence Reid1,6354.2
Calder ValleyJohn Gregory1,8233.5
Cambridgeshire North EastSusan Clapp1,7473.3
Cannock ChaseTerence Majorowicz2,1684.8
CarlislePaul Stafford1,0862.6
Carshalton and WallingtonCharlotte Lewis1,1002.4
Castle PointPhil Howell2,2054.9
CharnwoodCathy Duffy3,1165.8
Chatham and AylesfordColin McCarthy-Stewart1,3653.1
ChelmsfordMike Bateman8991.6
Cheslea and FulhamBrian MacDonald3881.0
Chingford and Woodford GreenJulian Leppert1,2883.0
ChippenhamMichael Simpkins6411.2
ClactonJim Taylor1,9754.6
Clwyd SouthSarah Hynes1,1003.2
ColchesterSidney Chaney7051.5
Colne ValleyBarry Fowler1,8933.4
CopelandClive Jefferson1,4743.4
CorbyRoy Davies2,5254.7
Coventry North EastTom Gower1,8633.4
Coventry North WestEdward Sheppard1,6663.6
CrawleyRichard Trower1,6723.5
Crewe and NantwichPhil Williams1,0432.0
Croydon CentralCliff Le May1,4482.9
Dagenham and RainhamMichael Barnbrook4,95211.2
DarlingtonAmanda Foster1,2622.9
DelynJennifer Matthys8442.3
Derby NorthPeter Cheeseman2,0004.4
Derbyshire MidLewis Allsebrook1,6983.6
Derbyshire SouthPeter Jarvis2,1934.3
Devon NorthGary Marshall6141.2
Devon West and TorridgeNick Baker7661.4
DewsburyRoger Roberts3,2656.0
Don ValleyErwin Toseland2,1124.9
Doncaster CentralJohn Bettney1,7624.2
Doncaster NorthPamela Chambers2,8186.8
DoverDennis Whiting1,1042.2
Dudley NorthKen Griffiths1,8994.9
Durham, City ofRalph Musgrave1,1532.5
Durham NorthPeter Molloy1,6864.1
Durham North WestMichael Stewart1,8524.2
Ealing NorthDave Furness1,0452.2
EasingtonCheryl Dunn2,3176.6
EastbourneColin Poulter9391.8
Elmet and RothwellSam Clayton1,8023.2
ElthamRoberta Woods1,7454.2
Enfield NorthTony Avery1,2282.8
Epping ForestPatricia Richardson1,9824.3
ErewashMark Bailey2,3374.9
Erith and ThamesmeadKevin Saunders2,1845.1
ExeterRobert Farmer6731.3
Feltham and HestonJohn Donnelly1,7143.5
Filton and Bradley StokeDavid Scott1,3282.7
Folkestone and HytheHarry Williams1,6623.1
GainsboroughMalcolm Porter1,5123.1
GatesheadKevin Scott1,7874.7
GedlingStephen Adcock1,5983.3
Gillingham and RainhamBrian Ravenscroft1,1492.5
Glasgow CentralIan Holt6162.0
Glasgow EastJoseph Finnie6772.1
Glasgow NorthThomas Main2961.0
Glasgow North EastWalter Hamilton7982.7
Glasgow North WestScott McLean6992.0
Glasgow SouthMike Coyle6371.6
Glasgow South WestDavid Orr Jnr8412.6
GordonElise Jones6991.4
GosportBarry Bennett1,0042.1
GowerAdrian Jones9632.3
Grantham and StamfordChristopher Robinson2,4854.7
Great GrimsbySteve Fyfe1,5174.6
Great YarmouthBosco Tann1,4213.3
Greenwich and WoolwichLawrence Rustem1,1512.8
HalifaxTom Bates2,7606.3
Haltemprice and HowdenJames Cornell1,5833.2
HaltonAndrew Taylor1,5633.8
HammersmithLawrence Searle4320.9
Hampstead and KilburnVictoria Moore3280.6
HarboroughGeoff Dickens1,7153.1
HarlowEddy Butler1,7394.0
Harrogate and KnaresboroughSteven Gill1,0942.1
HartlepoolRonnie Bage2,0025.2
Harwich and North EssexStephen Robey1,0652.2
Hastings and RyeNicholas Prince1,3102.6
Hayes and HarlingtonChris Forster1,5203.6
Hemel HempsteadJanet Price1,6153.3
HemsworthIan Kitchen3,0597.0
HenleyJohn Bews1,0201.9
Hereford & Herefordshire SouthJohn Oliver9862.0
Hertford and StortfordRoy Harris1,2972.3
Hertfordshire South WestDeirdre Gates1,3022.3
HertsmereDaniel Seabrook1,3973.0
HexhamQuentin Hawkins1,2052.8
