Burnley results. More woes for the BNP?

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Friday, 5 June 2009, 16:12

Just received this information from Jason Hunter and Peter Thorne in Burnley.

The overall vote for the parties is as follows:

Conservative Party 4322 (18.05%)

Labour Party 5928 (24.76%)

Liberal Democrat 9049 (37.80%)

BNP 4641 (19.39%)

While the BNP won one seat their overall position might not be so positive. As I mentioned before it is believed that some BNP voters in Burnley had voted for UKIP in the European Election. If this is the case then the BNP might be in trouble. In the 2004 European elections the BNP polled 16.7% in Burnley so any decrease in their vote this year could see them dip below the 2004 share of the vote.