This week's key by-election
results:
St
Edmundsbury Borough Council (Haverhill East): UKIP 529, Lab 240, Con 157, LD 54, (UKIP gain from
Con).
Haverhill Town Council (Haverhill East): UKIP 630, LD 107,
Lab 229, (UKIP gain from Con).
Salford, Swinton
South: Lab 661, Con 298, UKIP 215, Green
196, ED 54, TUSAC 43.
UKIP
demonstrated the party’s rapid insurgence at grassroots level last night with
two stunning by-election wins in Haverhill, winning a majority of the vote in
both elections. The party took both a St Edmundsbury Borough Council seat with
54% of the vote and a Haverhill Town Council seat with 64% of the votes
cast.
The
party is lauding the results as a clear signal that their popularity at local
level will help to pave the way for good results in the 2015 General Election,
as well as in the European Elections in May.
Tony
Brown, who has already been elected as a UKIP Councillor on Suffolk County
Council, received 529 votes in the Haverhill East Ward last night. This was more
than the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates put
together.
UKIP's
Paul Firman meanwhile received 630 votes, a massive 64% of the vote, defeating
the Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates.
UKIP
Leader Nigel Farage said: "These fantastic UKIP gains highlight just how popular
the party is becoming at a local level. It is a sign of UKIP's growth that
voters are now turning to UKIP not just on national issues, but at local Council
level as well. It’s this sort of strength at local level that is so vital for a
strong performance in the 2015 general election."
Both
of these wins demonstrate UKIP's increasing popularity not only on issues such
as membership of the EU and immigration but with policies across the board, with
voters now showing that by voting UKIP they will end up with UKIP representation
on
Councils.
