STOKE ON TRENT, CENTRAL, SOUTH AND NORTH.

I am writing about the three seats of Stoke on Trent en masse. It is an area which has done well for the BNP in the past, at present the BNP has nine councillors, though Alby Walker is non aligned at the moment, but was voted in as BNP.

3 for Abbey Green which comes under Stoke on Trent Central
3 for Bentilee and Townsend which also comes under Stoke on Trent Central
2 for Weston and Meir Park North and 1 for Meir Park and Sandon which comes under Stoke on Trent South.

The votes cast in Stoke-on-Trent as a whole on June 4th 2009 were as follows:

UKIP 10,885
Labour 10,144
Conservative 8,719
British National Party 8,706
Liberal Democrats 4,806
Green Party 1,877
English Democrats 1,346


General Election 1997: Stoke-on-Trent Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Fisher 26,662 66.2 +8.2
Conservative Neil Jones 6,738 16.7 -12.2
Liberal Democrat Edward Fordham 4,809 11.9 -1.7
Referendum Party P Stanyer 1,071 2.7 N/A
BNP Michael Coleman 606 1.5 N/A
Liberal F Oborski 359 0.9 N/A
Majority 19,924 49.5 +19.2
Turnout 40,245 62.8 -5.3


General Election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent Central

Labour Mark Fisher 14,760 52.9 -7.7
Liberal Democrat John Redfern 4,986 17.9 +3.3
Conservative Esther Baroudy 4,823 17.3 -1.6
BNP Michael Coleman 2,178 7.8 N/A
UKIP Joseph Bonfiglio 914 3.3 N/A
Socialist Alternative Jim Cessford 246 0.9 N/A
Majority 9,774 35.0 -6.7
Turnout 27,907 48.4 +1.0
Labour hold Swing -5.5

List of candidates to be confirmed.
Conservative Norsheen Bhatti
BNP Simon Darby
Labour Mark Fisher
Liberal Democrat John Redfern
Independent Alby Walker (I do hope Alby reconsiders his position, as it would be a shame for him to lose out on all the work he has put into the area, this could well be a year for change and the election of a BNP MP)

General Election 2001: Stoke-on-Trent South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Stevenson 19,366 53.8 -8.2
Conservative Philip Bastiman 8,877 24.6 +2.3
Liberal Democrat Christopher Coleman 4,724 13.1 +2.9
Independent (politician) Adrian Knapper 1,703 4.7 N/A
BNP Steven Batkin 1,358 3.8 +2.5
Majority 10,489 29.2
Turnout 36,028 51.4 -14.4


General Election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent South

Labour Robert Flello 17,727 46.9 -6.9
Conservative Mark Deaville 9,046 23.9 -0.7
Liberal Democrat Andrew Martin 5,894 15.6 +2.5
BNP Mark Leat 3,305 8.7 +4.9
UKIP Neville Benson 1,043 2.8 N/A
Veritas Grant Allen 805 2.1 N/A
Majority 8,618 23.0 -6.2
Turnout 37,820 53.6 +1.8

List of candidates so far...
Conservative James Rushton
Liberal Democrat Zulfiqar Ali
BNP Michael Coleman
Labour Robert Flello


General Election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent North

Labour Joan Walley 16,191 52.6 -5.4
Conservative Benjamin Browning 6,155 20.0 +1.2
Liberal Democrat Henry Jebb 4,561 14.8 +2.9
BNP Spencer Cartlidge 2,132 6.9
UKIP Eileen Braithwaite 696 2.3
Veritas Ian Taylor 689 2.2
Independent (politician) Harry Chesters 336 1.1
Majority 10,036 32.6
Turnout 30,760 52.7