Socialist Labour Party (UK) election results

The Socialist Labour Party's results in general elections are as follows.

United Kingdom elections

Summary of general election performance

Year	Candidates	Votes	% of total vote	% vote in contested seats	Saved deposits	Votes per candidate
1997	65	52,516	0.17	1.78	3	808
2001	114	57,289	0.22	1.40	1	503
2005	49	20,167	0.07	1.08	1	412
2010	23	7,196	0.02	0.77	0	313

By-Elections 1996-1997

Year	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
1 February 1996	Hemsworth	Brenda Nixon	1,193	5.4
12 December 1996	Barnsley East	Ken Capstick	949	5.3
27 February 1997	Wirral South	Michael Cullen	154	0.4

1997 General Election results

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Barnsley East and Mexborough	Ken Capstick	1,213	2.8
Bethnal Green and Bow	Abdul Hamid	413	0.9
Birkenhead	Michael Cullen	1,168	3.0
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Colin Wren	483	1.2
Blackburn	Helen Drummon	635	1.3
Bolton North East	Kelly William	676	1.4
Bolton West	Doris Kelly	1,374	2.8
Bradford West	Abdul Khan	1,551	3.4
Brent East	Stanley Keable	466	1.3
Brighton Kemptown	Hannah Williams	316	0.7
Bristol East	Paul Williams	766	1.6
Bristol North West	Giles Shorter	482	0.9
Bristol West	Roy Nurse	244	0.4
Camberwell and Peckham	Angela Ruddock	685	2.4
Cannock Chase	Michael Conroy	1,120	2.1
Cardiff Central	Terence Burns	2,230	5.3
Colne Valley	Alan Brooke	759	1.3
Coventry North East	Hanna Khamis	597	1.2
Coventry North West	David Spencer	940	1.7
Cunninghame North	Louise McDaid	501	1.2
Cunninghame South	James McDaid	494	1.4
Doncaster Central	Michael Kenny	854	2.0
Don Valley	Nigel Ball	1,024	2.4
Dudley North	Mark Atherton	2,155	4.5
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Jack Gilbert	635	1.3
Ealing Southall	Harpal Brar	2,107	3.9
East Ham	Imran Khan	2,697	6.8
Erewash	Matthew Simmons	496	0.8
Hornsey and Wood Green	Pat Sikorski	586	1.1
Ilford South	Bruce Ramsay	868	1.7
Knowsley North and Sefton East	Christopher Jones	857	1.7
Leeds Central	Mick Rix	656	1.8
Leeds North East	Jan Egan	468	1.0
Leeds North West	Roger Lamb	335	0.7
Leicester East	Sohan Singh Sidhu	436	1.0
Leicester South	Jim Dooher	634	1.3
Leicester West	Dave Roberts	452	1.1
Lewisham Deptford	John Mulrenan	996	3.0
Lewisham West	Nicholas Long	398	1.1
Llanelli	John Willock	757	1.8
Maidstone and the Weald	Maureen Cleator	979	1.8
Manchester Central	Francis Rafferty	810	2.4
Manchester Gorton	Trevor Longsam	501	1.4
Motherwell and Wishaw	Chris Herriot	797	2.2
Newbury	Katrina Howse	174	0.3
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Bridget Bell	1,082	2.2
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Blanch Carpenter	642	1.5
Newport East	Arthur Scargill	1,951	5.2
North East Cambridgeshire	Christopher Bennett	851	1.5
Norwich North	James Hood	495	0.9
Oldham East and Saddleworth	John Smith	470	0.9
Oldham West and Royton	Gias Choudhury	1,311	2.5
Pontypridd	Peter Skelly	380	0.83
Poplar and Canning Town	Jacqueline Joseph	557	1.4
St Helens North	Ronald Waugh	830	1.7
Scunthorpe	Brian Hopper	399	1.0
Sedgefield	Brian Gibson	474	1.0
Sheffield Brightside	Paul Davidson	482	1.4
Southampton Itchen	Kim Rose	628	1.2
Stockport	Geoffrey Southern	255	0.5
Swansea West	David Proctor	885	2.2
Vauxhall	Ian Driver	983	2.5
Wythenshawe and Sale East	James Flannery	957	2.1
	Total	52,516

By-Elections 1997-2001

Year	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
6 November 1997	Paisley South	Christopher Herriot	153	0.7
23 September 1999	Hamilton South	Tom Dewar	238	1.2
23 September 1999	Wigan	William Kelly	240	1.5

