Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition election results explained

This article lists the election results of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in UK elections.

General elections

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Peter Glover4721.1
Dave Hill1940.5
Rae Lynch1840.4
Tom Baldwin2060.4
Martin Booth3620.7
John Metcalfe1620.4
Ross Saunders3760.9
Jackie Grunsell7411.3
Dave Nellist1,5923.7
Nicky Downes3700.8
Judy Griffiths6911.5
Bill Rawcliffe1810.4
Jim McFarlane3571.0
Gary Clark2740.7
Willie Black2330.5
Elaine Brunskill2660.7
Angela McCormick2871.0
Graham Campbell1870.6
Brian Smith3510.9
Tommy Sheridan9312.9
Onay Kasab2670.6
Paul Cooney3190.8
George MacDonald1350.3
Keith Gibson1500.5
Steve Score1570.4
Ian Page6451.6
Darren Ireland1950.6
Karen Reissman3370.9
Willie Duncan1660.4
Ray Gunnion6091.6
Mick Tosh1540.3
Hannah Walter1270.3
David Henry7301.8
Maxine Bowler6561.7
Tim Cutter1680.4
Paul Couchman1760.4
Matthew Wright1330.4
Rob Williams1790.5
Jenny Sutton1,0572.6
Nancy Taaffe2790.7
Paul Crofts2490.5
Lynn Worthington2680.7
Source:[1]
Constituency Candidate Votes %
Owen Herbert1340.4
Tyrinne Rutherford2060.5
Joseph Mambuliya1830.4
Dave Gibson5731.6
Ralph Dyson3640.9
Dawn Wheelhouse1230.2
Kingsley Abrams1420.3
Glyn Robbins9491.8
John Vickers2120.6
Robert Punton3310.8
Eamonn Flynn1350.3
John Vickers2090.4
Peter Glover5001.1
John Boyle2350.5
Aaron David1180.3
Matt Gordon2290.5
Anne Lemon1600.3
Tom Baldwin3020.6
Rachel Ball1780.4
Nick Wrack2920.6
Steve Williams1100.3
Ross Saunders2580.6
Helen Jones1830.4
Ivor Riddell1250.3
Matt Whale2020.4
Len Hockey2410.6
Malcolm Morland2150.5
Nicky Downes6331.5
Dave Nellist1,7693.9
Judy Griffiths6501.5
April Ashley1270.2
Glen Hart2610.5
Alan Docherty2230.5
Chris Fernandez2250.6
Steve Williams4371.0
Mev Akram4211.0
Mary Jackson2580.7
David Pitt1390.4
Steve Nally2480.5
Carlo Morelli1040.2
Jim McFarlane3040.7
David Hofman2140.4
Lois Austin2300.4
Declan Clune1140.2
Ayesha Saleem1170.2
Bruce Whitehead1220.2
Lewis Peacock3600.9
Felicity Dowling1920.4
Joe Simpson1770.4
Ed Potts1900.4
Seth Cruse2440.4
Jacqui Berry2730.6
Andrew Elliott1190.3
Angela McCormick1600.4
Jamie Cocozza2180.6
Brian Smith2990.6
Sue Powell580.1
Mark Evans1030.2
Val O'Flynn1730.5
Lynne Chamberlain3700.8
Brian Debus3020.6
David Brown1740.4
Nana Asante2050.4
Dave Hill1440.3
Mike Forster3400.8
Josh Rawcliffe1510.4
Norman Hall3851.0
Laurel Fogarty1740.3
Paul Spooner1710.5
Richard Worth840.2
Liz Kitching3300.7
Ben Mayor2050.5
Michael Barker5401.1
Andrew Walton3490.8
Heather Rawling2880.8
Stephen Hall5421.2
Chris Flood2860.6
Martin Powell-Davies3910.8
Elaine Smith3440.7
Tony Mulhearn5821.3
David Walsh3620.9
Scott Jones1230.3
Alex Davidson2700.6
Simon Hickman2640.6
Karen Seymour3240.7
Katie Simpson1630.3
Paul Phillips1700.4
Sean Brogan2210.5
Tim Wall3040.6
Eileen Hunter1380.3
Cathy Meadows1600.5
Andrew Clayworth2300.5
Paul Reilly1940.4
Emma Saunders1650.5
James Morbin1080.2
Jim Halfpenny1930.4
Louise Parker1520.4
Esther Pearson980.3
Hugo Pierre3670.7
Jon Woods2310.5
Sean Hoyle2350.5
Neil Adams830.2
Dan Burn2020.4
Simon Thomas1030.2
Pat McLaughlin4091.1
Peter McLaren2250.5
Wally Kennedy3020.6
Noreen Bailey5171.2
Ian Wilson1370.3
Maxine Bowler4421.1
Alan Munro2380.6
Ian Whitehouse1850.4
Sue Atkins2330.5
Nick Chaffey4030.9
Paul Couchman2280.5
Trevor Palmer1750.4
Matthew Wright3721.0
Unjum Mirza1640.3
Pauline Gorman790.2
Ronnie Job1590.5
Stephen German1180.2
Jenny Sutton1,3243.1
Gary Harbord1800.4
Mick Griffiths2870.7
Peter Smith5451.5
Nancy Taaffe3940.9
Kevin Bennett2380.4
Gary Duncan3410.9
Mark O'Connor1780.3
Joseph Whyte940.2
Richard Shattock1420.3
Pete McNally1530.3
Steve North1420.3
Lynn Worthington2150.5
Megan Ollerhead2880.6
Source:[2]

