It appears that the BNP won a council by-election last night in Swanley. The vote breakdown: BNP 408, Lab 332, Con 247. Previous result May 2007: Two seats Lab 462, 420, Con 208, 197, Ukip 165 Worrying news, although on the plus side the BNP did very poorly in a Lewisham council by-election on the same night where they had deliberately targeted anti-knife crime campaigner Duwayne Brookes. The BNP ...

The BNP was attracting headline ahead of the general election but the party failed to win a seat and then lost its deposit in the Oldham by-election.

Here’s a picture of Chris Mitchell (left), Young BNP organiser for Bedfordshire, who worked hard for the BNP’s 2007 Luton Borough Council election campaign: Source: Three Counties Unity And here’s Chris Brennan, a BNP candidate in those same elections: Together, the pictures perfectly illustrate the BNP in private and the BNP’s ‘modernised’ image in public. Bren...

Last night's council by-election results: Pimhill Ward, Shrewsbury & Atcham BC. Con hold. Con 341 (45.6%, -25%), LD 331 (44.3%, +44.3%), BNP 59 (7.9%, +7.9%), Ind 16 (2.1%, +2.1%). Technically a 34.7% swing from Con to LD since 2007 but this is because the LDs did not run in 2007 but had run in earlier elections and come similarly close. Labour ran in 2007 but not in this contest or any of the...

The successes against the BNP in Barking and Stoke in the General Election have created a sense that the tide is turning against the BNP, But these high-profile victories hide a murkier picture in which the BNP actually grew in popularity. Today Labour councillors warn that the biggest threat now in the fight against the BNP is complacency. The real story of what happened in the election shows the...

The election success of the far-right British National Party (BNP) does not signal a major shift to the right in British politics, according to former British Labour MEP Richard Corbett, who lost his seat to the BNP in last weekend's European election.

The election success of the far-right British National Party (BNP) does not signal a major shift to the right in UK politics, according to former British Labour MEP Richard Corbett, who lost his seat to the BNP in last weekend's European election.

I have just watched the Euro election results from Yorkshire. A decent Labour MEP, Richard Corbett, has lost his seat at the expense of the BNP. Many people I know thought they could register a protest with more "left" parties like the Greens or No2 EU but the truth is that even with PR that those who voted for them have only let in the BNP. The lesson is this. It's not enough to send out mes...

Last night's council by-election results: Fenside Boston Ward, Boston BC. BNP gain from Boston Bypass Ind. BNP 279 (42.9%, +42.9), BBI 141 (21.7%, -21.6), Con 119 (18.3%, n/c), Lab 64 (9.8%, -14), UKIP 24 (3.7%, -10.9), LD 23 (3.5%, +3.5). Swing of 32.3% from BBI to BNP since 2007. North Road Ward, Darlington UA. LD gain from (former LD) Independent. LD 561 (50.8%, -4.2), Lab 262 (23.7%, n/c), Con...

It's worth considering parallels in politics. In December, 2007, John Howard not only lost an election after being the second longest serving prime minister but he also lost his safe Liberal [conservative] seat in Sydney. This put him in tandem with Stanley Melbourne Bruce, the only other PM to achieve this. Now, it seems that a CNN poll has 75% of Americans glad to see Bush go. As they don&#...