Electoral Performance
The BNP has contested seats in England, Wales and Scotland. In January 2011, the party registered in Northern Ireland. Research from Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin shows that the typical BNP supporter is a middle-aged, working-class male with low levels of educational attainment from the declining industrial towns of the North and Midlands regions of England.
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