2001 General Election results

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Airdrie and Shotts	Christopher Herriot	174	0.6
Ashfield	Katrina Howse	380	1.0
Bassetlaw	Kelvin Meloy	689	1.8
Birmingham Edgbaston	Sam Brackenbury	431	1.1
Birmingham Erdington	Judith Sambrook-Marshall	343	1.1
Birmingham Hodge Hill	Dennis Cridge	284	1.1
Birmingham Ladywood	Surinder Virdee	443	1.4
Birmingham Northfield	Zane Carpenter	151	0.5
Birmingham Perry Barr	Avtar Jouhl	1,544	4.41
Birmingham Yardley	Colin Wren	151	0.5
Blackburn	Terry Cullen	559	1.4
Bolton North East	Lynne Lowe	407	1.0
Bolton South East	John Kelly	826	2.4
Bootle	Dave Flynn	971	3.5
Bradford South	Tony Kelly	571	1.6
Brent East	Iris Cremer	383	1.8
Brigg and Goole	Michael Kenny	399	1.0
Brighton Kemptown	John McLeod	364	0.9
Brighton Pavilion	Ian Fyvie	573	1.3
Bristol East	Mike Langley	438	1.1
Bristol North West	Vince Horrigan	371	0.8
Bristol South	Giles Shorter	250	0.6
Bristol West	Bernard Kennedy	590	1.1
Bury St Edmonds	Michael Benwell	580	1.2
Camberwell and Peckham	Bob Adams	188	0.7
Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley	James McDaid	367	0.9
Chesterfield	Bill Harrison	295	0.7
Corby	Andrew Dickson	750	1.6
Coventry South	Timothy Logan	414	1.0
Crawley	Karl Stewart	260	0.7
Crosby	Mark Holt	481	1.3
Cunninghame North	Louise McDaid	382	1.1
Cunninghame South	Bobby Cochrane	382	1.4
Dagenham	Robert Siggins	245	0.9
Darlington	Amanda Rose	229	0.6
Derbyshire South	Paul Liversuch	564	1.1
Don Valley	Nigel Ball	466	1.3
Durham North West	Joan Hartnell	661	1.7
Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Carlos Rule	301	0.8
Ealing Southall	Harpal Brar	921	2.0
Easington	Dave Robinson	831	2.5
East Ham	Rod Finlayson	783	2.1
East Lothian	James Herriot	376	1.0
Edinburgh East and Leith	David Jacobsen	259	0.8
Erewash	Peter Waldock	401	0.8
Erith and Thamesmead	Hardev Dhillon	1,180	3.5
Falkirk East	Raymond Stead	373	1.1
Falkirk West	Ronnie Forbes	194	0.6
Feltham and Heston	Surinder Cheema	651	1.8
Glasgow Anniesland	Katherine McGavigan	191	0.7
Glasgow Shettleston	Murdo Ritchie	230	1.1
Gosport	Kevin Chetwynd	509	1.3
Gower	Darren Hickery	417	1.1
Greenwich and Woolwich	Margaret Sharkey	352	1.1
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Sukant Chandan	756	2.6
Hamilton North and Bellshill	Stephen Mayes	195	0.6
Hartlepool	Arthur Scargill	912	2.4
Hemsworth	Paul Turek	801	2.3
Hertsmere	James Dry	397	1.0
Holborn and St Pancras	Joti Brar	359	1.2
Hornsey and Wood Green	Ella Rule	294	0.7
Huddersfield	George Randall	208	0.6
Kingston upon Hill East	Linda Muir	830	2.7
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	David Skinner	353	1.2
Ipswich	Shaun Gratton	217	0.6
Isle of Wight	James Spensley	214	0.3
Islington North	Steve Cook	512	1.7
Islwyn	Mary Millington	417	1.3
Kingston and Surbiton	John Hayball	319	0.6
Knowsley North and Sefton East	Ronald Waugh	574	1.5
Knowsley South	Alan Fogg	1,068	2.9
Leeds East	Mark King	419	1.4
Leeds North East	Colin Muir	173	0.4
Leicester East	Dave Roberts	837	2.1
Leicester South	Arnold Gardner	676	1.6
Leicester West	Sean Kirkpatrick	350	1.1
Leigh	William Kelly	820	2.3
Liverpool Wavertree	Michael Lane	359	1.1
Llanelli	John Willcock	407	1.1
Manchester Blackley	Kevin Barr	485	1.8
Manchester Central	Ron Sinclair	484	1.9
Manchester Gorton	Kirsty Muir	333	1.2
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Ken Evans	692	2.2
Middlesbrough	Kai Anderson	392	1.2
Motherwell and Wishaw	Claire Watt	61	0.2
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Gordon Potts	723	2.1
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Blanch Carpenter	420	1.3
Newport East	Liz Screen	420	1.3
Normanton	Mike Appleyard	798	2.3
Nottingham North	Andrew Botham	321	1.1
Oxford East	Fahim Ahmed	274	0.7
Plymouth Devonport	Rob Hawkins	303	0.7
Plymouth Sutton	Henry Leary	361	0.9
Pontefract and Castleford	Trevor Bolderson	605	1.9
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Patricia Bowen	452	1.2
Redcar	John Taylor	772	2.0
Sedgefield	Brian Gibson	518	1.3
Sheffield Brightside	Robert Morris	354	1.4
Sheffield Central	David Hadfield	289	1.0
Sheffield Heeley	Brian Fischer	667	2.0
Southampton Itchen	Michael Holmes	225	0.5
Southampton Test	Paramjit Bahia	378	0.9
St Helens North	Stephen Whatham	939	2.5
St Helens South	Mike Perry	1,504	4.4
Tyne Bridge	James Fitzpatrick	533	2.0
Tyneside North	Ken Capstick	240	0.6
Wakefield	Abdul Aziz	634	1.5
Warley	Harbhajan Dardi	1,936	6.2
West Bromwich East	Satbir Johal	585	1.8
West Bromwich West	Baghwant Singh	396	1.2
Worsley	Dorothy Entwistle	576	1.6
Wythenshawe and Sale East	Fred Shaw	410	1.2
	Total	57,288

