2010 LEFT GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition (TUSC): Candidates 42; TOTAL VOTE 12,275; Average % 0.9%

Region	Seat	Candidate	Result	% of vote
East Mids	Leicester West	Steve Score.	157	0.4%
East Mids	Wellingborough & Rushdon	Councillor Paul Croft	249	0.5%
Eastern	Cambridge City	Martin Booth	362	0.7%
London	Lewisham Deptford	Socialist Party Councillor Ian Page	645	1.6%
London	Walthamstow	Nancy Taaffe	279	0.68%
London	Greenwich and Woolwich	Onay Kasab	267	0.6%
London	Tottenham	Jenny Sutton	1057	2.6%
Northern	Gateshead	Elaine Brunskill	266	0.7%
Northern	Redcar	Hannah Walter	127	0.3%
North West	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Lynn Worthington	268	0.65%
North West	Bootle	Pete Glover	472	1.1%
North West	Carlisle	John Metcalfe	376	0.9%
North West	Liverpool Walton	Darren Ireland	195	0.57%
North West	Manchester Gorton	Karen Reissman	337	0.9%
North West	Salford	David Henry	730	2%
Southern	Southampton Itchin	Tim Cutter	168	0.4%
Southern	Spelthorne	Paul Couchman	176	0.4%
Southern	Portsmouth North	Mick Tosh	154	0.3%
South East	Brighton Kemptown	Dave Hill	194	0.5%
South West	Bristol South	Tom Baldwin	206	0.4%
South West	Bristol East	Rachel (Rae) Lynch	198	0.4%
Wales	Cardiff Central	Ross Saunders	162	0.4%
Wales	Swansea West	Rob Williams	179	0.5%
West Mids	Coventry North East	Dave Nellist	1592	3.7%
West Mids	Coventry South	Judy Griffiths	691	1.55%
West Mids	Coventry North West	Nikki Downes	370	0.8%
West Mids	Stoke Central	Matt Wright	133	0.4%
Yorkshire	Colne Valley	Councillor Jackie Grunsell.	741	1.3%
Yorkshire	Hull West + Hessle	Keith Gibson.	150	0.5%
Yorkshire	Doncaster North	Bill Rawcliffe	181	0.4%
Yorkshire	Huddersfield	Paul Cooney	319	0.8%
Yorkshire	Sheffield Brightside	Maxine Bowler	656	1.7%

Scotland:

Seat	Candidate	Result	% of vote
Glasgow South West	Tommy Sheridan	931	2.9%
Glasgow South	Brian Smith	351	0.9%
Glasgow North	Angela McCormack	287	1%
Glasgow North East	Graham Campbell	187	0.6%
Edinburgh East	Gary Clark	274	0.7%
Edinburgh North & Leith	Willie Black	233	0.5%
Midlothian	Willie Duncan	166	0.4%
Dundee West	Jim McFarlane	350	1.2%
Motherwell & Wishaw	Ray Gunnion	609	2%
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	George McDonald	135	0.3%

RESPECT Candidates 11; TOTAL VOTE 33,251; Average % – 4.6%

CONSTITUENCY CANDIDATE RESULT % of vote

Birmingham Hall Green Salma Yaqoob 12240 25.1%

Poplar & Limehouse George Galloway 8160 17.5%

Bethnal Green & Bow Abjol Miah 8532 16.8%

Bradford West Arshad Ali 1245 3.1%

Blackley & Broughton ay Phillips 996 2.9%

Oldham West & Royton Shahid Miah 627 1.5%

Manchester Gorton Mohammed Zulfikar 507 1.3%

Garston & Halewood Diana Raby 286 0.7%

Croydon North Mohommad Shaikh 272 0.5%

Brent Central Abdi Duale 230 0.5%

Enfield Southgate Samad Billoo 174 0.4%

SSP Candidates 10; TOTAL VOTE 3,157; Average % – 0.8%

Aberdeen North	Ewan Robertson	268	0.71%
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintiloch	Willie O&#apos;Neil	476	1.16%
Dundee East	Angela Gorrie	254	0.63%
Edinburgh South West	Colin Fox	319	0.70%
Glasgow Central	James Nesbitt	357	1.17%
Glasgow East	Fances Curran	454	1.41%
Glasgow North East	Kevin McVey	179	0.61%
Livingston	Ally Hendry	242	0.51%
Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Chris Rollo	233	0.53%
Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Jimmy Kerr	375	0.94%

