BRITAIN: Respect polls more than 250,000

November 17, 1993
Issue 
586
World

In the June European Parliament elections, the progressive unity coalition Respect, running former Labour MP George Galloway as its lead candidate, obtained an average of 1.7% of the vote across England and Wales. This modest result, however, includes a number of spectacular results from individual boroughs.

In the London borough of Tower Hamlets, for example, Respect scored the highest vote of any party with more than 20%, and more than 10,000 votes. In Newnham, another London borough, Respect scored 21%.

In 10 Birmingham inner-city wards Respect polled between 18% and 39% of the vote. The average in these ten wards was 24%.

Respect also contested the Greater London Assembly election also held on June 10, and polled just under 5%, narrowly missing out on getting a candidate elected to the GLA.

From 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, June 23, 2004.
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