Heywood and MiddletonPeter Greenwood3,2397.0
Holborn and St PancrasRobert Carlyle7791.4
Hornchurch and UpminsterWilliam Whelpley3,4216.4
Houghton and Sunderland SouthKaren Allen1,9615.4
HuddersfieldRachel Firth1,5633.9
HyndburnDavid Shapcott2,1375.0
Ilford NorthDanny Warville1,5453.3
IpswichDennis Boater1,2702.7
Isle of WightGeof Clynch1,4572.1
IslwynJohn Voisey1,3203.8
JarrowAndy Swaddle2,7097.0
KeighleyAndrew Brons1,9624.1
KetteringClive Skinner1,3662.9
Kingston upon Hull NorthJohn Mainprize1,4434.3
Kingston upon Hull West and HessleEdward Scott1,4164.5
KingswoodMichael Carey1,3112.7
KnowsleySteven Greenhalgh1,8954.2
Lancaster and FleetwoodDebra Kent9382.2
Leeds CentralKevin Meeson3,0668.2
Leeds EastTrevor Brown2,9477.8
Leeds North EastTom Redmond7581.6
Leeds North WestGeoffrey Bulmer7661.8
Leeds WestJoanna Beverley2,3776.1
Leicester EastColin Gilmore1,7003.5
Leicester SouthAdrian Waudby1,4183.0
Leicester WestGary Reynolds2,1586.0
Leicestershire North WestIan Meller3,3966.5
Leicestershire SouthPaul Preston2,7215.0
LeighGary Chadwick2,7245.8
LewesDavid Lloyd5941.2
Leyton and WansteadJim Clift5611.4
LincolnRobert West1,3673.0
Liverpool RiversidePeter Stafford7061.8
Liverpool WaltonPeter Stafford1,1043.2
Liverpool WavertreeSteven McEllenborough1500.4
LivingstonDavid Orr9602.0
LoughboroughKevan Stafford2,0403.9
Louth and HorncastleJulia Green2,1994.4
LudlowChristina Evans1,0162.1
Luton NorthShelley Rose1,3163.1
Luton SouthTony Blakey1,2993.1
MaidenheadTim Rait8251.5
MakerfieldKen Haslam3,2297.4
MaldonLen Blaine1,4543.1
Manchester CentralTony Trebilcock1,6364.1
MansfieldRachel Hill2,1084.4
MeridenFrank O'Brien2,5114.8
Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyRichard Barnes1,1733.7
MiddlesbroughMichael Ferguson1,9545.8
Middlesbrough South and Cleveland EastShaun Gatley1,5763.4
Milton Keynes NorthRichard Hamilton1,1542.1
Milton Keynes SouthMatthew Tait1,5022.7
Mitcham and MordenTony Martin1,3863.2
Morley and OutwoodChris Beverley3,5357.2
NeathMichael Green1,3423.6
Newcastle upon Tyne CentralKen Booth2,3026.7
Newcastle upon Tyne EastAlan Spence1,3423.5
Newcastle upon Tyne NorthTerry Gibson1,8904.3
Newport EastKeith Jones1,1683.4
Newport WestTimothy Windsor1,1833.0
Norfolk MidChristine Kelly1,2612.5
Norfolk North WestDavid Fleming1,8393.8
Norfolk SouthHelen Mitchell1,0862.0
Norfolk South WestDennis Pearce1,7743.6
Normanton, Pontefract and CastlefordGraham Thewlis-Hardy3,8648.4
Northampton NorthRay Beasley1,3163.3
Norwich NorthThomas Richardson7471.8
Norwich SouthLen Heather6971.5
Nottingham NorthBob Brindley1,9445.7
Nottingham SouthTony Woodward1,1402.8
NuneatonMartyn Findley2,7976.3
OgmoreKay Thomas1,2423.6
Old Bexley and SidcupJohn Brooks2,1324.7
Oldham East and SaddleworthAlwyn Scott2,5465.7
Oldham West and RoytonDave Joines3,0497.1
OrpingtonTess Cullnane1,2412.5
PendleJames Jackman2,8946.4
Penistone and StocksbridgePaul James2,2074.7
Penrith and The BorderChris Davidson1,0932.4
Plymouth Moor ViewRoy Cook1,4383.5
PooleDavid Holmes1,1882.5
Portsmouth SouthGeoff Crompton8732.1
PudseyIan Gibson1,5493.2
PutneyPeter Darby4591.1
Rayleigh and WickfordTony Evennett2,1604.1
RedcarKevin Broughton1,4753.5
RedditchAndy Ingram1,3943.2
ReigateKeith Brown1,3452.7
Rochford and Southend EastGeoff Strobridge1,8564.5