By-elections

2010–2015 Parliament

By-election Candidate Votes %
Alex Davidson2201.3
Ralph Dyson2611.2
John Malcolm2771.6
Daz Proctor620.1
Source:[3]

2019–2024 Parliament

By-election Candidate Votes %
3602.1
Chris Sermanni 1780.6
Sources:[4] [5]

Scottish Parliament elections

2016

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Leah Ganley4371.5
Jim McFarlane6422.3
Brian Smith9093.0
Ian Leech5552.0
Jamie Cocozza5832.3
Jim Halfpenny4141.3
Sources:[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

2021

Regional

Region Candidates Votes %
Brian Smith, Sinead Daly, Oisin
Duncan, Maddie Jamieson 		6450.2
Sean Robertson, Yolanda Piotrowicz,
Luke Ivory 		2800.1
Jim Halfpenny, Lynda McEwan, Ian
Kerr 		4790.1
Source:[12]

Constituency

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Lucas Grant 2400.7
Wayne Scott 2870.9
Jim McFarlane 4321.3
Source:[13]

Welsh Senedd elections

2011

Region Candidates Votes %
Ross Saunders, Sarah Mayo, Brian Lewis, Helen Jones, Andrew Price, Filipa Machado,
Leanne Francis, Rae Lewis-Ayling, Nagina Kabul, Glyn Matthews, Keiron Hopkins, Rowena Mason 		8300.4
Ronnie Job, Owen Herbert, Mark Evans, Les Woodward, Claire Job, Alec Thraves, Caroline Butchers,
Dave Phillips, Helen Shaw, Martin White, Rob Williams, Rob Owen 		8090.5
Source:[14]

2016

Region Candidates Votes %
Ross Saunders, Mia Hollsing, Lianne Francis, Steve Williams, Helen Jones, Matthew Hatton, Catherine
Peace, Seb Robyns 		7360.3
Jamie Davies, Clare Gibbs, David Reid, Joshua Rawcliffe, Mohammed Miah, Rhys Pewtner 6180.3
Owen Herbert, Claire Job, John Evans, Aaron David, Ronnie Job, Emma Saunders 6860.4
Source:[15]

2021

Region Candidates Votes %
Carys Phillips 2570.1
Michelle Francis 1640.1
Ross Saunders, Beth Webster, Mia Hollsing, Andrew Wilkes, Kevin Gillen 5190.2
Mariam Kamish, Cammilla Mngaza, Melanie Benedict, Dave Reid 3620.2
John Evans, Karen Geraghty, Gareth Bromhall, Oisin Mulholland, Charlie Wells 3620.2
Source:[16]

London Assembly elections

2012

Source:[17]

2021

Regional

Source:[18]

Constituency

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Andy Walker 1,8561.1
April Ashley 2,9191.6
Nancy Taaffe 3,2361.5
Source:

Mayoral elections

Combined authority

Source:

London borough

Authority Election Candidate 1st round votes %
Chris Flood 1,3541.9
Lois Austin 1,7082.2
Hugo Pierre 8711.0
7280.9
Andy Beadle 1,6202.4
Lois Auston 2,0963.3
Hugo Pierre 1,4621.7
Anooesjka Valent 1,265 3.4

Sources:[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

Metropolitan borough

Authority Election Candidate 1st round votes %
4,7924.9
Mary Jackson 1,9163.1
Roger Bannister 4,9505.1
Steve Williams 1,5312.4
Roger Bannister 2,9122.9
Sources:[27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

Unitary authority

Authority Election Candidate 1st round votes %
Tom Baldwin 1,4121.6
Barbie Potter 3,0282.3
Tom Baldwin 1,8761.3
3,1942.3
Steve Score 2,173 2.4
Sources:[32] [33] [34] [35]

Non-metropolitan district

Source:[36]

Local elections

TUSC stood 174 candidates in the May 2011 council elections.[37] In 13 seats TUSC polled over 10% and in over a quarter polled more than 5%.

