As expected, Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare its result. The vote shares were as follows:
Labour 19,137 (50.3%)
Conservative 8,147 (21.4%)
Liberal Democrat 5,292 (13.9%)
Independent 2,462 (6.5%)
BNP 1,961 (5.2%)
UKIP 1,022 (2.7%)
Disappointingly, the BNP came in fifth place behind an Independent. Still, the 5.2% share was a small increase on the 3.8% secured in 2005 in the predecessor seat of Sunderland South. The BBC for some reason reported the result as representing a 2% decline in the BNP share of the vote. This is either an 'error', or a straight lie. This was a Labour stronghold, but represented an 8.3% decline on the vote that they achieved in 2005 in Sunderland South. The Labour majority was 10,990 on a turnout of 55%.
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