English Democrats Party election results

Parliamentary elections

Summary of general election performances

Year	Number of Candidates	Total votes	Average voters per candidate	Percentage of vote	Saved deposits	Change (percentage points)	Number of MPs
2005	24	15,149	631	0.1	0	N/A	0
2010	107	64,826	605	0.2	1	+0.1	0
2015	32	6,531	204	0.0	0	-0.2	0

By-elections, 2004-2005

Date of election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
15 July 2004	Birmingham Hodge Hill	Mark Wheatley	277	1.4[1]
30 September 2004	Hartlepool	Ed Abrams	41	0.1[2]

General Election 2005

The English Democrats contested 24 seats, receiving a total of 15149 votes, an average of 631 (range 221 to 1216). The percentage share of the vote ranged from 0.6% to 3.4%, with an average of 1.45%. No candidates were elected.

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Aldershot	G Cowd	701	1.7
Basildon	Ms K Gandy	510	1.2
Bristol North West	M Blundell	828	1.7
Chatham & Aylesford	M Russell	668	1.6
City of Chester	E Abrams	308	0.7
Chesterfield	I Jerram	814	1.8
Copeland	A Mossop	662	2.0
Doncaster North	M Cassidy	561	1.8
Epping Forest	Robin Tilbrook	631	1.4
Grantham & Stamford	B Brown	774	1.6
Greenwich & Woolwich	Garry Bushell	1216	3.4
Hexham	I Riddell	521	1.3
Ipswich	J Kay	641	1.3
Lancashire West	S Garrett	525	1.2
Leeds North West	A Knowles	545	1.2
Norwich South	C Constable	466	1.1
Reigate	H Green	600	1.4
Saffron Walden	R Brown	860	1.6
Sevenoaks	J Marshall	751	1.7
Southend West	J Moss	701	1.8
Staffordshire South^*	Garry Bushell	643	2.5
Vauxhall	J Polenceus	221	0.6
Wakefield	P McEnhill	356	0.8
Wantage	G Lambourne	646	1.2

Source:^[3]

^*Note the South Staffordshire election was postponed until 23 June due to the death of a candidate

By-elections, 2005-2010

Date of election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
29 June 2006	Bromley and Chislehurst	Steven Uncles	212	0.7[4]

Date of election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
10 July 2008	Haltemprice and Howden	Joanne Robinson	1714	7.2[5]

General Election 2010

The English Democrats stood 107 candidates in the 2010 general election.^[6] (106 is the minimum number required to qualify for a Party Election Broadcast.) The EDP received 64,826 votes, or 0.3% of the vote in England, won only one deposit in Doncaster North with 5.2% and overall 0.2% of the vote in the United Kingdom. No candidates were elected.^[7]