RomfordRobert Bailey2,4385.2
Rother ValleyWill Blair3,6167.7
RotherhamMarlene Guest3,90610.4
RugbyMark Badrick1,3752.9
Rutland and MeltonKeith Addison1,7573.2
Saffron WaldenChristine Mitchell1,0501.9
St Austell and NewquayJames Fitton1,0222.2
St Helens South and WhistonJames Winstanley2,0404.4
SalisburySean Witheridge7651.6
Salford and EcclesTina Wingfield2,6326.3
Scarborough and WhitbyTrisha Scott1,4452.9
ScunthorpeDouglas Ward1,4473.9
SedgefieldMark Walker2,0755.2
Selby and AinstyDuncan Lorriman1,3772.7
SevenoaksPaul Golding1,3842.8
Sheffield Brightside and HillsboroughJohn Sheldon3,0267.8
Sheffield CentralTracey Smith9032.2
Sheffield HeeleyJohn Beatson2,2605.5
Sheffield South EastChristopher Hartigan2,3455.7
SherwoodJames North1,7543.6
Shrewsbury and AtchamJames Whittall1,1682.2
Shropshire NorthPhil Reddall1,6673.2
Sittingbourne and SheppeyLawrence Tames1,3052.7
Skipton and RiponBernard Allen1,4032.6
Sleaford and North HykehamMike Clayton1,9773.3
SolihullAndrew Terry1,6242.9
South Holland and The DeepingsRoy Harban1,7963.6
South RibbleRosalind Gauci1,0542.0
South ShieldsDonna Watson2,3826.5
Southend WestTony Gladwin1,3333.1
StaffordRoland Hynd1,1032.2
Staffordshire SouthDavid Bradnock1,9283.8
Stalybridge and HydeAnthony Jones2,2595.5
StevenageAndrew Green1,0072.3
StockportDuncan Warner1,2013.1
Stockton NorthJames MacPherson1,7244.4
Stockton SouthNeil Sinclair1,5533.1
Stoke-on-Trent CentralSimon Darby2,5027.7
Stoke-on-Trent NorthMelanie Baddeley3,1968.0
Stoke-on-Trent SouthMichael Coleman3,7629.4
StourbridgeRobert Weale1,6963.6
Stratford-on-AvonGeorge Jones1,0972.2
Suffolk WestRamon Johns1,4283.0
Sunderland CentralJohn McCaffrey1,9134.5
Surrey South WestHelen Hamilton6441.1
Sussex MidStuart Minihane5831.0
Sutton and CheamJohn Clarke1,0142.1
Sutton ColdfieldRobert Grierson1,7493.5
Swansea EastClive Bennett1,7155.2
Swansea WestAlan Bateman9102.6
Swindon NorthReginald Bates1,5423.1
TelfordPhil Spencer1,5133.7
ThurrockEmma Colgate3,6187.9
TorbayAnn Conway7091.4
TorfaenJennifer Noble1,6574.4
TotnesMike Turner6241.3
Tunbridge WellsAndrew Mcbride7041.4
TwickenhamChris Hurst6541.1
TynemouthDorothy Brooke1,4042.7
Tyneside NorthJohn Burrows1,8604.0
Uxbridge and South RuislipDianne Neal1,3963.1
Vale of ClwydIan Si'Ree8272.3
WakefieldIan Senior2,5815.8
Walsall NorthChristopher Woodall2,9308.1
WansbeckStephen Finlay1,4183.7
Warwickshire NorthJason Holmes2,1064.5
Washington and Sunderland WestIan McDonald1,9135.1
WatfordAndrew Emerson1,2172.2
Weaver ValeColin Marsh1,0632.4
WellingboroughRob Walker1,5963.1
WellsRichard Boyce1,0041.8
Wentworth and DearneGeorge Baldwin3,1897.6
West Bromwich EastTerry Lewin2,2055.8
West Bromwich WestRuss Green3,3949.4
Westminster NorthStephen Curry3340.8
Weston-Super-MarePeryn Parsons1,0982.1
WiganCharles Mather2,5065.7
WindsorPeter Phillips9501.9
Wolverhampton North EastSimon Patten2,2966.6
WorcesterSpencer Lee Kirby1,2192.5
WorkingtonMartin Wingfield1,4963.8
Wrekin, TheSusan Harwood1,5053.3
WrexhamMelvin Roberts1,1343.4
Wyre ForestGordon Howells1,1202.2
Wythenshawe and Sale EastBernard Todd1,5723.9
YeovilRobert Baehr1,1622.0
York CentralJeff Kelly1,1712.5
York OuterCathy Smurthwaite9561.8
Yorkshire EastGary Pudsey1,8653.6
Total563,7431.9

