Campaign news archive - June 2009

European Elections meltdown

In the Euro-elections tonight Labour is experiencing catastrophically bad results with its lowest share of the vote in a nationwide election since 1910, when the Party was only four years old. In 2004 Labour topped the poll in Wales and in Yorkshire & the Humber but now these Labour heartlands are falling to the Tories. It is clear that Labour is going to poll substantially below 20% and will probably finish 3rd or even 4th overall [continue...]

Local Election results

Labour lost control of all four counties it was defending: Derbyshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire. With all results in, Labour has 328 fewer councillors than it won in 2005 (includes by-election defeats and defections in the interim) and maintains only 170 councillors. [continue...]

McDonnell: Electoral annihilation means change or die

Labour has now lost control of Derbyshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire as the Party’s vote has collapsed. It is now clear that Labour is facing the prospect of annihilation in a General Election.
John McDonnell MP, LRC Chair, said:  [continue...]

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