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Ashfield	Tony Ellis	1102	2.3
Beckenham	Dan Eastgate	223	0.5
Bedfordshire Mid	John Cooper	712	1.3
Bexleyheath & Crayford	John Griffiths	466	1.1
Blyth Valley	Allan White	327	0.8
Bosworth	Kames Lampitt	615	1.1
Brent North	Arvind Tailor	247	0.5
Brentford & Isleworth	David Cunningham	230	0.4
Brentwood & Ongar	Robin Tilbrook	491	1.0
Bristol East	Stephen Wright	347	0.8
Bristol North West	Ray Carr	635	1.3
Bristol South	Craig Clarke	400	0.8
Bristol West	Jon Baker	270	0.5
Bromley & Chislehurst	Jon Cheeseman	376	0.9
Broxbourne	Debbie LeMay	618	1.4
Bury South	Valerie Morris	494	1.0
Calder Valley	Barry Greenwood	157	0.3
Camberwell & Peckham	Yohara Robby Munilla	435	0.9
Cambridgeshire North East	Graham Murphy	387	0.7
Cambridgeshire North West	Stephen Goldspink	1407	2.4
Chatham & Aylesford	Sean Varnham	400	0.9
Chelmsford	Claire Breed	254	0.5
Chelsea & Fulham	George Roseman	169	0.4
Chester, City of	Ed Abrams	594	1.3
Chesterfield	Ian Jerram	1213	2.6
Chippenham	John Maguire	307	0.6
Cities of London & Westminster	Frank Roseman	191	0.5
Colchester	Eddie Bone	335	0.7
Dartford	Gary Rogers	2178	4.3
Daventry	Alan Bennett-Spencer	1187	2.3
Devon North	Nigel Vidler	146	0.3
Dewsbury	Michael Felse	661	1.2
Don Valley	Bernie Aston	1756	4.0
Doncaster Central	Lawrence Parramore	1816	4.4
Doncaster North	Wayne Crawshaw	2148	5.2
Dover	Michael Walters	216	0.4
Ealng Southall	Sati Chaggar	408	1.0
East Ham	Barry O'Connor	822	1.6
Eastleigh	Tony Stephen	249	0.5
Eltham	Mike Tibby	217	0.5
Enfield North	Raquel Weald	131	0.3
Enfield Southgate	Ben Weald	173	0.4
Epping Forest	Kim Sawyer	285	0.6
Erith & Thamesmead	Laurence Williams	465	1.1
Esher & Walton	Mike Kearsley	307	0.6
Fareham	Joe Jenkins	618	1.1
Gillingham & Rainham	Dean Lacey	464	1.0
Gloucester	Alan Platt	564	1.1
Gosport	Bob Shaw	622	1.3
Gravesham	Steven Uncles	1005	2.1
Greenwich & Woolwich	Topo Wresniwiro	339	0.8
Haltemprice & Howden	Joanne Robinson	1485	3.0
Hampshire East	Matt Williams	710	1.4
Harborough	David Ball	568	3.1
Hastings & Rye	Rodney Bridger	339	0.7
Havant	Fungus Addams	809	1.8
Hayes & Harlington	Cliff Dixon	464	1.1
Holborn & St Pancras	Mikel Susperregi	75	0.1
Hull East	Mike Burton	715	2.1
Hull North	Michael Cassidy	200	0.6
Hull West & Hessle	Pater Mawer	876	2.8
Hyndburn	Christopher Reid	413	1.0
Isle of Wight	Ian Dunsire	1233	1.8
Islington South & Finsbury	John Dodds	301	0.7
Kettering	Derek Hilling	952	2.0
Kingswood	Michael Blundell	333	0.7
Leeds North West	Alan Procter	153	0.4
Lewisham East	James Rose	426	1.0
Lincoln	Ernest Coleman	604	1.3
Louth & Horncastle	Colin Mair	517	1.0
Meon Valley	Pat Harris	582	1.1
Northampton South	Kevin Sills	618	1.6
Old Bexley & Sidcup	Elaine Cheeseman	520	1.1
Orpington	Chriss Snape	199	0.1
Penistone & Stocksbridge	Paul McEnhill	492	1.1
Peterborough	Rob King	770	1.7
Poplar & Limehouse	Andrew Osborne	470	1.0
Portsmouth North	David Knight	1040	2.4
Portsmouth South	Ian DuCane	400	1.0
Rayleigh & Wickford	John Hayter	2219	4.2
Redditch	Vincent Schittone	255	0.6
Rochester & Strood	Ron Sands	2182	4.5
Romford	Peter Thorogood	603	1.3
Rossendale & Darwen	Michael Johnson	663	1.4
Salford & Eccles	Stephen Morris	621	1.5
Selby & Ainsty	Graham Michael	677	1.3
Sevenoaks	Louise Uncles	806	1.6
Sheffield Hallam	David Wildgoose	586	1.1
Southend West	Terry Phillips	546	1.3
Stevenage	Charles Vickers	366	0.8
Stockton North	Ian Saul	1724	2.9
Stratford-On-Avon	Fred Bishop	473	0.9
Streatham	Janus Polenceus	229	0.5
Sutton & Cheam	John Dodds	106	0.2
Tonbridge & Malling	Lisa Rogers	390	0.8
Uxbridge & South Ruislip	Roger Cooper	403	0.6
Vauxhall	Jose Navarro	289	0.7
Warwickshire North	David Lane	411	0.9
Wellingborough	Terry Spencer	530	1.0
West Bromwich East	Mark Cowles	1150	3.0
Westminster North	Edward Roseman	99	0.3
Weston-Super-Mare	John Peverelle	275	0.5
Winchester	Mark Lancaster	503	0.9
Workington	Rob Logan	414	1.1
Worsley & Eccles South	Paul Whitelegg	1334	3.2

Source for results:^[8]