TUSC stood 132 candidates in 38 councils, with 17 candidates for the London Assembly. Two TUSC-backed candidates were elected, Michael Lavalette in Preston and Peter Smith in Walsall.[38] In the council elections in England and Wales TUSC candidates averaged 6.2% of the poll. Tony Mulhearn, one of the 47 Liverpool Councillors who refused to set a budget for the council, and led a campaign of defiance of the Conservative government in the 1980s stood as the candidate for Mayor of Liverpool, coming fifth with 4.86% of the vote. In Scotland, 38 candidates stood in nine councils as the Scottish Anti-Cuts Coalition (SACC).[39] The TUSC campaign for the London Assembly was launched by Bob Crow of the RMT and Matt Wrack of the FBU,[40] and candidates included Alex Gordon, President of the RMT trade union and April Ashley a member of the UNISON National Executive.

A total of 120 candidates contested the English local elections on 2 May under the TUSC umbrella, 5% of the seats. In addition, TUSC stood a candidate in the Doncaster mayoral contest and two candidates in council by-elections that were held on the same day. It was mainly county councils up for election, largely Conservative controlled. The TUSC candidate for the mayor of Doncaster, Mary Jackson, polled 1,916 votes, achieving sixth place, ahead of the Liberal Democrats.

TUSC announced the 'biggest left-of-Labour electoral challenge in 60 years' in the 2014 local elections, fielding 561 candidates.[41] There were 53 candidates who were members of the RMT transport workers' union, 19 Communication Workers' Union members who were candidates, 18 members of the National Union of Teachers, 16 PCS members, 20 members of the university and College Union. From the big Labour-affiliated unions, there were 74 Unison members standing for TUSC and 130 members of Unite. TUSC gained two seats in Southampton with the defection of Don Thomas from Labour and the re-election of Keith Morrell, also previously Labour, as Councillors Against Cuts,[42] as well as a second seat on Maltby Town Council. The overall popular votes achieved in the campaign exceeded 68,000.[43]

TUSC lost its representation in Maltby in the autumn of 2014 with the removal of their two councillors for non-attendance,[44] and lost its Preston councillor when Michael Lavalette retired his seat.[45] However, TUSC gained two affiliated councillors in the shape of Hull Red Labour, following their expulsion from Labour in 2014.[46] In January 2015, TUSC gained a councillor in Warrington (Fairfield and Howley ward) with the defection of Kevin Bennett from Labour.[47]

TUSC renewed its promise to field the largest left-of-Labour challenge in the parliamentary and local authority elections. It bolstered its 2014 local election candidacy count by 70, bringing the total to 650. As it also fielded 135 PPCs, in every major town and city in England, Wales, and Scotland, TUSC subsequently exceeded the overall number of candidates to satisfy the BBC's fair coverage threshold, qualifying it for distribution of election material via the Royal Mail, as well as time on the major networks for the airing of a Party Election Broadcast.[48]

TUSC gained no seats (and, in one ward, no votes) and lost three anti-cuts councillors in Leicester and Hull. They retain one affiliated councillor each in Warrington, Walsall and Hull, and two in Southampton.[49]

Following the 2016 elections, TUSC had three councillors in Southampton under the banner of Coxford Putting People First,[50] Kevin Bennett having lost his seat in Warrington;[51] Hull Red Labour and Walsall Democratic Labour also lost their remaining seats.

TUSC stood a total of 78 council candidates in 24 councils across England, Scotland and Wales, contesting 71 wards or divisions. TUSC also stood candidates in two of the eight Mayoral elections held on 4 May.

