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This article lists the British National Party's election results in the UK parliamentarymarker, Scottish parliamentarymarker and Welsh Assembly elections. The party is not represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdommarker. In the 2005 general election, the BNP received 0.7% of the popular vote, giving it the eighth largest share of the vote, although it was fifth overall among English seats. In the 2007 Welsh Assembly Election, it came fifth in terms of votes for the regional lists with 4.3% of the vote, winning no seats.

United Kingdom elections

Summary of general election performance

Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average voters per candidate Percentage of vote Change (percentage points) Number of MPs
1983 53 14,621 276 0.0 N/A 0
1987 2 553 277 0.0 0.0 0
1992 13 7,631 587 0.1 +0.1 0
1997 56 35,832 640 0.1 0.0 0
2001 33 47,129 1428 0.2 +0.1 0
2005 119 192,746 1620 0.7 +0.5 0


General election, 9 June 1983

This was the first general election after the formation of the BNP following the disintegration of the National Front (NF) in the early 1980s. The BNP stood 53 candidates in order to be eligible for the five minute national television broadcast offered to all parties running fifty candidates or more. Although the party did not anticipate winning any seats (as was the case) the election was pivotal in ensuring that its profile was raised, with 13 million viewers watching the broadcast. The NF itself contested 61 seats, a significant drop from the 303 it had contested in 1979. Only three constituencies (Hackney S & Shoreditch, Islington S & Finsbury and Worthing) were contested by both parties and in all three the NF beat the BNP. However, their combined vote in each of these constituencies was roughly half of what the NF had secured previously.

38 of the seats contested by the BNP had been contested by the NF in 1979. However, the BNP vote in all but one was lower than the NF had previously achieved. (The exception was Carmarthen: NF 149 in 1979; BNP 154 in 1983.)

BNP results ranged from 94 to 632 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.2% to 1.3%.

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Ashfordmarker 195 0.4
Basingstokemarker 344 0.6
Beckenhammarker 203 0.5
Bolton North Eastmarker 186 0.4
Bournemouth Westmarker 180 0.4
Bradford Northmarker 193 0.4
Broxbournemarker 502 1.0
Carmarthen 154 0.3
Chislehurst 201 0.5
Ealing Northmarker 306 0.6
Edmontonmarker 372 0.8
Elthammarker 276 0.7
Enfield Northmarker 268 0.5
Enfield Southgatemarker 318 0.7
Epping Forestmarker 330 0.7
Erith and Crayfordmarker 272 0.7
Glasgow Shettleston 103 0.3
Gloucestermarker 260 0.5
Greenwich 259 0.7
Hackney South and Shoreditchmarker 374 1.0
Harboroughmarker 280 0.5
Hertford and Stortfordmarker 304 0.6
Heywood and Middletonmarker 316 0.8
Ilford Southmarker 316 0.8
Ipswichmarker 235 0.5
Islington Northmarker 176 0.5
Islington South and Finsburymarker 94 0.2
Leeds Central 331 0.9
Leeds Westmarker 334 0.7
Leicester Eastmarker 459 0.9
Leicester Southmarker 280 0.3
Leicester Westmarker 469 1.0
Lewisham Deptfordmarker 317 0.9
Lewisham East 288 0.7
Lewisham Westmarker 336 0.8
Liverpool Waltonmarker 343 0.7
Loughboroughmarker 228 0.4
Manchester Gorton 231 0.5
Milton Keynes 290 0.5
Orpingtonmarker 215 0.5
Plymouth Drake 163 0.4
Ravensbourne 242 0.6
Reading Eastmarker 147 0.3
Stevenagemarker 236 0.5
Thanet Northmarker 324 0.7
Thurrockmarker 252 0.6
Wakefieldmarker 295 0.6
Walsall Southmarker 632 1.3
Warrington Northmarker 267 0.5
Woolwich 384 1.0
Worcestermarker 208 0.4
Worthing 103 0.2
York 148 0.3




By-elections, 1983-1987

Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
26 February 1987 Greenwich Ian Dell 116 0.3 
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General election, 11 June 1987

With party finances strained, leader John Tyndall decided not to fight this election. The party's Bromleymarker officer Alf Waite and West Kentmarker chief Michael Easter both broke rank and stood as candidates and, despite attempts by Tyndall to maintain unity, some of Waite and Easter's supporters split from the BNP to join the Flag Group after the election.

