natsocnet
05-12-2005, 03:33 AM
Controversial BNP Jewish councillor Patricia Richardson last week failed to win a second local election after being rejected by voters in Essex.
The 59-year-old contested the Loughton Central division of Essex county council last Thursday, finishing in fourth place behind victor Christopher Pond, of the Loughton Residents Association.
Nevertheless, she attracted support from 768 people, representing nearly 10 per cent of the total votes cast. A source at Loughton synagogue said: “The number of votes is worrying but I am pleased she didn’t get in.”
The shul’s minister Rev. Lorraine added: “I encouraged my community to vote for whatever party in order to reduce the possibility of a BNP candidate being successful.”
The turnout was around 62 per cent, compared with just 31 per cent when she was elected to Epping Forest district council with 258 votes last year. The seat place will not be up for grabs again until 2008.
Speaking this week, Richardson suggested the outcome to last week’s poll could have been different if the boundaries had not been altered, and claimed the region she contested included an area which had “not been familiar with our party”.
But the mother of two insisted she did not take the result as a rejection of the party in the area, saying: “Had it been a rejection we would have got zilch.” She also revealed that she had been approached about standing for Parliament within the past year....
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/stories/?disp_type=0&disp_story=qm0axW
The 59-year-old contested the Loughton Central division of Essex county council last Thursday, finishing in fourth place behind victor Christopher Pond, of the Loughton Residents Association.
Nevertheless, she attracted support from 768 people, representing nearly 10 per cent of the total votes cast. A source at Loughton synagogue said: “The number of votes is worrying but I am pleased she didn’t get in.”
The shul’s minister Rev. Lorraine added: “I encouraged my community to vote for whatever party in order to reduce the possibility of a BNP candidate being successful.”
The turnout was around 62 per cent, compared with just 31 per cent when she was elected to Epping Forest district council with 258 votes last year. The seat place will not be up for grabs again until 2008.
Speaking this week, Richardson suggested the outcome to last week’s poll could have been different if the boundaries had not been altered, and claimed the region she contested included an area which had “not been familiar with our party”.
But the mother of two insisted she did not take the result as a rejection of the party in the area, saying: “Had it been a rejection we would have got zilch.” She also revealed that she had been approached about standing for Parliament within the past year....
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/stories/?disp_type=0&disp_story=qm0axW