By-Elections 2001-2005

Year	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
14 February 2002	Ogmore	Christopher Herriot	1,152	6.3
18 September 2003	Brent East	Iris Cremer	111	0.53
15 July 2004	Leicester South	Dave Roberts	263	0.9
23 July 2004	Hartlepool	Christopher Herriot	95	0.3

2005 General Election results^[1]

The Party managed to get its highest percentage share in any individual parliamentary constituency at the 2005 general election when it gained 14.2% of the votes cast in Glasgow North East.

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	James McDaid	395	0.9
Barnsley East and Mexborough	Terry Robinson	740	2.2
Birmingham Perry Bar	Rajinder Clair	890	2.3
Bolton North East	Lynne Lowe	207	0.6
Brighton Kemptown	John McLeod	163	0.4
Brighton Pavilion	Ian Fyvie	152	0.3
Bristol West	Bernard Kennedy	329	0.6
Bury North	Ryan O'Neill	172	0.4
Camberwell and Peckham	Margaret Sharkey	132	0.5
Central Ayrshire	Robert Cochrane	468	1.1
Clwyd West	Patrick Keenan	313	0.9
Conwy	David Lloyd Jones	324	1.0
Corby	Steven Carey	499	1.0
Dulwich and West Norwood	Amanda Rose	149	0.4
Easington	Dave Robinson	583	1.8
Esher and Walton	Richard Cutler	342	0.7
Glasgow Central	Ian Johnson	255	0.9
Glasgow North East	Doris Kelly	4,036	14.2
Glasgow North West	Colin Muir	279	0.8
Glasgow South	Dorothy Entwhistle	266	0.7
Glasgow South West	Violet Shaw	143	0.5
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Nusrat Sen	296	1.0
Hartlepool	Frank Harrison	373	1.1
Hertsmere	Jim Dry	518	1.2
Kingston upon Hull East	Linda Muir	207	0.7
Kingston and Surbiton	John Hayball	366	0.7
Knowsley North and Sefton East	Stephen Whatham	464	1.3
Leicester East	Valerie Smalley	434	1.1
Leicester South	Dave Roberts	315	0.7
Liverpool Riverside	Beth Marshall	498	1.6
Liverpool Wavertree	Gary Theys	244	0.7
Liverpool West Derby	Kai Anderson	698	2.3
Manchester Central	Ronald Sinclair	183	0.6
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Ina Marsden	271	0.9
Newport East	Liz Screen	260	0.8
North Ayrshire and Arran	Louise McDain	303	0.7
Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Katharine McGavigan	444	1.1
Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Howard Broadbent	107	0.3
Plymouth Devonport	Robert O. Hawkins	303	0.7
Plymouth Sutton	Rob J. Hawkins	230	0.6
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Patricia Bowen	275	0.7
Redcar	John Taylor	159	0.4
St Helens South	Michael Perry	643	1.8
South Dorset	David Marchesi	25	0.1
Tottenham	Jaamit Durrani	263	0.8
Vale of Glamorgan	Paul Mules	162	0.3
Wakefield	Abdul Aziz	634	1.5
Warley	Malcolm Connigale	637	2.0
Wellingborough	Andy Dickson	234	0.4
West Bromwich East	Judith Sambrook	200	0.6
	Total	20,167

