17.06.1999
Left Euro results
‘Weekly Worker’ list
North West - 878 (0.09%) - 846 (0.07%)
Socialist Labour Party
London - 19,632 (1.72%) North East - 4,511 (1.17%) North West - 11,338 (1.11%) Yorkshire and Humber - 7,650 (1.03%) Scotland - 9,385 (0.95%) East Midlands - 5,528 (0.76%) Wales - 4,283 (0.68%) Eastern - 6,143 (0.62%) West Midlands - 5,257 (0.62%) South West - 5,741 (0.55%) South East - 7,281 (0.49%)
Total vote: 86,749 (0.87%)
Alternative Labour
East Midlands - 17,409 (2.41%) - 9,554 (1.28%)
Independent Labour - Oddy
West Midlands - 36,849 (4.34%)
Socialist Alliance
West Midlands - 7,303 (0.85%)
Scottish Socialist Party
Scotland - 39,720 (4.02%)
Socialist Party of Great Britain
North East - 1,510 (0.39%)
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