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Friday July 16, 2004 16:12

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Bliar suffered a dramatic rejection by the voters of Leicester South and Birmingham Hodge Hill on Thursday night.

In Leicester South they lost a 13,000 majority to the Lib Dems posing as an anti-war party. In Hodge Hill their majority was reduced by 11,000 to just 460.

And Michael Howard's Tories came a humiliating third in both seats.

Meanwhile Respect, just six months old and with just a couple of weeks to campaign in, got spectacular and unprecedented votes in both seats.

In Leicester South, Yvonne Ridley received 3,724 votes, a 12.66% share of the vote. In Hodge Hill, John Rees received 1,282 votes, a 6.27% share of the vote. In both elections Respect was a very clear fourth.

These are quite extraordinary results by any standards. It is without precedent in recent political history for a minor party to do so well in two simultaneous by-elections and this was in the face of the mobilisation of the political machines of all three of the major parties.

The Lib Dems in particular ran an intensive campaign to try and squeeze Respect's votes in the final week of the campaigns. It is remarkable that so much of our vote resisted these pressures.

This is the boost Respect needed to begin to establish itself as a serious challenger. No longer will the media be able to pretend we don't exist and there has been much grudging acknowledgement of our achievement in the final stages of the campaign and with the announcement of the results.

Respect is enormously grateful for the very hard work many members and supporters put in in both campaigns. Our next electoral challenge will be the council by-election in St. Dunstans and Stepney Green ward, Tower Hamlets, on 29th July where Oliur Rahman is standing for Respect.

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Comments (43 of 43)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Breakthrough my arse	Ray	Fri Jul 16, 2004 16:27
2	Socialist me arse	ReSect watch	Fri Jul 16, 2004 16:34
3	Is a good Respect vote a positive thing?	Stephen Daedalus	Fri Jul 16, 2004 16:36
4	Eh, Steve?	Ray	Fri Jul 16, 2004 16:45
5	Ray: Deal with the political questions I raise	Stephen Daedalus	Fri Jul 16, 2004 17:07
6	Poor ol' Stephen	Molly	Fri Jul 16, 2004 17:15
7	Ray	RayWatch	Fri Jul 16, 2004 17:28
8	I've heard it all now	Ray	Fri Jul 16, 2004 17:30
9	Stephen (Socialist Party maybe???)	curious	Fri Jul 16, 2004 17:42
10	???	Curious eile	Fri Jul 16, 2004 17:50
11	Wiping their eye how?	curious	Fri Jul 16, 2004 17:53
12	membership	Stephen Daedalus	Fri Jul 16, 2004 18:09
13	Ahem	Curious eile	Fri Jul 16, 2004 18:11
14	Its the balaclavas	Ray	Fri Jul 16, 2004 18:18
15	Find a room	Stephen Daedalus	Fri Jul 16, 2004 18:21
16	Ah but they did alright in Ardoyne the other night?	C e	Fri Jul 16, 2004 18:21
17	Has anybody noticed?	Spuppy watch	Fri Jul 16, 2004 18:28
18	Stephen and the SP	curious	Fri Jul 16, 2004 18:55
19	scab	.	Fri Jul 16, 2004 21:19
20	'Respect' has just saved Blair from overwhelming defeat.	David C.	Fri Jul 16, 2004 21:31
21	seeing the threads already gone off topic	paul c	Fri Jul 16, 2004 21:43
22	Respect is responsible because...	David C.	Fri Jul 16, 2004 22:01
23	Why the Lib Dems lost in one	Bloom	Fri Jul 16, 2004 22:04
24	OK, then.....	David C.	Fri Jul 16, 2004 22:20
25	A break-through?	HV	Fri Jul 16, 2004 23:35
26	Respect Election Results improving allright	tallyho	Sat Jul 17, 2004 02:09
27	according to this, they may have broken through MEDIA BLACKOUT fromlast time	MEDIA BLACKOUT	Sat Jul 17, 2004 02:24
28	Lib Dems/ John Kerry etc are no alternative to Bush and Blair	Stephen Daedalus	Sat Jul 17, 2004 15:07
29	Bit of an exaggeration	f	Sat Jul 17, 2004 16:16
30	election results	f	Sat Jul 17, 2004 16:32
31	Full Results	Tallyman	Sat Jul 17, 2004 17:35
32	A sad day for the left	Conor	Mon Jul 19, 2004 17:38
33	Reaction in Ireland	Stephen Daedalus	Mon Jul 19, 2004 20:58
34	Why Does f Lie?	SPwatch	Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:01
35	SP in Coventry	Tallyman	Tue Jul 20, 2004 15:37
36	Honesty	SPwatch	Tue Jul 20, 2004 16:05
37	respect...ireland?	moonwolf	Wed Jul 21, 2004 00:01
38	Hey Conor what's your reading of Malcolm X?	Joeboy	Wed Jul 21, 2004 00:02
39	http://www.respectcoalition.com	Conor	Wed Jul 21, 2004 19:30
40	Respect	boris	Thu Jul 22, 2004 04:14
41	R U Seerious?	chris daedalus	Thu Jul 22, 2004 16:18
42	Link to SP article on by-election	SP watch	Thu Jul 22, 2004 20:09
43	Anyone from the irish SWP prepared to state position on respect?	Conor	Fri Jul 23, 2004 14:52

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