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By-elections, 2010–15

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
13 January 2011Oldham East and SaddleworthDerek Adams1,4604.5[28]
3 March 2011Barnsley CentralEnis Dalton1,4636.0[29]
15 December 2011Feltham and HestonDavid Furness5402.3[30]
15 November 2012CorbyGordon Ridell6141.7[31]
15 November 2012Manchester CentralEddy O' Sullivan4923.0[32]
29 November 2012RotherhamMarlene Guest1,8048.5[33]
29 November 2012MiddlesbroughPeter Foreman3281.9[33]
2 May 2013South ShieldsLady D MacBeth Brookes7112.9[34]
13 February 2014Wythenshawe and Sale EastEddy O'Sullivan7083.0[35]

General election, 7 May 2015

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Boston & SkegnessRobert West1190.3[36]
BraintreePaul Hooks1080.2[37]
CharnwoodCathy Duffy4890.9[38]
Dagenham & RainhamTess Culnane1510.4[39]
Hornchurch & UpminsterPaul Borg1930.3[40]
KingswoodJulie Lake1640.3[41]
Old Bexley & SidcupNicola Finch2180.5[42]
RotherhamAdam Walker2250.6[43]
Total1,6670.0[44]

By-elections, 2015—2017

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
20 October 2016Batley & SpenDavid Furness5482.7[45]
23 February 2017Stoke-on-Trent CentralDavid Furness1240.6[46]

General election, 8 June 2017

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Basildon South & Thurrock EastPaul Borg3830.8[47]
Bexleyheath & CrayfordPeter Finch2900.6[48]
Bishop AucklandAdam Walker9912.3[49]
CharnwoodStephen Denham3220.6[50]
Dagenham & RainhamPaul Sturdy2390.5[51]
ElthamJohn Clarke7381.6[52]
Hornchurch & UpminsterDavid Furness3800.7[53]
MaldonRichard Perry2570.5[54]
Old Bexley & SidcupMichael Jones3240.7[55]
PendleBrian Parker7181.6[56]
Total4,642

General election, 12 December 2019

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Hornchurch & UpminsterDavid Furness5100.9[57]
Total5100.0

London Assembly and Mayor elections

Mayor of London

Election year # of
overall votes
 % of
overall vote
+/– candidate
2000 33,569 2.0% (#7) Increase Michael Newland
2004 58,407 3.1% (#6) Increase Julian Leppert
2008 69,710 3.2% (#5) Increase Richard Barnbrook
2012 28,751 1.3% (#7) Decrease Carlos Cortiglia
2016 13,325 0.5% (#10) Decrease David Furness

London Assembly

Election year # of
overall votes
 % of
overall vote
# of
seats won
# of
overall seats
+/–
2000 47,670 2.8% (#6)
0 / 25
0 / 25
Increase
2004 90,365 4.71 (#6)
0 / 25
0 / 25
Increase
2008 130,714 5.3% (#5)
0 / 25
1 / 25
Increase
2012 47,024 2.1% (#6)
0 / 25
0 / 25
Decrease
2016 15,833 0.6% (#11)
0 / 25
0 / 25
Decrease 0

