UK: Small Parties' Hopes

[minionofmidas]

UKIP - Standing in ~500 seats [no accurate figures that I can find] (from 429 in 2001) according to their website. You can find a searchable database of their candidates on their website. I don't think they've filled all the seats like they promised to, and they are concentrating on 20 seats specifically.

They could cost the Tories Boston & Skegness and stop 'em from gaining Harwich. IIRC they're throwing a lot at the seat (Totnes) where Knapman is standing (if they win a seat it'll be one of those three).

Didn't the Tories gain Harwich four years back?

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Could come second in the two inner city seats.

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Could well come second (urgh...) in Dewsbury and might stop the Tories from picking up some other textiles seats. I have a feeling they could do well in South Essex as well... maybe Yardley too.

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Only Agent Orange himself is worth watching

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There's actually a chance that they might do better in Birmingham Sparkbrook & Small Heath than Bethnal Green & Bow... the seat is the most Muslim in the U.K (I've not checked the statistics but it's close to a majority, maybe over that) the current M.P has made some... interesting... remarks about immigration and the LibDem isn't especially highprofile... but then Respect picked a female candidate. Maybe not.
[/quote]Well, she is a Muslim...
Respect are standing in Harwich, Neath, and Hove, apart from 23 more predictable seats. Oh, and apparently Hove Constituency is called Hove & Portslade now, or maybe that's just their candidate's preferred reference to the seat.

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Obviously confused it with some other place, and maybe with the fact that it was one of UKIP's few saved deposits last time.

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The Scottish Socialist Party will be standing in 58 out of the 59 Scottish seats. Candidate list

Question for anyone with more patience than me: Which one are they not standing in?

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The Scottish Socialist Party will be standing in 58 out of the 59 Scottish seats. Candidate list

Question for anyone with more patience than me: Which one are they not standing in?

East Kilbride Strathaven & Lesmahagow. Which sort of surprised me as East Kilbride shouldn't make one of their worse recruiting grounds.

Anyways, candidate totals for parties in Scotland:
Labour - 59
SNP - 59
LD - 58
Tories - 58 (LD and Tories follow tradition not to stand against the Speaker. SNP and SSP do not.)
SSP - 58. About a third of the seats in Scotland have that exact fivesome of parties on the ballot.
UKIP - 22
Scottish Green Party - 19. Is the Scottish Green Party organizationally independents of the Greens South of the border?
Socialist Labour Party - 10
Operation Christian Vote - 10
Free Scotland Party - 3
British National Party - 2. Running against Speaker Martin and against Scotland's only Muslim MP Mohammed Sarwar.
(self-proclaimed) independents - 12, from 10 different constituencies.
In addition, there are 11 parties running only one candidate each. Many of them - but not all - should probably be considered independents. In alphabetical order:
Communist Party Britain
Death Dungeons & Taxes
Independent Green Voice
Legalize Cannabis Alliance
Liberal Party
Pensioners Party Scotland
Pride in Paisley Party
Publican Party - Freedom to Smoke
Scottish Independence Party
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
Scottish Unionist Party

Similar data on Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions to follow.

Re: Ernest. I did follow the link but obviously didn't scroll very far down.

[minionofmidas]

Wales
Labour - 40
LD - 40
Tories - 40
PC - 40
UKIP - an impressive 30
Green - 11
Legalize Cannabis Alliance - 7
Forward Wales - 6
Socialist Labour Party - 6
BNP - 2
Communist Party of Britain - 2
Respect - 2
Socialist Alternative - 2
Liberal Party - 1
Veritas - 1
New Millenium Bean Party - 1
independents 12 in 12 different seats
oh, and...
Vote for Yourself - Rainbow Dream Ticket...four constituencies (all the Cardiff ones), but a single candidate.

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I forgot about the Legalize Cannabis Alliance when I went searching for numbers - they've got a total of 21 candidates

And a third of that in Wales? Odd...

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Northern Ireland
UUP 18
DUP 18. Last election they both left out a seat or three held by the other party...looks like relations between them have soured further.
SDLP 18
SF 18
Alliance 14. Worth pointing out where they're not standing: West Belfast, Foyle, West Tyrone, Fermanagh & South Tyrone
Workers Party: 7
Rainbow etc (see Wales): 7 seats, three different candidates or so. What is this anyways?
Tories: 3
Socialist Environmental Alliance: 1
independents: 5 in as many seats.

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Scottish Green Party - 19. Is the Scottish Green Party organizationally independents of the Greens South of the border?

I would doubt it. All the parties put "Scottish" before the party name on the ballot north of the border.