DLP Walsall North Peter Smith 842 2.3%

WRP Candidates 8; TOTAL VOTE 855; Average % – 0.2%

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%

SLP Candidates 23; TOTAL VOTE 7,196; Average % – 0.8%

Camberwell & Peckham Margaret Sharkey 184 0.4

Brighton Ian Fyvie 148 0.3

Glasgow NE Jim Berrington 156 0.5

Ayrshire N Louise McDaid 449 1.0

Ayrshire Central James McDaid 422 1.0

Dunbartonshire W Katharine McGavigan 505 1.2

Edinburgh N David Jacobsen 141 0.3

Birminghsm Perry Bar John Tyrrell 527 1.3

Wolverhampton Shangara Bhatoe 337 1.0

St Helens N Stephen Watham 483 1.1

Liverpool W Derby Kai Andersen 614 1.7

Liverpool Wavertree Kim Singleton 200 0.5

Manchester C Ron Sinclair 153 0.4

Newport E Liz Screen 123 0.4

Blaenau Gwent Alyson O’connel 381 1.2

Pontypridd Simon Parsons 456 1.2

Merthyr Tydfill Alan Cowdell 195 0.6

Plymough Sutton Robert Hawkins 123 0.3

Plymouth Moor V David Marchesi 208 0.5

Cambourne & Red Robert Hawkins 168 0.4

Barnsley Central Terry Robinson 356 1.0

Barnsley East Ken Capstick 601 1.6

Derbyshire S Paul Liversuch 266 0.5

AWL Camberwell & Peckham Jill Mountford 75 0.2

CPB Candidates 6; TOTAL VOTE 1059; Average % – 0.4%

Croydon N Ben Stevenson 272 0.5%

Glasgow NW Marc Livingstone 179 0.5%

Newcastle E Martine 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%

AGS Candidates 6; TOTAL VOTE 1581 Average % – 0.7%

Leeds E Michael Davies 429 1.1%

Leeds NE Celia Foote 596 1.3%

Leeds NW Trevor Bavage 121 0.3%

Kensington Eddie Adams 197 0.6%

Scarborough Juliet Boddington 111 0.2%

Vale of Clwyd Mike Butler 127 0.4%

“Left Independents”

“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 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%

Workers Vauxhall Jeremy Drinkall 109 0.3

Power

Peace Party Candidates 3; TOTAL VOTE 737; Average % – 05%

Guildford John Morris 280 0.5%

Horsham Jim Duggan 253 0.5%

Woking Julie Roxburgh 204 0.4%

People Before Profit Candidates 2; TOTAL VOTE 3268; Average % – 4.3%

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 Equality Party Candidates 2; TOTAL VOTE 170; Average % – 0.2%

Oxford E David O’Sullivan 116 0.2%

Manchester Central Robert Skelton 54 0.1%

Socialist Party of Great Britain

Vauxhall Daniel Lambert 143 0.3%

Unity for Peace and Socialism

Leicester E Atvar Sadiq 494 1.0%

“LEFT LABOUR” – LRC-backed Labour Party candidates

Candidates 29; TOTAL VOTE 458,424; Average % – 34.8%

Hackney N and

Stoke Newington Diane Abbott 25,553 55.0% (+6.%)

Islington N Jeremy Corbyn 24,276 54.5% (+3.3%)

Hayes and Harlington John McDonnell 23,377 54.8% (-1.6%)

Bolsover Dennis Skinner 21,994 50.0% (-15.2%)

Luton N Kelvin Hopkins 21,192 49.3% (+0.7%)

Ashton under Lyne David Heyes 18,604 48.4% (-10.1%)

Ayrshire N and Arran Katy Clark 21,660 47.4% (+3.5%)

Midlothian David Hamilton 18,449 47.% (+1.5%)

Wansbeck Ian Lavery 17,548 45.8% (-9.3%)

Oldham W and Royton Michael Meacher 19,503 45.5% (-2.9%)

Blyth Valley Ronnie Campbell 17,156 44.5% (-10.5%)

Leyton and Wanstead John Cryer 17,511 43.6% (-2.2%)

Llanelli Nia Griffiths 15,916 42.5% (-4.5%)

Batley and Spen Mike Wood 21,565 41.5% (-3.7%)

Newport W Paul Flynn 16,389 41.3% (-3.6%)

Stroud David Drew 22,380 38.6% (-1.5%)

Gower Martin Caton 16,016 38.4% (-4.0%)

Halifax Linda Riordan 16,278 37.4% (-4.5%)

Dundee E Katrina Murray 13,529 33.3% (-2.9%)

Great Grimsby Austin Mitchell 10,777 32.7% (-14.4%)

Pendle Gordon Prentice 13,927 30.9% (-6.2%)

Kettering Phil Sawford 14,153 29.9% (-12.7%)

Clwyd W Donna Hutton 9,414 24.7% (-11.3%)

Bury St Edmunds Kevin Hind 9,776 16.6% (-10.7%)

Rutland and Melton John Morgan 7,893 14.3% (-10.6%)

Isle of Wight Mark Chiverton 8,169 11.6% (-5.6%)

Hampshire NW Sarah Evans 6,980 13.1% (-7.7%)

Tunbridge Wells Gary Heather 5,448 10.8% (-9.6%)

Yeovil Lee Skevington 2,991 5.2% (-5.3%)

TOTALS ARE AS FOLLOWS: (EXCLUDING THE LRC BACKED LABOUR CANDIDATES)

18 DIFFERENT LEFT ORGANISATIONS STOOD 121 CANDIDATES BETWEEN THEM. THE TOTAL VOTE FOR THESE 121 LEFT CANDIDATES WAS 55,596. THIS REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE OF 1.5%. THE 12 ‘LEFT INDEPENDENTS’ OBTAINED A FURTHER 10, 174 VOTES, AT AN AVERAGE OF 2.2%. THIS GIVES AN OVERALL TOTAL LEFT VOTE OF 65,770, WHICH THEN AVERAGES 1.6% OVER THE 133 CONSTITUENCIES CONTESTED

Pete McLaren 12/05/10