Friday, May 06, 2005
Respect Success
"There is a revolt spreading throughout the land in those areas where the poorest people live, where the immigrants, where the exploited live. The revolt is spreading in these areas because these are the areas New Labour has betrayed the most in the last eight years.
"We will now build on our campaign to capture the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham, starting on Monday. We intend to be the new broom that sweeps clean these two rotten boroughs. …"
Extract from Galloway's victory speech.
Selected results:
Bethnal Green and Bow - George Galloway - 15,807 (38.9%)
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath - Salma Yaqoob - 10,498 (27.5%)
East Ham - Abdul Khaliq Mian - 8,171 (20.7%)
West Ham - Lynsey German - 6,039 (19.5%)
Poplar and Canning Town - Oliur Rahman - 6,573 (17.2%)
Preston - Michael Lavalette - 2,318 (6.8%)
Leicester South - Yvonne Ridley - 2,720 (6.4%)
Tottenham - Janet Alder - 2,014 (6.4%)
Slough - Ajaz Khan - 1,632 (4.4%)
Sheffield Central - Maxine Bowler - 1,284 (4.3%)
"We will now build on our campaign to capture the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham, starting on Monday. We intend to be the new broom that sweeps clean these two rotten boroughs. …"
Extract from Galloway's victory speech.
Selected results:
Bethnal Green and Bow - George Galloway - 15,807 (38.9%)
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath - Salma Yaqoob - 10,498 (27.5%)
East Ham - Abdul Khaliq Mian - 8,171 (20.7%)
West Ham - Lynsey German - 6,039 (19.5%)
Poplar and Canning Town - Oliur Rahman - 6,573 (17.2%)
Preston - Michael Lavalette - 2,318 (6.8%)
Leicester South - Yvonne Ridley - 2,720 (6.4%)
Tottenham - Janet Alder - 2,014 (6.4%)
Slough - Ajaz Khan - 1,632 (4.4%)
Sheffield Central - Maxine Bowler - 1,284 (4.3%)