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Ravensbourne Alfred Waite 184 0.4
Tonbridge and Mallingmarker Michael Easter 369 0.6




General election, 9 April 1992

Although a wider slate of candidates was put forward than in 1987, the party concentrated its campaigning efforts on the East Londonmarker constituencies of Bethnal Green and Stepney and Bow and Poplar on the back of some relatively strong performances in local elections in the early 1990s. The party's first elected representative to a borough council, Derek Beackon, would be elected in this area the following year.

BNP results ranged from 121 to 1310 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.3% to 3.6%.
Constituency Candidate Votes %
Bethnal Green and Stepney 1310 3.6
Blabymarker 521 0.8
Bow and Poplar 1107 3.0
Cardiff North 121 0.3
Clydesdale 342 0.7
Darlingtonmarker 355 0.6
Dewsburymarker 660 1.1
Edinburgh West 133 0.3
Erewashmarker 645 1.0
Peterboroughmarker 311 0.5
Rochdalemarker 620 1.2
Southwark and Bermondsey 530 1.4
Uxbridgemarker 350 0.7




By-elections, 1992-1997

Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
9 June 1994 Dagenhammarker John Tyndall 1511 7.0

General election, 1 May 1997

Both Tyndall and Tony Lecomber felt that recruitment of new members was of central importance to the growth of the BNP and it was agreed that a larger scale general election campaign was needed in order to accomplish this. The party sepnt £60,000 on their election campaign, although ultimately it had no great impact on volume of membership.

BNP results ranged from 149 to 3350 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.4% to 7.5%.
Constituency Candidate Votes %
Aldershotmarker 322 0.6
Ashfieldmarker 595 1.2
Barkingmarker 894 2.7
Batley and Spenmarker 472 1.0
Bethnal Green and Bow 3350 7.5
Bexleyheath and Crayfordmarker 429 0.9
Birmingham Edgbastonmarker 443 0.9
Birmingham Northfieldmarker 337 0.9
Birmingham Perry Barrmarker 544 1.2
Blabymarker 523 1.0
Blackpool North and Fleetwoodmarker 288 0.5
Bournemouth Westmarker 165 0.4
Bradford West 893 1.8
Bristol North Westmarker 265 0.5
Broxbournemarker 610 1.3
Calder Valleymarker 431 0.8
Carshalton and Wallingtonmarker 261 0.5
Charnwoodmarker 525 0.9
Chingford and Woodford Greenmarker 1059 2.4
Clydesdale 311 0.7
Coventry Southmarker 328 0.7
Croydon Southmarker 354 0.7
Dagenhammarker 900 2.5
Dartfordmarker 424 0.8
Dewsburymarker 2232 5.2
East Hammarker 1258 3.2
Edmontonmarker 437 1.0
Elthammarker 491 1.1
Enfield Northmarker 590 1.2
Epping Forestmarker 743 1.4
Erith and Thamesmeadmarker 718 1.7
Feltham and Hestonmarker 682 1.5
Gillinghammarker 195 0.4
Glasgow Govan 149 0.5
Glasgow Shettleston 191 0.6
Hackney South and Shoreditchmarker 531 1.6
Harlowmarker 319 0.9
Ilford Northmarker 755 1.6
Ilford Southmarker 580 1.2
Kingswoodmarker 290 0.5
Leicester Westmarker 302 0.7
Leominstermarker 292 0.6
Mitcham and Mordenmarker 521 1.1
Morley and Rothwellmarker 381 0.8
Old Bexley and Sidcupmarker 415 0.8
Poplar and Canning Townmarker 2849 7.3
Reading Eastmarker 238 0.5
Reading Westmarker 320 0.7
Rochdalemarker 653 1.4
Romfordmarker 522 1.2
Rossendale and Darwenmarker 674 1.3
Sherwoodmarker 432 0.8
Southwark North and Bermondseymarker 713 1.8
Stoke-on-Trent Centralmarker 806 1.5
Stoke-on-Trent Southmarker 568 1.2
Taunton 318 0.5
West Hammarker 1198 3.6




By-elections, 1997-2001

Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
31 July 1997 Uxbridgemarker Frances Taylor 205 0.7
23 November 2000 Preston Chris Jackson 229 1.1
23 November 2000 West Bromwich Westmarker Nick Griffin 974 4.2

General election, 7 June 2001

On the back of an intense local campaign that had been bolstered by the tensions around the 2001 Oldham race riots, the BNP secured their best ever general election result in Oldham West and Roytonmarker where party leader Nick Griffin secured 16.4% of the vote.