From their website:
"In 1990 the Scottish Green Party became a separate party from the party in England and Wales (Northern Ireland also took this route later). The separation was entirely amicable, as part of the green commitment to
decentralisation and we still share campaigns and ideas as part of the Green islands network."
Note that the Northern Irish Green Party isn't running any candidates...or maybe it is officially called "Socialist Environmental Alliance".

[minionofmidas]

Northeast (30 seats):
Labour - 30
Tories - 30
LD - 30
BNP - 9
UKIP - 7
Socialist Labour - 3
Veritas - 3
Monter Raving Loony Party - 3
Green - 2
National Front - 2
Respect - 1
English Democrats - 1
Socialist Alternative - 1
Communist Party of Britain - 1
Pensioners Party - 1
Senior Citizens Party - 1 (both standing against Tony Blair)
Blair Must Go Party - 1 (yeah, you guessed it. Standing against Tony Blair)
Save the National Health - 1
Imperial Party 1 (wtf?)
Newcastle Academy with Christian Values Party - 1 (wtf?)independents - 11, in 6 constituencies (5 independents standing against Tony Blair, plus one other constituency with two)

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Just stumbled on this factoid: Normanton constituency, in West Yorkshire, has been represented by the Labour Party since its inception 1909, and by Working class Liberals since 1885 before that...without any interruption. Any other seats with a similar record? (Yeah, I know there've been occasional boundary changes.)

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Yorkshire & Humberside
Labour - 56
LD - 56
Tories -56
BNP - 35
UKIP - 28
Greens - 21
Veritas - 7
English Democrats - 3
Alliance for Green Socialism - 3
Respect - 2
Legalize Cannabis Alliance - 2
Liberal Party - 2
Socialist Labour - 2
Socialist Alternative - 2
Alliance for Change - Restore Peoples Freedom 2
National Front - 1
Monster Raving Loony Party - 1
Death Dungeons & Taxes - 1. We had that name before.
Christian Peoples Alliance - 1 ?
Community Group - 1 ?
Northern Progress - 1 ?
Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party - 1
Iraq War. Not in my Name - 1. Obviously an independent with a fancy description.
independents - 11, in 10 seats

The following constituencies have only three candidates:
Barnsley West & Penistone, Don Valley, Selby, Vale of York
...and in the North East (every Northern Irish and every Welsh constituency has at least 4. Every Scottish constituency has at least 5.) Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blaydon, Blyth Valley, Durham North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, Tynemouth, Tyneside North.

[minionofmidas]

North West
Labour - 76
LD - 76
Tories - 76
UKIP - 64. Much stronger presence than further north & east.
BNP - 17
Veritas - 8
Green - 7
Socialist Labour - 7
Liberal - 4
Legalize Cannabis Alliance - 4
Community Action Party - 4
English Democrats - 3
Respect - 2
Socialist Alternative - 2
Workers Revolutionary Party - 2
Clause 28 - 2. What's Clause 28?
Communist Party of Britain - 1
National Front - 1
Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit - 1
Islam Zinda Baad Platform - 1
Resolutionist Party - 1
Alternative Party - 1
Xtraordinary People Party - 1
Build Duddon & Morecambe Bridges - 1. Obviously an independent.
Their Party - 1
Your Party - 1. Neighboring seats IIRC, these two.
[self-proclaimed] independents - 12, in 10 constituencies

Three candidates only in Birkenhead, Chorley, Congleton, Crewe & Nantwich, Halton, Knowsley South, and Morecambe & Lunesdale.

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West Midlands
Labour - 59
Tories - 59
UKIP - 59 !!!
LD - 58. Not running against Thomas in Wyre Forest.
BNP - 22
Green - 12
Socialist Alternative - 6
Veritas - 5
Respect - 3
SLP - 2
National Front - 1
Workers Revolutionary Party - 1
Liberal Party - 1
Monster Raving Loony Party - 1
Independent Kidderminster Health & Hospital Concern (ie, independent MP Richard Thomas) - 1
Common Good - 1
Peace & Progress - 1
Families First - 1
Freedom Party - 1
Democratic Labour Party - 1
independents - 10, in 8 constituencies

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Is it...? Okay... I didn`t check... Sorry... (hides face in shame)

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East Midlands
Labour - 44
Tories - 44
LD - 44
UKIP - 36
Veritas - 17
BNP - 7
Green - 5
Socialist Labour - 4
Monster etc - 3
English Democrats - 2
Christian Peoples Alliance - 2
SOS - Voters against Overdevelopment of Northampton - 2.
A kiss blown to whoever guesses which two.
Respect - 1
Socialist Alternative - 1
Socialist Unity - 1
independents - 11, in 9 constituencies
Organization of Free Democrats - 1
Church of the Militant Elvis Party - 1, in Erewash (the Loonies are standing there too)

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(the Loonies are standing there too)

Not a very nice thing to say about Kilroy

Oh, yeah, that loonie too.