By-Elections 2005-2010

Year	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
12 November 2009	Glasgow North East	Louise McDaid	47	0.2

2010 General Election results

The Socialist Labour Party ran 23 candidates in the 2010 general election, who received a total of 7,196 votes, fewer than 0.1% of the UK national vote. All lost their deposits. The best results were those of Kai Andersen in Liverpool West Derby (614 votes - 1.7%) and Ken Capstick in Barnsley East (601 votes - 1.6%). In the local elections held on the same day, Andersen also received 244 votes (4.2%) in the Croxteth ward of Liverpool.^[2]

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Ayshire Central	James McDaid	422	1.0
Ayrshire North and Arran	Louise McDaid	449	1.0
Barnsley Central	Terry Robinson	356	1.0
Barnsley East	Ken Capstick	601	1.6
Birmingham Perry Barr	John Tyrrell	527	1.3
Blaenau Gwent	Alyson O'Connell	381	1.2
Brighton Pavilion	Ian Fyvie	148	0.3
Camberwell and Peckham	Margaret Sharkey	184	0.4
Camborne and Redruth	Robert Hawkins	169	0.4
Derbyshire South	Paul Liversuch	266	0.5
Dunbartonshire West	Katharine McGavigan	505	1.2
Edinburgh North and Leith	David Jacobsen	141	0.3
Glasgow North East	Jim Berrington	156	0.5
Liverpool Wavertree	Kim Singleton	200	0.5
Liverpool West Derby	Kai Andersen	614	1.7
Manchester Central	Ron Sinclair	153	0.4
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Alan Cowdell	195	0.6
Newport East	Liz Screen	123	0.4
Plymouth Moor View	David Marchesi	208	0.5
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	Robert Hawkins	123	0.3
Pontypridd	Simon Parsons	456	1.2
St Helens North	Stephen Whatham	483	1.1
Wolverhampton North East	Shangara Bhatoe	337	1.0
	Total	7,196

2015 General Election results

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Aberavon	Andrew Jordan	352	1.1
Arfon	Kathrine Jones	409	1.5
Clwyd West	Bob English	612	1.6
Cynon Valley	Chris Beggs	533	1.7
Pontypridd	Damien Biggs	332	0.9
Ynys Môn	Liz Screen	148	0.4
	'"Total"'	3,481

By-Elections 2010-2015

Year	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
15 November 2012[3]	Cardiff South and Penarth	Andrew Jordan	235	1.2

European Parliament

1999 European elections

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
East Midlands	9,342	1.3	n/a
East of England	6,143	0.6	n/a
London	19,632	1.7	n/a
North East England	4,511	1.2	n/a
North West England	11,338	1.1	n/a
Scotland	9,385	1.0	n/a
South East England	7,281	0.5	n/a
South West England	5,741	0.6	n/a
Wales	4,283	0.7	n/a
West Midlands	5,257	0.6	n/a
Yorkshire and the Humber	7,650	1.0	n/a
Total	86,749	0.87	n/a

2009 European elections

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
East Midlands	13,590	1.1	n/a
East of England	13,599	0.8	n/a
London	15,306	0.9	n/a
North East England	10,238	1.7	n/a
North West England	26,224	1.6	n/a
Scotland	22,135	2.0	n/a
South East England	15,484	0.7	n/a
South West England	10,033	0.6	n/a
Wales	12,402	1.8	n/a
West Midlands	14,724	1.0	n/a
Yorkshire and the Humber	19,380	1.6	n/a
Total	173,115	1.14	n/a

2014 European elections

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
Wales	4,459	0.61	-1.2
Total	4,459	0.61	-0.01

Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament election (May 6, 1999)

