Election Results
| London Assembly election, 2008: South West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tony Arbour | 76,913 | 40.8 | +7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Knight | 49,985 | 26.5 | –3.8 | |
| Labour | Ansuya Sodha | 30,190 | 16.0 | –1.0 | |
| Green | John Hunt | 12,774 | 6.8 | +0.1 | |
| National Front | Andrew Cripps | 4,754 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Peter Dul | 3,779 | 2.0 | –6.4 | |
| Christian Choice | Sue May | 3,718 | 1.9 | –0.1 | |
| Free England | Andrew Constantine | 2,908 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| English Democrats | Roger Cooper | 1,874 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Left List | Tansy Hoskins | 1,526 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 26,928 | 14.3 | +11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 188,421 | 45.4 | +6.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Two candidates also stood in the local elections held on the same day. In the Fawdon ward of Newcastle upon Tyne council, Martin Thompson won 367 votes, 12.4% of the total.
| Newcastle upon Tyne Local Elections, Fawdon Ward | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Brenda Hindmarsh | 1770 | 60.0 | - | |
| Labour | Catherine McKinnell | 620 | 21.0 | - | |
| Free England | Martin Thompson | 367 | 12.4 | - | |
| Conservative | Stephen Warrick | 194 | 6.6 | - | |
| Majority | 1150 | 39.0 | - | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +0 | |||
In the Pin Green ward of Stevenage Borough, Richard Aitkins took 158 votes, 11.6% of the total. In a by-election in Pin Green in September 2008 Richard Aitkins took 81 votes,6.2%. The party took a conscious decision not to stand in the 2009 European or County Elections, and to conserve resources for the upcoming General Election.
In June 2009, the Party Secretary Richard Aitkins and the Policy Chairman Martin Thompson left the party after disagreements within the NEC. In September, due to work commitments, Andrew Constantine stepped down as leader and became the party treasurer. Tom Wyatt, the previous Regional Organiser for the North East, took over as party leader. Adrian Thompson became Party secretary but stood down after 44 days in the post.
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