Following the 2018 elections, TUSC retained at least one affiliated councillor in Coxford, Southampton, following the re-election (as Independent - Putting People First) of TUSC national steering committee member Keith Morrell.[52] Two other former Putting People First councillors also retain their seats as Independents, but the group has since dissolved.[53] Morrell resigned in 2019.[54]

TUSC claimed to have put up nearly 300 candidates in the 2021 UK local elections.[55]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Candidates for TUSC . TUSC.org.uk . 11 January 2022.
  2. Web site: TUSC parliamentary candidates in May 2015 . TUSC.org.uk . 11 January 2022.
  3. Web site: By-election results from 2010 to 2015 . UK Political Info . 9 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Birmingham Erdington Parliamentary by-election . Birmingham City Council . 9 March 2022 . en.
  5. News: Rutherglen and Hamilton West By-election - Thursday 5 October 2023 . 13 September 2023 . South Lanarkshire Council . 12 September 2023.
  6. Web site: Dundee City East - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News . 9 March 2022.
  7. Web site: Dundee City West - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News . 9 March 2022.
  8. Web site: Glasgow Cathcart - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News . 9 March 2022.
  9. Web site: Glasgow Pollok - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News . 9 March 2022.
  10. Web site: Glasgow Shettleston - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News . 9 March 2022.
  11. Web site: Renfrewshire North and West - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News . 9 March 2022.
  12. Web site: Highcock . Chris . Full votes and seats by party . Electoral Management Board for Scotland . 9 March 2022 . en.
  13. Web site: 2021 Election Results . The Scottish Parliament . 9 March 2022 . en.
  14. Web site: BBC News - Election 2011 - Wales - Regions . BBC News . 9 March 2022.
  15. Web site: Election results by region, 6 May 2016 . Senedd Cymru . 9 March 2022 . en-gb.
  16. Web site: Election results by region, 6 May 2021 . Senedd Cymru . 9 March 2022 . en-gb.
  17. Web site: London-wide Assembly Members results 2012 . London Elects . 9 March 2022.
  18. Web site: London Assembly Final Results 2021 . London Elects.
  19. Web site: Election results for 22 May 2014. Lewisham Borough Council. 23 May 2010. 30 May 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230153/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/elections-2014/Pages/Election-results-for-22-May-2014.aspx. 23 May 2014. dmy-all.
  20. Web site: Election results for Newham, 22 May 2014 . mgov.newham.gov.uk . 9 March 2022 . en-gb . 22 May 2014.
  21. Web site: Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election – Thursday, 22nd May, 2014 . Tower Hamlets Council . 24 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525213346/http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=98&RPID=3218517 . 25 May 2014 . dead .
  22. Web site: Election results for Tower Hamlets, 3 May 2018 . Tower Hamlets Council . 9 March 2022 . en . 3 May 2018.
  23. Web site: Lewisham Mayoral Election 2022 - Thursday, 5th May, 2022. Lewisham Borough Council.
  24. Web site: Local Elections 2022 - Mayoral Election Result . newham.gov.uk . 7 May 2022.
  25. Web site: Election results for Tower Hamlets, 5 May 2022. Tower Hamlets Council. 6 May 2022. en. 6 May 2022.
  26. Web site: Caroline Woodley is the new directly elected Mayor of Hackney . 10 November 2023 . Hackney London Borough Council . 10 November 2023 . en.
  27. Web site: Election results for Liverpool, 3 May 2012 . Liverpool City Council . 9 March 2022 . en . 3 May 2012.
  28. Web site: Doncaster Mayoral Election - Voting figures for Thursday, 2 May 2013 . 9 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130506032159/http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/sections/councilanddemocracy/votingelectionsanddemocracy/ElectionResults/Results/Mayoral_Election_2013_Results.aspx . 6 May 2013 . dead .
  29. Web site: Election results for Liverpool, 5 May 2016 . Liverpool City Council . 9 March 2022 . en . 5 May 2016.
  30. Web site: Council . Doncaster . Mayoral election results 2017 - Doncaster Council . www.doncaster.gov.uk . 9 March 2022 . en.
  31. Web site: Election results for Liverpool, 6 May 2021 . Liverpool City Council . 9 March 2022 . en . 6 May 2021.
  32. Web site: Election of a Mayor for Bristol City Council, 15 November 2012 . Bristol City Council . 9 March 2022.
  33. Web site: Mayoral Election 2016 stage 1 count results . Bristol City Council . 9 March 2022.
  34. Web site: Mayoral election stage 1 count results . Bristol City Council . 9 March 2022.
  35. News: Leicester result - Local Elections 2023 . 7 May 2023 . BBC News.
