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Originally Posted by Pierre
As i recall it, UKIP, and before it the BNP did very well in the Labour heartlands.
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Not sure if you can count never having an MP elected in a by-election or General Election in the Labour heartlands as "did very well"...
In fact, they’ve only had 2 MPs elected in by-elections (when Carswell and Reckless resigned), and only 1 in a General Election (Carswell, who has since re-joined the Conservatives).
No UKIP candidate, who wasn’t already the sitting MP previously for another party, has ever won a seat in the House of Commons (no matter how many times (7) NF tried).