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Labour hold UKIP target seat Great Grimsby

May 8, 2015 by Steph Butcher 1 Comment

Labour managed to hold Great Grimsby with a majority of 4,566. This constituency was a UKIP target seat they were aiming to gain, but have ended up coming in behind both Conservatives and Labour.

Labour Party counts come in at: 13,440

Conservative Party comes in at: 8,874

UKIP count comes in at: 8,417

Liberal Democrats count come in at: 1,680

Green Party count comes in at: 783

Gary Calder as an independent count comes in at: 390

 

 

Filed Under: National, News Tagged With: GE2015, Great Grimsby, results, ukip

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  1. Dianne Payne says

    May 8, 2015 at 3:24 am

    Nicola Sturgeon has done everything she can to wreck the UK – why. Zero hour contracts – rubbish I worked for a cleaning company for a short while part time was allowed to keep £5 of my wages it cost £10 in busy fare ¬ where’s the justice in that!

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