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'We have won the most sensational victory': George Galloway secures shock victory in Bradford West by-election
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Mar 29, 2012 10:48pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Gerri Peev and Suzannah Hills |
| Media | Newspaper - Daily Mail |
| News Date | Friday, March 30, 2012 03:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | George Galloway has delivered a humiliating blow to Labour by snatching the Bradford West seat that the party had held for nearly four decades.
He scored a dramatic victory with a 10,000-plus majority in what he called a 'massive rejection' of mainstream parties.
Respect swept from fifth place at the 2010 general election to a commanding victory for the ex-Labour anti-war campaigner against his former party on a swing of 36.59 per cent.
It was 'the most sensational result in British by-election history bar none', he said on stage after being declared the victor with well over half the total votes.
He secured a total of 18,341 votes - easily knocking Labour into second place with just 8,201.
The Conservatives took third place after a disastrous week for the Government with 2,746 votes, followed by the Liberal Democrats with just 1,505, and other candidates jointly taking 2,021 ballots.
Last night Mr Galloway tweeted: ‘By the Grace of God we have won the most sensational victory in British political history.’
After securing his victory, he said: ‘It is a very comprehensive defeat for new Labour. It’s a miserable, pathetic performance by the Government and the parties. The big three political parties have had a very salutary, unkind lesson this evening and I hope that they all take note.
'The people of Bradford have spoken this evening for people in inner cities everywhere in the United Kingdom.' |
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