London (74 seats)
Labour - 74
LD - 74
Tories - 74
UKIP - 59
Green - a hefty 53
Vote for Yourself - Rainbow Dream Ticket - 13 constituencies, one single candidate who obviously had 6,500 pounds to blow
BNP - just 12
Veritas - 10
Respect - 7
National Front - 6
Christian Peoples Alliance  - 6
Socialist Labour Party - 5
Workers Revolutionary Party - 5
Loonies - 3
The People's Choice! Exclusive for All - 3. In the three Croydon divisions, and no, three different candidates
English Democrats - 2
Socialist Alternative - 2
Residents' Association of London - 2 ??
Third Way - 2 ??
Liberal Party - 1
Communist Party of Britain - 1
Alliance for Green Socialism - 1
Progressive Democratic Party - 1
Peace & Progress - 1
Alliance for Change - Restore Peoples Freedom - 1
Socialist Party - 1
British Public Party - 1 ??
Civilization Party - 1 ??
Tiger's Eye - The Party for Kids - 1. Last time I checked kids didn't have votes.
The Community (London Borough of Hounslow) - 1. I call that an independent.
Croydon Pensioners Alliance - 1. Ditto.
For Integrity and Trust in Government - 1. Ditto.
Independents - 28 in 24 constituencies

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Eastern (a region that needs explaining: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk paired with Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire)
Labour - 56
Tories - 56
LD - 56
UKIP - 52
Green - 17
English Democrats - 6
BNP - 5
Veritas - 4
Respect - 3
Legalize Cannabis Alliance (why is this party not standing for any London seat?) - 2
Workers Revolutionary Party - 2
Open Forum - 2 ??
Socialist Labour - 1
National Front - 1
independents - 15, in 14 seats
plus one each by
Motorcycle News Party
Max Power Party
and
Saint Albans Party

Only three candidates in Cambridgeshire South East, Colchester and Welwyn Hatfield (the other constituency sans UKIP is Hertsmere).

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To break up the old Southeast which was a wee bit too large and unwieldy (especially since it also included London) in case regional devolution ever comes about, I'd figure...
So now there's two Home Counties regions, one north of London also including East Anglia, the other South & West of London also including Hampshire.

Southeast - 84 seats
Labour - 84
Tories - 84
LD - 84
UKIP - 84 !
Green - 31
Loonies - 8. Yeah, I always knew the Home Counties were full of loonies.
English Democrats - 6
Veritas - 5
BNP - 4
Legalize Cannabis Alliance - 4
Socialist Labour - 3
UK Community Issues Party - 3. Including two with Christian first names and the same Muslim family name.
Respect - 2
The Peace Party - 2
Socialist Alternative - 1
National Front - 1
People's Justice Party - 1. Yeah, the Brum Kashmiri Party is not standing anywhere in Brum, but it is standing in one safe Tory southeastern seat. And with a candidate with an English name, too.
Alliance for Green Socialism - 1
Peace & Progress - 1
Senior Citizens Party - 1
Your Party - 1. We've met them before.
Democratic Socialist Alliance - People before Progress - 1. Ditto.
Justice Party - 1
Millennium Council - 1
Protest Vote Party - 1
New England Party - 1
English Independence Party - 1
Silent Majority Party - 1
Independent Working Class Association - 1
UK Pathfinders - 1
Telepathic Partnership - 1
Get Britian Back Party - 1. I don't know if the typo is the BBC's or the party's own, but it isn't mine.
Independents - 24, in just 18 constituencies.

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It might also be because East Anglia was too small

That might have figured as well. Although another rather undersized region was made smaller at the same time, in the only other change.

South West (51 seats)
Labour - 51
LD - 51
Tory - 51
UKIP - 50 (all but Tewkesbury)
Green - 21
Veritas - 4
Socialist Labour - 4
Liberal Party - 4
Mebyon Kernow - 4. No Cornish Independency candidate in Saint Ives, for some reason.
Respect - 3
BNP - 3
English Democrats - 1
Socialist Alternative - 1
Legalize Cannabis Alliance - 1
Socialist Unity - 1
Loonies - 1
Wessex Regionalists - 1
English Parliamentary Party - 1
Personality AND Rational Thinking? Yes! Party - 1. No kidding. Dorset South, btw.
Save Bristol North Baths - 1. I call that an independent.
Removal of Tetramasts in Cornwall - 1. Ditto.
Demanding Honesty in Politics and Whitehall - 1. Ditto.
Independents - 22 (in 20 constituencies)

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No special reason I suppose, but I find the MK candidates' names, taken together, slightly amusing:
Dick Cole, Conan Jenkin, Graham Sandercock and Hilda Wasley.