12.05.2010

Left results: full breakdown

Leave aside their opportunist politics - candidates standing for left-of-Labour organisations managed to get results that barely register statistically. Collated by Jim Moody

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Coventry NE    Dave Nellist       1,592   3.7%
Glasgow SW    Tommy Sheridan          931      2.9%
Tottenham        Jenny Sutton     1,057   2.6%
Salford David Henry     738      1.8%
Sheffield Brightside       Maxine Bowler 656      1.7%
Lewisham Deptford      Ian Page           645      1.6%
Motherwell and Wishaw           Ray Gunnion     609      1.6%
Coventry S       Judy Griffiths    691      1.5%
Colne Valley     Jackie Grunsell 741      1.3%
Bootle  Pete Glover      472      1.1%
Dundee W        Jim McFarlane  357      1.0%
Glasgow N       Angela McCormick      287      1.0%
Carlisle John Metcalfe   376      0.9%
Glasgow S        Brian Smith       351      0.9%
Manchester Gorton       Karen Reissman           337      0.9%
Coventry NW  Nikki Downes  370      0.8%
Huddersfield     Paul Cooney     319      0.8%
Cambridge       Martin Booth    362      0.7%
Edinburgh E      Gary Clark       274      0.7%
Gateshead        Elaine Brunskill 266      0.7%
Walthamstow   Nancy Taaffe    279      0.7%
Wythenshawe and Sale E          Lynn Worthington         268      0.7%
Glasgow NE     Graham Campbell         187      0.6%
Greenwich and Woolwich         Onay Kasab     267      0.6%
Liverpool Walton          Darren Ireland  195      0.6%
Brighton Kemptown     Dave Hill          194      0.5%
Edinburgh N and Leith  Willie Black      233      0.5%
Hull West and Hessle    Keith Gibson    150      0.5%
Swansea W      Rob Williams    179      0.5%
Wellingborough and Rushden    Paul Crofts       249      0.5%
Bristol E           Rachel Lynch    184      0.4%
Bristol S           Tom Baldwin    206      0.4%
Cardiff Central  Ross Saunders  162      0.4%
Doncaster N     Bill Rawcliffe    181      0.4%
Leicester W      Steve Score      157      0.4%
Midlothian        Willie Duncan   166      0.4%
Southampton Itchen      Tim Cutter        168      0.4%
Spelthorne        Paul Couchman            176      0.4%
Stoke Central   Matt Wright      133      0.4%
Inverness          George MacDonald      135      0.3%
Portsmouth N   Mick Tosh        154      0.3%
Redcar Hannah Walter 127      0.3%
Total vote: 15,581 (42 candidates). Median: 0.7%.

Scottish Socialist Party 

Glasgow E        Frances Curran 454      1.4%
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch E          Willie O’Neil    476      1.2%
Glasgow Central           James Nesbitt   357      1.2%
Paisley and Renfrewshire S       Jimmy Kerr      375      0.9%
Aberdeen N     Ewan Robertson           268      0.7%
Edinburgh SW  Colin Fox         319      0.7%
Dundee E         Angela Gorrie   254      0.6%
Glasgow NE     Kevin McVey   179      0.6%
Livingston         Ally Hendry      242      0.5%
Paisley and Renfrewshire N      Chris Rollo       233      0.5%
Total vote: 3,157 (10 candidates). Median: 0.7%.

Respect

Birmingham Hall Green Salma Yaqoob 12,240 25.1%
Poplar and Limehouse†            George Galloway          8,160   17.5%
Bethnal Green and Bow            Abjol Miah       8,532   16.8%
Bradford W      Arshad Ali        1,245   3.1%
Blackley and Broughton            Kay Phillips      996      2.9%
Oldham West and Royton         Shahid Miah     627      1.5%
Manchester Gorton       Mohammed Zulfikar     507      1.3%
Garston and Halewood Diana Raby      268      0.6%
Brent Central    Abdi Duale       230      0.5%
Enfield Southgate          Samad Billoo    174      0.4%
Croydon N       Mohammed Shaikh       160      0.3%
Total vote: 33,139 (11 candidates). Median: 1.5%.

Socialist Labour Party

Liverpool West Derby  Kai Andersen   614      1.7%
Barnsley E        Ken Capstick   601      1.6%
Birmingham Perry Barr John Tyrell        527      1.3%
Blaenau Gwent Alyson O’Connell         381      1.2%
Pontypridd       Simon Parsons  456      1.2%
West Dumbartonshire   Katharine McGavigan   505      1.2%
St Helens N      Steve Whatham            483      1.1%
Barnsley Central           Terry Robinson 356      1.0%
Central Ayrshire           James McDaid 422      1.0%
Ayrshire N and Arran   Louise McDaid 449      1.0%
Wolverhampton NE      Shangara Singh Bhatoe 337      1.0%
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney     Alan Cowdell   195      0.6%
Glasgow NE     Jim Berrington  156      0.5%
Liverpool Wavertree     Kim Singleton   200      0.5%
Plymouth Moor View   David Marchesi            208      0.5%
South Derbyshire          Paul Liversuch  266      0.5%
Camberwell and Peckham        Margaret Sharkey         184      0.4%
Camborne and Redruth Rob Hawkins   168      0.4%
Manchester Central      Ron Sinclair      153      0.4%
Newport E       Liz Screen        123      0.4%
Brighton Pavilion           Ian Fyvie          148      0.3%
Edinburgh N and Leith  David Jacobsen            141      0.3%
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport            Rob Hawkins   123      0.3%
Total vote: 7,196 (23 candidates). Median: 0.6%.

