RED represents an "at risk" ward
GREEN represents a parish/town council
** where the BNP candidate is defending a seat

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Elections for the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly

BNP and far-right candidates: local elections 2007

BNP announce record number of candidates

The BNP is standing a record 878 candidates in the forthcoming May elections. This figure is made up of:

  • 743 in English district and borough council elections
  • 7 in Scottish council elections
  • 32 in the Scottish Parliament elections (regional lists)
  • 20 in the Welsh Assembly elections (regional lists)
  • 76 in town and parish council elections.

This is a massive increase over the 363 candidates in 2006 and the 221 who stood in 2004. In 1997, when Labour came into power, the BNP could only muster 53 candidates.

The district and borough council candidates can be found by clicking the relevant local authority area on our map.

Elections for the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly can be seen here.

Searchlight has produced a glossy hardhitting leaflet to counter the BNP.

Most of the BNP candidates will be paper candidates and will do little or no campaigning. However we will see a concerted effort in their target areas. To help us determine the threat posed by the BNP in each ward we need your help. It will be evident from the quality and quantity of BNP literature being distributed which wards they believe they could win, so please notify us of any BNP activity, send us copies of leaflets and let us know of any particular local issues that might make a previous safe ward vulnerable to the BNP.

Over the next week Searchlight will announce a number of iniatives to help turn out the anti-BNP vote on election day. Whatever your circumstances, wherever you live, there will be something you can do to help.

Searchlight has prepared this list as carefully as possible based on available information, but if you spot any omissions or errors, please let us know at here