  36. Web site: Mansfield Mayoral and district election results 2023 . Mansfield District Council . 7 May 2023 . en.
  37. Web site: TUSC candidates for May council elections 2011 – regional breakdown . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110407021622/http://www.tusc.org.uk/candidates.php . 7 April 2011 . 1 May 2011 . Tusc.org.uk . TUSC.
  38. Web site: TUSC 2012 Local elections - Victories in Preston and Walsall; a setback in Coventry; solid votes in many councils . https://web.archive.org/web/20120709050022/http://www.tusc.org.uk/press030512.php. 2012-07-09.
  39. Web site: TUSC candidates in the 2012 local elections . https://web.archive.org/web/20120413231334/http://www.tusc.org.uk/press110412.php. 2012-04-13.
  40. Web site: London TUSC election launch Rally . 2012-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406172450/http://www.tusc.org.uk/london_tusc.php. 2012-04-06.
  41. Web site: TUSC announces 'biggest left-of-Labour electoral challenge in sixty years' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230752/http://www.tusc.org.uk/16966/26-04-2014/tusc-announces-biggest-left-of-labour-electoral-challenge-in-sixty-years . 23 May 2014 . 2 May 2014 . Tusc.org.uk . TUSC.
  42. Web site: 23 May 2014 . LOCAL ELECTIONS 2014 GREAT VICTORY AS TUSC REBEL COUNCILLOR RE ELECTED . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626140359/http://www.tusc.org.uk/16998/23-05-2014/local-elections-2014-great-victory-as-tusc-rebel-councillor-re-elected . 26 June 2014 . 2 March 2015 . tusc.org.uk.
  43. Web site: 28 February 2014 . SECOND MALTBY COUNCILLOR FOR TUSC . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402222240/http://www.tusc.org.uk/16920/28-02-2014/second-maltby-councillor-for-tusc . 2 April 2015 . 2 March 2015 . tusc.org.uk.
  44. Web site: Angry at Maltby council decision . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084006/http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/97135/angry-at-maltby-council-decision.aspx . 18 May 2015 . 6 May 2015 . Rotherham Advertiser.
  45. Web site: 12 May 2014 . SOCIALIST COUNCILLORS CAN HELP BOOST RESISTANCE . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150519092702/http://www.tusc.org.uk/16982/12-05-2014/socialist-councillors-can-help-boost-resistance . 19 May 2015 . 6 May 2015 . tusc.org.uk.
  46. News: Archivist . 8 March 2010 . TUSC . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084328/http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/campaign/Election_campaigns/TUSC/20210 . 18 May 2015 . 6 May 2015 . Socialist Party.
  47. Web site: Councillors . warrington.gov.uk.
  48. Dave Nellist on RT . 26 March 2015 . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/AseACpjSMc0 . 2021-12-15 . live . YouTube.
  49. Web site: 8 May 2015 . RESULTS STILL COMING IN BUT TUSC SET TO POLL 100000 VOTES FOR BOLD NO CUTS MESSAGE . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150519100121/http://www.tusc.org.uk/17091/08-05-2015/results-still-coming-in-but-tusc-set-to-poll-100000-votes-for-bold-no-cuts-message . 19 May 2015 . 11 May 2015 . tusc.org.uk.
  50. Web site: 2016-05-12 . Third anti-cuts councillor elected in Coxford! Congratulations Tammy Thomas! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170422213952/https://sotontusc.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/third-anti-cuts-councillor-elected-in-coxford-congratulations-tammy-thomas/ . 22 April 2017 . 2018-04-07 . Southampton TUSC.
  51. Web site: Borough council election results, May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604161959/https://www.warrington.gov.uk/info/201106/voting_and_elections/2235/borough_council_election_results_may_2016 . 4 June 2016 . 2018-04-07 . Warrington Borough Council . dmy-all.
  52. Web site: Local elections 2018 - The TUSC results Report. https://web.archive.org/web/20181116215926/http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/424.pdf . 2018-11-16.
  53. Web site: 20 June 2018 . Southampton council group announce split . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180913184930/https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/16301861.independent-group-on-city-council-to-split/ . 13 September 2018 . 16 November 2018 . Daily Echo.
  54. Web site: 3 January 2019 . Councillor who once rebelled against Labour resigns - but hasn't given a reason why . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190426110545/https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/17333408.independent-councillor-keith-morrell-resigns-with-immediate-effect/ . 26 April 2019 . 26 April 2019 . Daily Echo.
  55. Web site: 2021 elections . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210415111220/https://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/442.pdf . 15 April 2021 . 25 April 2021 . www.tusc.org.uk.

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