By-elections, 2010-2015

Date of election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
13 January 2011	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Stephen Morris	144	0.4[9]
3 March 2011	Barnsley Central	Kevin Riddiough	544	2.2[10]
15 December 2011	Feltham and Heston	Roger Cooper	322	1.4[11]
15 November 2012	Corby	David Wickham	432	1.21[12]
29 November 2012	Rotherham	David Wildgoose	703	3.3[13]
28 February 2013	Eastleigh	Michael Walters	70	0.2 [14]

General Election 2015

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Barnsley, Central	Ian Sutton	477	1.3
Barnsley, E	Kevin Riddiough	440	1.1
Bath	Jenny Knight	63	0.1
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Neil Humphrey	88	0.2
Bexleyheath & Crayford	Maggi Young	151	0.3
Bradford, W	Therese Hirst	98	0.2
Brentwood & Ongar	Robin Tilbrook	173	0.3
Bury, S	Valerie Morris	170	0.4
Dagenham & Rainham	Kim Gandy	71	0.2
Dartford	Steve Uncles	211	0.4
Don Valley	Louise Dutton	242	0.6
Doncaster, Central	David Burnett	309	0.8
Doncaster, N	David Allen	448	1.1
Erith & Thamesmead	Graham Moore	188	0.4
Faversham & Mid Kent	Gary Butler	158	0.3
Harlow	Eddy Butler	115	0.3
Kettering	Derek Hilling	151	0.3
Monmouth	Stephen Morris	100	0.2
Nuneaton	Steve Paxton	104	0.2
Penistone & Stocksbridge	Colin Porter	500	1.1
Rother Valley	Sharon Pilling	377	0.8
Rotherham	Dean Walker	166	0.4
Sheffield, Brightside & Hillsborough	Justin Saxton	171	0.4
Sheffield, Central	Elizabeth Breed	68	0.2
Sheffield, Hallam	Steve Clegg	167	0.3
Sheffield, Heeley	David Haslett	122	0.3
Sheffield, SE	Matthew Roberts	141	0.3
Southend, W	Jeremy Moss	165	0.4
Stevenage	Charles Vickers	115	0.2
Suffolk Central & Ipswich, N	Tony Holyoak	162	0.3
Wentworth & Dearne	Alan England	309	0.7
Weston-super-Mare	Ronald Lavelle	311	0.6

Source:^[15]

European Parliament elections

Summary of European election performance in the UK

Year	Number of English regions contested	Total votes	% of GB vote	Saved deposits	GB change (% points)	Number of MEPs
2004	5/9	130,056	0.8	0	N/A	0
2009	9/9	279,801	1.8	1	+1.0	0
2014	9/9	126,024	0.8	0	-1.1	0[16]

Note: The English Democrats do not stand in Scotland or Wales in the European Elections although the results are displayed as a proportion of the GB results. (Northern Ireland has a different electoral system).

English Police Commissioner elections

English Democrats contested five of the 41 Police and Crime Commissioner elections in November 2012. Results were:

Police force	Candidate	1st round votes	%	Posn/no. cands
Cambridgeshire Constabulary	Stephen Goldspink	7,219	8.1%	6 out of 7
Essex Police	Robin Tilbrook	11,550	6.87%	6 out of 6
Kent Police	Steven Uncles	10,789	5.3%	5 out of 6[17]
Merseyside Police	Paul Rimmer	7,142	5.7%	6 out of 6[18]
South Yorkshire Police	David Allen	22,608	15.6%	2 out of 5[19]

Welsh Assembly elections

2007 Welsh Assembly (3 May 2007)

Source: BBC News
Due to the English Democrats stance on the status of Monmouthshire, the English Democrats stood in the three constituencies in Monmouthshire and in the South Wales East region. They came 16th place nationwide with 0.2% of the vote.

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Monmouth	Ed Abrams	804	2.7
Newport East	Michael Blundell	429	2.2
Newport West	Andrew Constantine	634	2.7

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
South Wales East	1,655	0.9	n/a

2011 Welsh Assembly (5 May 2011)

Source: BBC News^[20]

The English Democrats stood five candidates in the South Wales East region and contested only one individual constituency, Monmouth. The vote in Monmouth fell by 0.2% but regional vote increased by 0.2%. They came 11th place nationwide with 0.1% of the vote.

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	+/- %
Monmouth	Steve Uncles	744	2.5	-0.2

Regional lists	Votes	%	+/- %
South Wales East	1,904	1.1	+0.2

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