Abrupt end to BNP election wins

| Thursday, 25 May 2006 Source: Searchlight

After gaining 32 new councillors on 4 May, the BNP reverted back to its usual form by losing two by-elections. In Scarborough's Stepney ward on 11 May, Patricia Scott gained 154 votes (12.5%) for the BNP, coming fifth out of six candidates in an election won by the Green Party.

In Tangmere ward in Chichester the following week, a BNP candidate captured a mere 41 votes (6.5%) coming third out of five candidates in an election in which the Conservative beat the Liberal Democrat by just three votes.

Results

Stepney ward, Scarborough Borough Council, 11 May 2006

Tangmere ward, Chichester District Council, 18 May 2006