Local elections

The BNP's first electoral success came in 1993, when Derek Beackon was returned as a councillor in Millwall, London. He lost his seat in elections the following year. The next BNP success in local elections was not until the 2002 local elections,[58] when three BNP candidates gained seats on Burnley council.[59][60]

  • In 2000, the BNP fielded 17 candidates in 12 councils and polled 3,022 votes. The average share of votes in wards contested was 8%.
  • In 2001, the BNP fielded 4 candidates in three councils and polled 867 votes, with an average share of 4% in the wards contested.
  • In 2002, the BNP fielded 67 candidates and polled 30,998 votes in 26 local councils. The BNP average share of votes was 16%. Three BNP candidates were elected for the first time in Burnley with an average share of 28.1%.[61]
  • In 2003, the BNP fielded a total of 217 candidates in 71 local authorities in England and Scotland. The party won a total of 13 council seats, polling over 101,221 votes and averaging 17% of the vote in those wards where it fielded candidates.[59]

Later in 2003, the BNP won two local by-elections. In the Heckmondwike ward of Kirklees Council in August, David Exley polled 1,607 votes (44%). In September, Nick Geri won the Grays Riverside ward of Thurrock council, polling 552 votes (38%).[59] Later in Burnley, the number of councillors increased, making the BNP briefly the second largest party and the official opposition on that council, a position it lost after the resignation of a BNP councillor who had been disciplined by the party. The BNP stood in the subsequent by-election.

  • In 2004, the BNP had 312 candidates stand for election in 59 local authorities in England and Wales, including 25 candidates in Sunderland, 24 in Birmingham and 23 in Leeds. The BNP won 14 council seats and polled 190,200 votes.
  • In 2005, the BNP fielded 41 candidates in 18 councils and polled 21,775 votes, averaging 11% share in the contested wards.[59]

The party's biggest election success to date was a gain of 52% of the vote in the Goresbrook ward of Barking in the 2004 local elections. The victorious councillor, Daniel Kelley, retired just 10 months later, claiming he had been an outcast within the council. A new election was held in June 2005, in which the seat was regained by the Labour candidate.[62]

  • In 2006, the BNP polled a total of 229,389 votes, having fielded 363 candidates in 78 local authorities across England. The party averaged 18% of the votes in wards contested. The BNP fielded 40 candidates in Birmingham, 25 in Sunderland, 23 in Kirklees and 22 in Leeds. 33 BNP councillors were elected; four lost their seats and the party gained a seat with the defection of a Conservative councillor in Lincolnshire bringing its total to 49.[59][63]

The biggest gain in the local elections on 4 May 2006, was in Barking and Dagenham where the BNP gained 17% of the vote.[64] The party also won three seats in Epping Forest, three in Stoke-on-Trent, three in Sandwell, two in Burnley, two in Kirklees, and single seats in Bradford, Havering, Solihull, Redditch, Redbridge, Pendle and Leeds.[65][66] The same year, the BNP also gained its first parish councillor in Wales when Mike Howard of Rhewl Mostyn, Flintshire, previously an Independent, joined the BNP.[67][68]

  • In the 2007 local elections, the BNP polled 292,911 votes. It won 10 seats with a net gain of one. The party fielded a record of 744 candidates in 148 councils across England and Scotland. This was more than double the number of candidates fielded in 2006; they scored on average 13% of the votes in the wards which they contested.[59]

In summary of BNP councillors from 2000 to 2007: from 2000 to 2001 the BNP had none, in 2002 it had three, by 2003 it had 16 local councillors, this increased to 21 by 2005, in 2006 the biggest gain saw BNP's councillors rise to 48, and by 2007 to 50.[59][69]

In 2007, the number of BNP councillors fell slowly due to resignations and expulsions, several of them associated with a failed leadership challenge in the summer. By the end of the year, the number was 42. In 2008, however, the BNP increased its councillors to 55.

  • In 2008, the BNP polled an average of 14% across 593 wards contested having fielded 612 candidates. The total number of votes polled by the BNP stood at 240,968. The party gained 15 seats and had 55 councillors in total.[59]

The BNP did not field as many candidates for the 2009 local elections, because of its focus on the European Parliament election the same year, but for the first time won representation at county council level, winning three such seats.[70] A seat in a local by-election in Sevenoaks district, Kent, was also won by the BNP.

