In order to show how irrelevant the 2009 European Elections are, and the claim that 1,000,000 people support / voted for the BNP, let's gather some more recent numbers. In the 2011 local elections the BNP didn't even appear on the radar. They were wiped out of Stoke on Trent, all five councillors were lost. They were only defending 13 seats nationwide and lost a massive 11 of these. Not a single new seat was gained.
In the 2009 European Elections turnout across Great Britain was 15,136,932, representing 34% of the electorate. The BNP got 943,598 votes working out at just over 6.2% of the total, not bad really.
In the 2010 General Election turnout across Great Britain was 29,691,780, representing 65% of the electorate. The BNP got 563,743 votes working out at 1.9% of the total, not that good really, and a much more realistic picture of the electorate's attitude towards the BNP.
To truly understand the 2010 General Election results, we need to look at the previous one.
In the 2005 General Election turnout across Great Britain was 27,148,510, representing 61% of the electorate. The BNP got 192,745 votes working out at 0.7% of the total.
So the BNP's share of the vote increased between 2005 and 2010, SUCCESS! Well, no. Whilst their share of the vote increased, this doesn't mean anything in terms of getting elected. The BNP applied a unique strategy of 'fling enough shit and some will stick'. They threw out a record 338 candidates, anybody who wanted to stand was allowed. This was the strategy. But a candidate isn't elected on the nationwide total, this is why the Green party focused on Brighton, and successfully gained an MP!
We need to look at the average votes for each BNP candidate:
In 2005 the average votes per candidate for the BNP was 1,647
In 2010 the average votes per candidate for the BNP was 1,663
This represents an increase of an extra 16 votes per candidate.
Which is nothing.
This was all about numbers for Griffin! There was no policy of actually growing in terms of political power, he just needed numbers to plaster all over the website! 338 candidates! 563,743 votes! Wow! Next! The World! It was an absolute waste of money, it costs £500 to stand and if you get less than 5% of the vote, then you lose it. 265 lost deposits cost the BNP £132,500.
The only thing they have to talk about, being careful not to use the word success here, but they certainly seemed to see it as a success, was the 'election' of several parish councillors in 2010-2011. This was a brilliant strategy devised by Clive Jefferson, they looked for seats which were uncontested, and then walked into them. It isn't winning if you're the only one playing Clive!
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