Alliance for Green Socialism

Leeds NE         Celia Foote      596      1.3%
Leeds E            Mike Davies     429      1.1%
Kensington†     Eddie Adams    197      0.6%
Vale of Clwyd  Mike Butler      127      0.4%
Leeds NW       Trevor Bavage  121      0.3%
Scarborough and Whitby          Juliet Boddington          111      0.2%
Total vote: 1,581 (6 candidates). Median: 0.5%.

Communist Party of Britain

Croydon N       Ben Stevenson  272      0.5%
Glasgow NW   Marc Livingstone          179      0.5%
Newcastle E†   Martin Levy      177      0.5%
Cardiff S and Penarth   Robert Griffiths 196      0.4%
Sheffield SE      Steve Andrew  139      0.3%
North Devon    Gerry Sables    96        0.2%
Total vote: 1,059 (six candidates). Median: 0.4%.

Unity for Peace and Socialism

Leicester E       Atvar Sadiq      494      1.0%
Workers Revolutionary Party   
Camberwell and Peckham        Joshua Ogunleye           211      0.5%
Streatham         Paul Lepper      117      0.3%
Enfield N          Anna Athow     96        0.2%
Feltham and Heston      Matt Linley       78        0.2%
Luton S            Frank Sweeney            75        0.2%
Norwich S        Gabriel Polley   102      0.2%
Streatham         Paul Lepper      117      0.2%
Manchester Central      Jonty Leff         59        0.1%
Total vote: 855 (eight candidates). Median: 0.2%

Socialist Equality Party

Oxford E          David O’Sullivan          116      0.2%
Manchester Central      Robert Skelton 54        0.1%

Democratic Labour Party

Walsall North   Peter Smith       842      2.3%

Alliance for Workers’ Liberty

Camberwell and Peckham        Jill Mountford   75        0.2%

Communist League

Hackney South and Shoreditch Paul Davies      110      0.3%
Edinburgh SW  Caroline Bellamy          48        0.1%

Peace Party     

Guildford          John Morris      280      0.5%
Horsham          Jim Duggan       253      0.5%
Woking            Julie Roxburgh  204      0.4%

People Before Profit

(no connection between candidates)
Foyle    Eamonn McCann          2,936   7.7%
Lewisham E      George Hallam 332      0.8%

Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist)

South Shields    Roger Nettleship           91        0.2%

Socialist Party of Great Britain

Vauxhall           Daniel Lambert 143      0.3%

Workers Power

Vauxhall           Jeremy Drinkall 109      0.3%

Direct Democracy (Communist) Party

Hackney South and Shoreditch Nusret Sen       202      0.5%

Left Independents

Blaenau Gwent Dai Davies        6,458   20.0%
Northampton S Tony Clarke     2,242   5.8%
Islwyn  Dave Rees        1,495   4.3%
Stockton N      Frank Cook     1,577   4.0%
Torfaen            Fred Wildgust   1,419   3.8%
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford  Gareth Allen     1,183   2.6%
Stoke Central   Gary Elsby       399      1.2%
Leeds Central   Dave Procter    409      1.1%
Stockton S       Yvonne Hossack          536      1.1%
Wakefield         Mark Harrop    439      1.0%
Bromsgrove      Mark France    336      0.7%
Bermondsey and Old Southwark          Steve Freeman 120      0.3%
Worcester        Peter Nielsen    129      0.3%

Labour left

LRC-backed Labour Party candidates

Hackney N and Stoke Newington         Diane Abbott*  25,553 55.0%
Islington N        Jeremy Corbyn*           24,276 54.5%
Hayes and Harlington    John McDonnell*         23,377 54.8%
Bolsover           Dennis Skinner*           21,994 50.0%
Luton N           Kelvin Hopkins*           21,192 49.3%
Ashton under Lyne       David Heyes*   18,604 48.4%
Ayrshire N and Arran   Katy Clark*     21,660 47.4%
Midlothian        David Hamilton*           18,449 47.%
Wansbeck        Ian Lavery*      17,548 45.8%
Oldham W and Royton Michael Meacher*        19,503 45.5%
Blyth Valley      Ronnie Campbell*        17,156 44.5%
Leyton and Wanstead   John Cryer*     17,511 43.6%
Llanelli  Nia Griffith*     15,916 42.5%
Batley and Spen           Mike Wood*   21,565 41.5%
Newport W      Paul Flynn*      16,389 41.3%
Stroud  David Drew      22,380 38.6%
Gower  Martin Caton*  16,016 38.4%
Halifax  Linda Riordan* 16,278 37.4%
Dundee E         Katrina Murray 13,529 33.3%
Great Grimsby  Austin Mitchell*            10,777 32.7%
Pendle  Gordon Prentice           13,927 30.9%
Kettering          Phil Sawford     14,153 29.9%
Clwyd W         Donna Hutton   9,414   24.7%
Bury St Edmunds          Kevin Hind       9,776   16.6%
Rutland and Melton      John Morgan    7,893   14.3%
Isle of Wight     Mark Chiverton            8,169   11.6%
Hampshire NW            Sarah Evans     6,980   13.1%
Tunbridge Wells           Gary Heather    5,448   10.8%
Yeovil  Lee Skevington 2,991   5.2%

Key

* elected
† boundary changes since 2005
° as Socialist Alternative in 2005
• as Scottish Socialist Party in 2005