About four BNP councillors resigned at the end of 2009, leaving the party with 54 councillors by 2010.[59] In the May 2010 local elections, 26 BNP councillors lost their seats, leaving the party with 28 seats overall. In Barking and Dagenham, the party lost all 12 seats won in 2006.[71]

  • In the 2011 local elections, the BNP fielded 268 candidates and defended 13 council seats. It lost 11 of these seats, including all 5 of their councillors in Stoke-on-Trent. Two councillors were re-elected, one in Queensbury, West Yorkshire, and the other in Charnwood, Leicestershire, but no new seats were gained.[72][73]
  • In the 2011 Northern Ireland local elections, the party fielded 4 candidates; two in Larne and one each in Castlereagh and Newtownabbey.[74] They received a total 491 votes, 0.1% of the total, and gained no council seats.

Between the 2011 and 2012 elections, the BNP lost a number of councillors to resignations, such as in Nuneaton and Bedworth[75] and Amber Valley.[76] This left them with 8 councillors[77] in the run-up to the 2012 election.

In the 2012 local elections, the BNP polled an average of 9% across 59 council wards, and lost all 6 seats that it was defending in that election.[78] They were left with 2 seats in areas without contests.

In the 2013 elections, the BNP fielded 99 candidates and was defending one seat in Lancashire.[79] The party lost its only county council seat and did not gain any others, leaving it with just 2 borough seats in Charnwood and Pendle.[80]

In 2014, the party retained its seat in Pendle, winning by just 6 votes.[81] In the London local elections, the party ran 32 candidates- six in Enfield, five in Croydon and Greenwich, four in Barking and Dagenham, three in Bexley, two in Bromley, Ealing, Havering and Hillingdon, and one in Kingston upon Thames.[82] Their most successful candidate was Kevin Layzell in Havering, who received 556 votes. Overall, the party received 8,222 votes, 0.3%, and no candidate was elected. Elsewhere. the party ran a total of 61 candidates; 41 in metropolitan boroughs (thirteen in Coventry City Council, seven in Stockport, five in Salford, three in St Helens and Birmingham, two each in Manchester, Tameside and Wolverhampton, and one each in Bolton, Dudley, Walsall and Wigan), 2 in unitary authorities (both in Derby) and 18 in non-metropolitan districts (eight in Worcestershire, three in Nuneaton and Bedworth, two each in Amber Valley, Burnley and Pendle, and one in Exeter).[83] Their best performance was in Stockport, where Paul Bennett received 419 votes. The party received 8,505 votes overall and did not win any new seats, but successfully defended their seat in Pendle.

  • In the 2014 Northern Ireland local elections, the BNP nominated 2 candidates, both in the Coast Road electoral area of Mid and East Antrim. They received a total of 173 votes, 3.2% of the total for that electoral area, and neither were elected.

In 2015, the BNP sought re-election to their Charnwood seat. Incumbent councillor Catherine Ann Marie Duffy was defeated by 185 votes.[84] Nationally, 16 BNP candidates stood for election; 3 in metropolitan boroughs (two in Salford, one in Manchester), 1 in unitary authorities (Derby) and 12 in non-metropolitan districts (four in Worcester City, two in Northampton borough, and one each in Charnwood, East Northamptonshire, Maldon, Burnley, Exeter and Pendle).[85] The party received 2,074 votes, their best result being the seat they were defending in Charnwood. They gained no new seats and lost the one they were defending.

In the 2016 elections, the party fielded two candidates in Burnley,[86] and one each in Barnsley,[87] Tameside,[88] Havant[89] and Pendle.[90] They received a combined total of 1,005 votes, and none were elected.

In the 2017 local elections, the BNP ran seven candidates; five in Essex (two in Pitsea,[91] one in Halstead,[92] one in Maldon[93] and one in Heybridge & Tollesbury[93]), one in Hampshire (Hayling Island[94]) and one in Lincolnshire (Louth South[95]). They received a combined total of 923 votes and none of them were elected.

