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In England, as well as the General Election there are also local elections in many parts of the country. Respect have the strongest local councillor base of all the left parties and will be fighting most seats in this election. Results are being counted alongside the General Election though in some cases they will not be counted until the morning.
The most important Respect campaign is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets where the Party is contesting all 51 seats up for election with hopes of a strong showing. Respect won 12 seats in the last elections in 2006 though the split with the SWP in 2007 and a number of other defections to Labour have reduced that number down to six currently. With a strong parliamentary campaign in the two parliamentary seats this will be the one to watch though there are already allegations of huge postal vote fraud that could see many results being close, recounts and challenges. Don’t expect this one to be resolved until well past breakfast time! The referendum on an elected mayor called for by Respect will also be counted alongside the other two elections.
Respect’s best election results in terms of votes and proportion in London in 2006 were actually in the London Borough of Newham where the Party contested all 60 seats plus the Mayoral election coming a strong second across the borough. However Newham is such a strong Labour Party area that Respect only won three seats, now down to one following defections. The focus on Tower Hamlets has meant a scaling down and Respect is standing 12 candidates.
In Birmingham City Council, Respect is only contesting the four wards that make up the Hall Green constituency where Salma Yaqoob is fighting hard for the parliamentary seat. Salma is also standing in the Council elections defending her seat of Sparkbrook where Respect holds all three seats and she is expected to win by a landslide. Respect are hoping to make advances on their previous results in Springfield and Moseley & Kings Heath wards.
In Greater Manchester, Respect is conducting its first widespread campaign with seven candidates for Manchester City Council, one candidate for Salford City Council, two candidates for Rochdale Borough Council and four candidates for Oldham Borough Council. In addition, Respect member and Socialist Resistance supporter Steve Hall is contesting Atherton ward in Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council under the umbrella of the local left wing group, the Community Action Party.
Respect are contesting five seats in Bradford City Council and three for the London Borough of Redbridge.
Respect’s candidate numbers by Council area:
| Tower Hamlets | 51 |
| Newham | 12 |
| Manchester | 7 |
| Salford | 1 |
| Oldham | 4 |
| Rochdale | 2 |
| Bradford | 5 |
| Birmingham | 4 |
| Redbridge | 3 |
| Total | 89 |
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