Sheffield vote calls for a street map of Strasbourg
IF Andrews Brons, the British National Party’s lead candidate in the Yorkshire and Humber Euro Constituency, is doing a bit of Bank Holiday shopping in Harrogate tomorrow, it might be worthwhile for him to pop into WH Smiths and pick up a street map of Strasbourg.
That’s because Strasbourg is where the European Parliament is based and that’s where Andrew will be going if the BNP vote in Sheffield last night is anything to go by.
Full result:
Sheffield Council
East Ecclesfield ward
Thursday 30th April 2009
Colin TAYLOR (Lib-Dem) 2239
Zoe SYKES (Lab) 1420
John SHELDON (BNP) 716
John HATTERSLEY (Con) 564
Mia SAFIR (Green) 107
BNP Percentage: 14.2%
May 2008: LibDem 2314, Lab 1622, BNP 677, Con 582, Gre 181.
Last year, the BNP vote share was 12.6%, so our 14.2% vote share last night was not only an improvement, but it also puts the British National Party on the road to winning a seat in Yorkshire where we need 10% of the vote.
Securing a solid base of support in the cities of Sheffield and Leeds is key to our chances of success on June 4th and that is exactly what we have done in the last two election contests we have fought in each city.
