By-Election: A Real Target For UKIP?

General Election 2010: Heywood and Middleton[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim Dobbin	18,499	40.1	−8.2
	Conservative	Mike Holly	12,528	27.2	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Wera Hobhouse	10,474	22.7	+2.5
	BNP	Peter Greenwood	3,239	7.0	+2.6
	UKIP	Victoria Cecil	1,215	2.6	+0.7
	Independent	Chrissy Lee	170	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,971	12.9	−13.6
Turnout			46,125	57.5	+3.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−6.8

It is with regret that I note the death of Jim Dobbin, a Labour MP with both faith and conscience.