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	+/- %
Falkirk East	Raymond Stead	1,643	4.67	n/a
Glasgow Anniesland	Edward Boyd	139	0.49	n/a
Glasgow Rutherglen	James Nisbet	481	1.66	n/a
Hamilton North and Bellshill	Katherine McGavigan	1,064	3.41	n/a
Motherwell and Wishaw	John Milligan	1,941	6.39	n/a
	Total	5,268	0.02	n/a

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
Central Scotland	10,956	3.32	n/a
Glasgow	4,391	1.7	n/a
Highlands and Islands	2,808	1.39	n/a
Lothians	10,895	3.33	n/a
Mid Scotland and Fife	4,266	1.4	n/a
North East Scotland	3,557	1.2	n/a
South of Scotland	13,887	4.4	n/a
West of Scotland	4,472	1.4	n/a
Total	55,232	2.37	n/a

By-Elections 1999-2003

Date	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	+/- %
23 November 2000	Glasgow Anniesland	Murdo Ritchie	298	1.47	+0.98

Scottish Parliament election (May 1, 2003)

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
Central Scotland	3,855	1.47	-1.85
Glasgow	3,091	1.5	-0.2
Highlands and Islands	1,617	0.96	-0.43
Lothians	2,181	0.8	-2.5
Mid Scotland and Fife	2,273	0.9	-0.5
North East Scotland	2,431	1.0	-0.2
South of Scotland	3,054	1.2	-3.2
West of Scotland	3,155	1.2	-0.2
Total	21,657	1.14	-1.23

Scottish Parliament election (May 3, 2007)

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
Central Scotland	2,303	0.8	-0.7
Glasgow	2,680	1.3	-0.2
Highlands and Islands	1,027	0.6	-0.4
Lothians	2,190	0.8	-0.1
Mid Scotland and Fife	1,523	0.6	-0.4
North East Scotland	2,004	0.8	-0.5
South of Scotland	1,633	0.6	-0.6
West of Scotland	1,557	0.6	-0.6
Total	12,731	0.7	-0.4

Scottish Parliament election (May 5, 2011)

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
Central Scotland	2,483	1.1	+0.3
Glasgow	2,276	1.1	-0.2
Highlands and Islands	1,406	0.8	+0.2
Lothian	1,681	0.6	-0.2
Mid Scotland and Fife	1,771	0.7	+0.1
North East Scotland	1,459	0.5	±0.0
South of Scotland	2,906	1.04	+0.5
West of Scotland	2,865	1.0	+0.4
Total	16,847	0.85	+0.15

National Assembly for Wales

Welsh Assembly election (May 6, 1999)

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
Mid and West Wales	3,019	1.38	n/a
South Wales Central	2,822	1.31	n/a
South Wales East	4,879	2.41	n/a
Total	10,720	1.0	n/a

Welsh Assembly election (May 1, 2003)

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	+/- %
Ogmore	Christoper Herriot	410	2.5	n/a

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
South Wales Central	3,217	1.78	+0.47
South Wales East	3,695	2.18	-0.23
South Wales West	3,446	2.47	n/a
Total	10,358	1.2	+0.2

Welsh Assembly election (May 3, 2007)

The Socialist Labour Party stood throughout every region in Wales and managed to qualify for its first Welsh Assembly electoral broadcast. Its votes had dropped by 0.1% in the three regions which it contested in 2003.

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
Mid and West Wales	2,196	1.0	n/a
North Wales	2,209	1.1	n/a
South Wales Central	1,744	0.8	-0.98
South Wales East	3,694	1.9	-0.28
South Wales West	2,367	1.5	-0.97
Total	12,209	1.2	±0.0

Welsh Assembly election (May 5, 2011)

The Socialist Labour Party stood throughout every region in Wales and managed to beat the British National Party in four regions out of the entire election and the Greens in two regions. Its vote went up by 1.2% giving it 2.4% of the national vote in 7th place pushing the BNP into 8th place.

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
Mid and West Wales	3,951	1.9	+0.9
North Wales	4,895	2.5	+1.4
South Wales Central	4,690	2.3	+1.5
South Wales East	4,427	2.4	+0.5
South Wales West	5,057	3.3	+1.8
Total	23,020	2.4	+1.2

By-Elections 2011-

Date	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	+/- %
1 August 2013	Ynys Môn	Kathrine Jones	348	1.61	N/A

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