BURTON

The current PPC's so far are.

Conservative Andrew Griffiths
Labour Ruth Smeeth
BNP Alan Hewitt

The current MP is Janet Dean(Labour) who funnily enough is standing down at the very point that she could lose the seat. This is target seat number 43 for the Tories so Janet has jumped before she was pushed, and what a healthy pension she will jump into as well.

You will see from the two results this in 2005

Labour Janet Dean 19,701 41.1 −7.9
Conservative Adrian Pepper 18,280 38.2 −0.4
Liberal Democrat Sandra Johnson 6,236 13.0 +3.4
BNP Julie Russell 1,840 3.8 N/A
UKIP Philip Lancaster 913 1.9 −0.2
Veritas Brian Buxton 912 1.9 N/A
Majority 1,421 3.0
Turnout 47,882 61.0 −0.7


and this in 2001

Labour Janet Dean 22,783 49.0 -2.0
Conservative Maggie Punyer 17,934 38.6 -0.8
Liberal Democrat David Fletcher 4,468 9.6 +1.1
UKIP Ian Crompton 984 2.1 N/A
ProLife Alliance John Roberts 288 0.6 N/A
Majority 4,849 10.4
Turnout 46,457 61.7 −13.3

That Labour have been losing their Sheep From a high of 50% to below 40% at least now. The tories have always been able to keep the same amount of Lemmings. But look at the BNP from no where in 2005 they got double the UKIP vote. If the vote splitters from UKIP don't stand and as Veritas is now defunked The BNP have a great chance of upping their vote to the 4 to 5 thousand mark, and at this point you could start to believe that they have a real chance of becoming the real opposition.

The BNP will be standing in this seat with a crumbling Labour vote a stagnent Conservative vote with a leader who can not keep his promises on the Lisbon treaty. A Lib Dum party who wants us whole heartedly in europe. If the message was pushed home who knows what might happen here. realistically I would say third with a large solid vote, my heart says they could really make this a three horse race if the word was spread well.

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