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Re: George Galloway wins Bradford West by-election
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...-labour-harman
Bradford West byelection result is very bad for Labour, Harriet Harman admits.
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Harriet Harman, the deputy Labour party leader, has admitted the result of the Bradford West byelection was "very bad" for Labour.
Labour's shocked candidate Imran Hussain was crushed by a 36.59% swing from Labour to Respect that saw George Galloway take the seat with a majority of 10,140 on a turnout of just over 50%.
Voters turned their backs on the mainstream parties with Labour's share of the vote down 20% on its 2010 figure, while the Conservatives dropped by almost 23% and the Liberal Democrats lost their deposit after netting 4.59% of the votes, down 7% on the 2010 general election result. Galloway's result represented the first byelection win by an independent since 1973 and the first time an opposition party has lost one of its seats since the Romsey byelection in 2000
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