BNP fails in Lancashire by-election

| Wednesday, 6 July 2005 Source: Searchlight

The BNP made little impact in a council by-election in Great Harwood, East Lancashire on 30 June. Although the town is near Burnley, where the nazi party still has six councillors, Carrie Cassidy, a care worker from Accrington, only managed to poll 11.7%.

Cassidy, 31, had not set her sights high. Interviewed by the Accrington Observer, she expressed satisfaction that "no one has been rude", and commented that "those who are against the BNP always will be against us".

The BNP is experiencing a long run of election failures, most notably the loss of its only London seat in Goresbrook, Barking and Dagenham, the previous week. Party activists all over the country are reported to be demoralised and the leadership's claim that the BNP is Britain's fourth party has met with derision.

Results

Overton ward, Great Harwood, Hyndburn Borough Council