The 2007 HOPE not hate campaign
How it ended
4.30pm, 4 May 2007
With just a few key councils still to declare we can happily say that the BNP has not made its promised breakthrough in the 2007 local elections. Despite standing over 750 district and borough candidates the current net gain is just ONE.
The BNP has so far won nine new council seats, had one councillor re-elected and lost eight council wards.
BNP gains have taken place in Stoke-on-Trent (3), North West Leicestershire (2), Charnwood (1), Bradford (1), Broxtowe (1) and Staffordshire Moorlands.
However the BNP lost seats in Burnley (3), Bradford (1), Calderdale (1), Stoke-on-Trent (1), South Holland (1) and Broxbourne (1). The one BNP councillor who was re-elected was in Burnley.
Click here to view the BNP results, we will shortly be producing a more detailed summary of the election.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people that have worked with Searchlight over the last few months, and the unions who have supported us, and we can now happily say that all our hard work has paid off.
Taking on the BNP and working hard at a local level works.
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With all the votes now counted the BNP performance can now be assessed fully – and it was a night of mixed fortunes. The BNP failed to make any significant breakthrough in its councillor base, and if anything slipped back in many key local authority areas, but its overall share of the vote confirms Searchlight’s fear that the BNP has the potential to be Britain’s fourth political party. More >>>
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To reflect Britain's diversity, Searchlight organised a HOPE not Hate tour of the country. Our famous old Routemaster bus will off from London on 24 March and finished its journey in Glasgow on Friday 6 April. It traveled the width and breadth of Britain in celebration of the rich tapestry that makes up our country.
Click here to read the diary
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