BNP defector fails for NF

| Sunday, 20 February 2005 Source: Searchlight

A former BNP candidate fared even worse when he stood for the tiny National Front in a council by-election on 17 February. Peter Shaw, who left the BNP after a split in west London, together with Ian Edward, one of the BNP's best local organisers, came fourth in Cavendish ward in the west London borough of Hillingdon with just 6% of the poll.

On the eve of this defeat Terry Blackham, the NF boss, announced that he will fight Peterborough for the NF in the general election. Blackham has little to commend him to voters, being a recidivist criminal and failed gunrunner.

Cavendish ward results, 17 February 2005

Turnout 37.4%