The last remaining BNP councilor, Brian Parker of Pendle, did not run for re-election in 2018. Since no other candidates were elected, this marked the first time since 2002 that the party had no elected representation.[96] Nationally, the party focused on that year's London local elections. It ran fifteen candidates overall; five in Bexley, three in Croydon, two in Barking and Dagenham, and one each in Ealing, Greenwich, Havering, Hillingdon and Lewisham.[97] Their best single candidate performance was in Bexley, where Michael Jones received 398 votes. Overall, the party received a combined total of 2,329 votes, 0.1% of the total, and no candidate was elected. Elsewhere, the party only fielded one candidate, in Exeter,[98] who received 34 votes and was not elected.

The BNP ran just two candidates in the 2019 local elections, one in Sevenoaks[99] and one in Broxbourne.[100] They received a combined total of 317 votes and neither were elected.

The party ran 2 candidates in the 2021 local elections;[101] one in a by-election for Croydon and one in West Northamptonshire.[102][103] They received a combined total of 147 votes and neither were elected.

European Parliament

The 1999 European elections were the first time European elections contested by the BNP which qualified for a party electoral broadcast after standing in every region except Wales. With regional votes of between 0.4% and 1.7% (1.13% nationally), it failed to win any seats and lost all its deposits.

In the 2004 European elections, the BNP vote increased by 3.9%, saving deposits in every region except Scotland. No seats were taken.

In the 2009 European elections, the BNP won two seats. Andrew Brons was elected in the Yorkshire and the Humber with 9.8% of the vote[104] and Nick Griffin in North West England, with 8% of the vote.[105] Nationally, the BNP received 6.26%.

In the 2014 European elections, the BNP's share of the vote collapsed nationally to 1.1%.[106] Brons had already left the BNP to set up the British Democratic Party and did not stand. Griffin failed to be re-elected.

They did not run any candidates in the 2019 European elections.

1999 European elections

Regional listsVotes %+/- %MEPs
East Midlands9,3421.3n/a0
East of England9,3560.9n/a0
London17,9601.6n/a0
North East England3,5050.9n/a0
North West England13,5871.3n/a0
Scotland3,7290.4n/a0
South East England12,1610.8n/a0
South West England9,7520.9n/a0
West Midlands14,3441.7n/a0
Yorkshire and the Humber8,9111.2n/a0
Total102,6471.13n/a0

2004 European elections

Regional listsVotes %+/- %MEPs
East Midlands91,8606.5+5.20
East of England65,5574.3+3.40
London76,1524.0+2.50
North East England50,2496.4+5.50
North West England134,9596.4+5.10
Scotland19,4271.7+1.30
South East England64,8772.9+2.10
South West England43,6533.0+2.10
Wales27,1352.9n/a0
West Midlands107,7947.5+5.80
Yorkshire and the Humber126,5388.0+6.80
Total808,2004.9+3.90

2009 European elections

Regional listsVotes %+/- %MEPs
East Midlands106,3198.7+2.10
East of England97,0136.1+1.70
London86,4204.9+0.90
North East England52,7008.9+2.50
North West England132,1948.0+1.61
Scotland27,1742.5+0.80
South East England101,7694.4+1.40
South West England60,8893.9+0.90
Wales37,1145.4+2.50
West Midlands121,9678.6+1.10
Yorkshire and the Humber120,1399.8+1.81
Total943,5986.2+1.32

2014 European elections

Regional listsVotes %+/- %MEPs
East Midlands18,3261.6−7.00
East of England12,4650.8−5.30
London19,2460.9−4.10
North East England10,3601.7−7.20
North West England32,8261.9−6.1−1
Scotland10,2160.8−1.70
South East England16,9090.7−3.60
South West England10,9100.7−3.20
Wales7,6551.0−4.40
West Midlands20,6431.5−7.10
Yorkshire and the Humber20,1381.6−8.20
Total179,6941.1-5.10

Scottish Parliament

In UK parliamentary elections, the BNP had only ever contested six Scottish seats – Clydesdale (1992 and 1997), Edinburgh West (1992), Glasgow Central (2005), Glasgow Govan (1997), Glasgow North East (2005, 2009 by election) and Glasgow Shettleston (1983 and 1997) – until the 2010 General election, when it contested 13 which covered all Glasgow constituencies and parts of the north-east but failed to save any deposits.