BNP results ranged from 278 to 6552 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.8% to 16.4%.
Constituency Candidate Votes %
Ashton-under-Lynemarker 1617 4.5
Barkingmarker 1606 6.4
Bethnal Green and Bow 1211 3.2
Bexleyheath and Crayfordmarker 1408 3.5
Birmingham Hodge Hillmarker 889 3.3
Blabymarker 1375 2.8
Bradford Northmarker 1613 4.6
Broxbournemarker 848 2.2
Burnleymarker 4151 11.3
Chingford and Woodford Greenmarker 1062 2.9
Coventry North Eastmarker 937 2.0
Croydon Centralmarker 449 1.0
Dagenhammarker 1378 5.0
Dewsburymarker 1632 4.5
Dudley Northmarker 1882 4.7
Enfield Northmarker 605 1.6
Erewashmarker 591 1.2
Hayes and Harlingtonmarker 705 2.2
Leicester Eastmarker 772 1.9
Lewisham East 1005 3.3
Mitcham and Mordenmarker 642 1.7
Newport Westmarker 278 0.8
Oldham East and Saddleworthmarker 5091 11.2
Oldham West and Roytonmarker 6552 16.4
Pendlemarker 1976 5.0
Poplar and Canning Townmarker 1733 5.1
Romfordmarker 414 1.2
Ruislip Northwood 547 1.5
Stoke-on-Trent Southmarker 1358 3.8
Sunderland Northmarker 687 2.3
Sunderland Southmarker 576 1.8
Walthamstow 389 1.1
West Bromwich Westmarker 1428 4.5




General election, 5 May 2005

BNP results ranged from 376 to 5066 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.8% to 17.0%. The highest percentage was achieved in Barking by Richard Barnbrook, later to be elected to the London Assembly in 2008 when the BNP passed the 5% threshold and thus qualified for a single seat.
Constituency Candidate Votes %
Aldridge-Brownhillsmarker 1620 4.1
Amber Valleymarker 1243 2.6
Ashton-under-Lynemarker 2051 5.5
Barkingmarker 4916 17.0
Barnsley Centralmarker 1403 4.9
Basildonmarker 2055 4.8
Basingstokemarker 821 1.7
Batley and Spenmarker 2668 6.8
Bexleyheath and Crayfordmarker 1245 2.9
Billericay 1435 2.9
Birmingham Erdingtonmarker 1512 4.8
Birmingham Hodge Hillmarker 1445 5.1
Birmingham Northfieldmarker 1278 4.1
Birmingham Yardleymarker 1523 5.2
Blabymarker 1704 3.5
Blackburn 2263 5.4
Blackpool Southmarker 1113 2.9
Boston and Skegnessmarker 1025 2.5
Bradford Northmarker 2061 6.0
Bradford Southmarker 2862 7.8
Bradford West 2525 6.9
Broxbournemarker 1929 4.7
Burnleymarker 4003 10.3
Burtonmarker 1840 3.8
Bury Northmarker 1790 4.0
Calder Valleymarker 1887 4.0
Charnwoodmarker 1737 3.4
Cheadlemarker 421 0.9
Colne Valleymarker 1430 2.9
Coventry North Westmarker 1556 3.6
Crawleymarker 1277 3.0
Dagenhammarker 2870 9.3
Denton and Reddishmarker 1326 3.7
Derbyshire Southmarker 1797 3.2
Dewsburymarker 5066 13.1
Doncaster Centralmarker 1239 3.6
Doncaster Northmarker 1506 4.8
Dudley Northmarker 4022 9.7
Dudley Southmarker 1841 4.7
Easingtonmarker 1042 3.3
Elmetmarker 1231 2.6
Elthammarker 979 2.8
Enfield Northmarker 1004 2.5
Epping Forestmarker 1728 3.9
Erewashmarker 1319 2.6
Erith and Thamesmeadmarker 1620 4.3
Glasgow Central 671 2.4
Glasgow North East 920 3.2
Great Grimsbymarker 1338 4.1
Halifaxmarker 2627 6.6
Haltemprice and Howdenmarker 798 1.7
Harrogate and Knaresboroughmarker 466 1.1
Havantmarker 652 1.4
Hayes and Harlingtonmarker 830 2.6
Heywood and Middletonmarker 1855 4.7
Hornchurchmarker 1313 3.4
Houghton and Washington Eastmarker 1367 3.9
Huddersfield 1036 3.0
Hull Eastmarker 1022 3.3
Hull North 766 2.6
Hyndburnmarker 2444 6.2
Keighleymarker 4240 9.2
Knowsley North and Sefton Eastmarker 872 2.4
Leeds Central 1201 4.1
Leeds Westmarker 1167 3.5
Leicestershire North Westmarker 1474 3.1
Maidenheadmarker 704 1.5
Makerfieldmarker 1221 3.4
Middlesbrough 819 2.5
Middlesbrough South and East Clevelandmarker 1099 2.5
Morley and Rothwellmarker 2271 5.3
Newcastle-under-Lymemarker 1390 3.5
Normantonmarker 1967 5.3
Old Bexley and Sidcupmarker 1227 2.8
Oldham East and Saddleworthmarker 2109 4.9
Oldham West and Roytonmarker 2606 6.9
Pendlemarker 2547 6.2
Pontefract and Castlefordmarker 1835 5.6
Poole 547 1.4
Redcarmarker 985 2.5
Rochdalemarker 1773 4.3
Romfordmarker 1088 3.0
Rossendale and Darwenmarker 1736 3.9
Rother Valleymarker 2020 5.1
Rotherhammarker 1986 6.6
Sheffield Attercliffemarker 1477 4.0
Sheffield Brightsidemarker 1537 6.2
Sheffield Central 539 1.8
Sheffield Hallammarker 469 1.2
Sheffield Heeleymarker 1314 3.9
Sheffield Hillsboroughmarker 2010 4.4
Shipleymarker 2000 4.2
Solihullmarker 1752 3.3
Stalybridge and Hydemarker 1399 4.0
Stockton Northmarker 986 2.7
Stoke-on-Trent Centralmarker 2178 7.8
Stoke-on-Trent Northmarker 2132 6.9
Stoke-on-Trent Southmarker 3305 8.7
Sunderland Northmarker 1136 3.9
Sunderland Southmarker 1166 3.8
Swansea East 770 2.5
Thurrockmarker 2526 5.8
Tyne Bridgemarker 1072 4.1
Upminstermarker 1173 3.4
Uxbridgemarker May 763 2.2
Wakefieldmarker 1328 3.1
Walsall Northmarker 1992 6.0
Walsall Southmarker 1776 5.0
Warleymarker 1761 5.5
Warwickshire Northmarker 1910 4.1
Wentworthmarker 1798 5.1
West Bromwich Eastmarker 2329 6.6
West Bromwich Westmarker 3456 9.9
Weston-super-Mare 778 1.6
Wokingham 376 0.8
Wolverhampton South Westmarker 983 2.4
Woodspringmarker 633 1.2
Worcestermarker 980 2.1
Wrexham 919 3.0




