English Democrats

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Friday, 5 June 2009, 15:40

How much of a thorn is the English Democrats going to be for the BNP? All day I've been predicting that much of the BNP vote will switch to UKIP in the Europeans. An interesting vote in Kent seems to confirm that where there is a more 'respectable' rightwing alternative voters will turn to them.

In the Dartford North East ward (an area where the BNP has been active for many years) the BNP polled 346 votes (9.2%). However, the English Democrats polled 809 votes, a 21.5% share.

There have also been several wards in Essex where the English Democrats have polled higher than the BNP.