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, the BNP only stood one candidate, Peter Appleby,[107] in the Glasgow electoral region; he polled 2,344 votes (1.1%), 0.001% of the nationwide vote.

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the BNP competed in all the Scottish Parliamentary electoral regions, polling 1.2% of the vote (seventh place). It failed to save any of its deposits.

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the BNP fielded 32 candidates – four in each of the eight electoral regions. It gained 15,580 votes (0.78%) throughout Scotland ending in 11th place. The party lost all deposits in all regions with no elected members and its nationwide vote fell by 0.42%, being beaten by UKIP, the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, the Scottish Christian Party and the Socialist Labour Party.

They did not run any candidates in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Scottish Parliament election (3 May 2007)

Regional listsVotes %+/- %
Central Scotland4,1251.4n/a
Glasgow3,8651.9+0.8
Highlands and Islands2,1521.2n/a
Lothians2,6370.9n/a
Mid Scotland and Fife2,6201.0n/a
North East Scotland2,7641.1n/a
South of Scotland3,2121.2n/a
West of Scotland3,2411.2n/a
Total24,6161.2+1.2

Source: BBC News[108]

Scottish Parliament election (5 May 2011)

Regional listsVotes %+/- %
Central Scotland2,2140.9−0.5
Glasgow2,4241.2−0.7
Highlands and Islands1,1340.6−0.5
Lothian1,9780.7−0.2
Mid Scotland and Fife1,7260.7−0.3
North East Scotland1,9250.7−0.3
South Scotland2,0170.7−0.4
West Scotland2,1620.8−0.5
Total15,5800.78-0.42

Source: BBC News[109]

National Assembly for Wales/Senedd

In the 2003 Assembly election, the BNP only stood one candidate, Pauline Gregory,[107] in the South Wales East region, who obtained 3,210 votes (1.89%) (less than 0.01% of the total).

In the 2007 Assembly election,[110] it stood 20 candidates with all 4 for each region, they finished 6th nationwide with 42,197 votes (4.3%). The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru came second to the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats came fourth having achieved 2.5 times the vote of the BNP and earning six seats. The BNP was the only minor party to save its deposits in the electoral regions with one in the North Wales region and the other in the South Wales West region.

In the 2011 election, the BNP stood 27 candidates – 7 for the constituencies and 20 for the additional regions in which there would be 4 candidates for each of the 5 regions. Two candidates, in Swansea East and Islwyn, respectively, saved their deposits for the first time ever in a Welsh Assembly constituency. Despite its hope to win an Assembly seat, the BNP's nationwide vote in the regions fell by 1.9% from 4.3% which it gained in the 2007 Assembly elections to 2.6% losing all regional deposits and being beaten by the Greens, the UKIP and even the Socialist Labour Party.

They did not run any candidates in the elections of 2016 or 2021.

Welsh Assembly election (3 May 2007)

Regional listsVotes %+/- %
Mid and West Wales6,3892.9n/a
North Wales9,9865.1n/a
South Wales Central7,8993.8n/a
South Wales East8,9404.7+2.8
South Wales West8,9935.5n/a
Total42,1974.3+4.29

Source: BBC News[111]

Welsh Assembly election (5 May 2011)

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Alyn and DeesideMichael Joseph Whitby9594.2
Blaenau GwentBrian Urch9484.7
CaerphillyAnthony King1,0224.0
IslwynPeter Whalley1,1155.3
NeathMichael Green1,0044.2
Swansea EastJoanne Shannon1,1025.8
TorfaenSue Harwood9064.1
Total7,0560.7
Regional listsVotes %+/- %
Mid and West Wales2,8211.3−1.6
North Wales4,7052.5−2.6
South Wales Central3,8051.8−2.0
South Wales East6,4853.6−1.1
South Wales West4,7143.1−2.5
Total22,6102.4-1.9

Source: BBC News[112]

Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly

Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly election, (5 May 2011)

The BNP stood 3 candidates for the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly elections for the first time. They did not run any in the 2016 or 2017 Assembly elections.

ConstituencyCandidate1st PrefResultCounts %+/- %
Belfast EastAnn Cooper337Eliminated51.0n/a
East AntrimSteven Moore511Eliminated21.8n/a
South AntrimStephen Parkes404Eliminated11.3n/a
Total1,2520.2n/a

Source: BBC News[113]

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