BNP trounced in Yoxford

| Monday, 23 February 2004 Source: Searchlight

A poor result in the Yoxford ward of Suffolk saw the BNP come third out of four candidates standing. The BNP took just 15.2% of the vote in the by-election on February 4th.

Paul Goodchild, the BNP candidate received 153 votes, while John Slater, the winning Liberal Democrat candidate took 455 votes (45.2%).

The Tory Party came in third, with 319 votes (31.7%), and Labour came fourth with just 80 votes (7.0%).

BNP activists had worked hard in the area, and had hoped for a better result.

The turnout was 58% - high for a by-election.