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Thursday, June 24, 2004 

Crucial By-Election tests for UKIP

The announcement of two absolutely critical by-elections for UKIP have been announced according to this report in The Scotsman.

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The firing pistol was fired today in the Commons for two key by-election battles in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Leicester South.

Government business managers moved the writ for the contests, to be held on July 15.

The Birmingham vacancy was caused by the resignation of Labour’s Terry Davis to take up the post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe Assembly.

He had an 11,618 majority at the 2001 General Election.

June 2001 General Election result – Birmingham Hodge Hill: Davis (Lab) 16,901; Lewis (C) 5,283; Dow (Lib Dem) 2,147; Windridge (BNP) 889; Hussain (People’s Justice Party) 561; Cridge (Socialist Lab) 284; Vivian (UK Independence Party) 275, Khan (Muslim Party) 125. Turnout 47.90%.

The Leicester South by-election was caused by the death in May of Labour’s Jim Marshall who had a 13,243 majority at the 2001 General Election.

June 2001 General Election result – Leicester South: Marshall (Lab) 22,958; Hoile (C) 9,715; Singh Gill (Lib Dem) 7,243; Layton (Green) 1,217; Gardner (Socialist Lab) 676; Ladwa (UK Independence Party) 333. Turnout 57.99%.
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UKIP CANNOT AFFORD TO DUCK THESE DEFINING TESTS IF THEY WISH TO BE CONSIDERED A SERIOUS CONTENDER IN THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION - OR INDEED ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS GENUINE IN THEIR CONCERNS OVER THE ENCROACHING EU

posted by Martin |1:44 PM
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