By-elections, 2005-

Date of election Constituency Candidate Votes %
19 July 2007 Sedgefield Andrew Spence 2494 8.9
26 June 2008 Henleymarker Timothy Rait 1243 3.6
23 July 2009 Norwich Northmarker Rev. Robert West 941 2.7
13 November 2009 Glasgow North East Charlie Baillie 1013 4.9


Scottish Parliament

In UK parliamentary elections, the BNP has only ever contested six Scottish seats: Clydesdale (1992 and 1997), Edinburgh West (1992), Glasgow Central (2005), Glasgow Govan (1997 and 2005), Glasgow North East (2005 and 2009 by election) and Glasgow Shettleston (1983 and 1997).

Despite a great sense of Scottish national identity in the country, in 2007 the BNP competed in the Scottish Parliamentary elections. The Scottish National Party won the election, the BNP achieved 1.2% of the vote and finished seventh.

Scottish Parliament election

Regional lists Votes % +/- %
Central Scotland 4,125 1.4 n/a
Glasgow 3,865 1.9 n/a
Highlands and Islands 2,152 1.2 n/a
Lothians 2,637 0.9 n/a
Mid Scotland and Fife 2,620 1.0 n/a
North East Scotland 2,764 1.1 n/a
South of Scotland 3,212 1.2 n/a
West of Scotland 3,241 1.2 n/a
Total 24,616 1.2 n/a


National Assembly for Wales

In UK parliamentary elections, the BNP has only twice contested Welsh seats, in Carmarthen (1983) and Cardiff North (1992).

The BNP competed in Welsh Assembly elections for the first time in 2007, they finished 6th. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru came second to the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats came fourth having achieved 2.5 times the vote of the BNP and earned six seats.

Welsh Assembly election

Regional lists Votes % +/- %
Mid and West Wales 6,389 2.9 n/a
North Wales 9,986 5.1 n/a
South Wales Central 7,899 3.8 n/a
South Wales East 8,940 4.7 n/a
South Wales West 8,993 5.5 n/a
Total 42,197 4.3 n/a


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