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The General Election and ‘National Interest’

According to the government’s own legislation, the result of a trade union ballot on strike action is only deemed legal and valid if the result in favour reaches a total of 50% + 1 out of the total number that voted.

In the 6th May general election the Conservatives achieved a vote of 36% from the electorate, Labour reached 29% and the Lib-Dems 23%. Applying the same regulations to this general election as they do to trade union ballots would mean the result of this election is invalid.

Yet we find that the leadership of these parties are now busy conducting behind the scenes deals in order that some form of government will quickly emerge. And the phrase that all these leaders are using is that this is being done ‘in the national interest’.

Tory leader Cameron stated: “No government will be in the national interest unless it deals with the biggest threat to our national interest, and that is the deficit. We remain completely convinced that starting to deal with the deficit this year is essential.”

He added: “Britain needs strong, stable, decisive government and it is in the national interest that we get that on a secure basis. We need a government that reassures the international markets.”

Media darling Nick Clegg said “It is now for the Conservative Party to prove that it is capable of seeking to govern in the national interest.”

Gordon Brown, displaying no principles whatsoever commented: “For my part, I should make clear that I would be willing to see any of the party leaders if it is in the national interest to do so.”

That they can find common ground is not a surprise, since all these parties represent the same ruling elite and in essence all believe that the working class has to pay for the current economic crisis. Moreover, when they talk about the ‘national interest’ they reveal themselves as political fraudsters.

All these parties have supported the destruction of Britain’s manufacturing base and the privatisation of its energy industries, resulting in the energy needs of the people of Britain being at the mercy of imports from the most unstable regions on earth. This is not in the interest of the 60 million inhabitants of Britain but on the contrary is tantamount to treason.

Furthermore, the term ‘national interest’ is used by these political scoundrels to conceal the fact that society is in reality made up of opposing classes, each with their own distinct interests, and the government act in the interests of only one class, the ruling class.

How can the interests of big business, whose function is to extract the maximum amount of surplus value from its labour force, be the same interests as their workers who have to fight to protect their working conditions and standards of living?

How can the investment bankers at RBS who were recently paid bonuses of £1.3 billion, be equated to the workers struggling to put food on the table for their families?

How can the interests of workers and youth trying to combat growing debt, unemployment and housing problems be the same as Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, who is the richest property developer in Britain, with an estimated wealth of £6.75billion and owning vast estates in Lancashire, Cheshire and Scotland as well as internationally owning estates in Canada and Spain?

Whatever form of government is eventually cobbled together, the term ‘national interest’ will be used as a cover behind which they intend to launch savage attacks on the social conditions of the working class.

Ends.

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Caroline Lucas	Green	16,238	31.3	+9.4
Nancy Platts	Labour	14,986	28.9	-7.5
Charlotte Vere	Conservative	12,275	23.7	+0.4
Bernadette Millam	Liberal Democrat	7,159	13.8	-2.2
Nigel Carter	UK Independence Party	948	1.8	+0.6
Ian Fyvie	Socialist Labour Party	148	0.3	-0.1
Soraya Kara	Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality	61	0.1	+0.1
Leo Atreides	Independent	19	0.0	+0.0
Majority	1,252	2.4
Turnout	51,834	70.0	+7.7

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Willie Bain	Labour	20,100	68.3	+15.0
Billy McAllister	Scottish National Party	4,158	14.1	-3.5
Eileen Baxendale	Liberal Democrat	2,262	7.7	+7.7
Ruth Davidson	Conservative	1,569	5.3	+5.3
Walter Hamilton	British National Party	798	2.7	-0.5
Graham Campbell	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	187	0.6	+0.6
Kevin McVey	Scottish Socialist Party	179	0.6	-4.3
Jim Berrington	Socialist Labour Party	156	0.5	-13.7
Majority	15,942	54.2
Turnout	29,409	49.1	+3.4

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Katy Clark	Labour	21,860	47.4	+3.5
Patricia Gibson	Scottish National Party	11,965	25.9	+8.0
Philip Lardner	Independent	7,212	15.6	-2.7
Gillian Cole-Hamilton	Liberal Democrat	4,630	10.0	-6.4
Louise McDaid	Socialist Labour Party	449	1.0	+0.3
Majority	9,895	21.5
Turnout	46,116	61.5	+1.0

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Brian Donohoe	Labour	20,950	47.7	+1.3
Maurice Golden	Conservative	8,943	20.4	-1.8
John Mullen	Scottish National Party	8,364	19.0	+7.5
Andrew Chamberlain	Liberal Democrat	5,236	11.9	-4.1
James McDaid	Socialist Labour Party	422	1.0	-0.1
Majority	12,007	27.3
Turnout	43,915	64.2	+1.1

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Gemma Doyle	Labour	25,905	61.3	+9.4
Graeme McCormick	Scottish National Party	8,497	20.1	-1.6
Helen Watt	Liberal Democrat	3,434	8.1	-6.3
Martyn McIntyre	Conservative	3,242	7.7	+1.2
Mitch Sorbie	UK Independence Party	683	1.6	+0.8
Katharine McGavigan	Socialist Labour Party	505	1.2	+1.2
Majority	17,408	41.2
Turnout	42,266	64.0	+2.7

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Mark Lazarowicz	Labour	17,740	37.5	+3.2
Kevin Lang	Liberal Democrat	16,016	33.8	+4.6
Iain McGill	Conservative	7,079	14.9	-3.7
Calum Cashley	Scottish National Party	4,568	9.6	-0.5
Kate Joester	Green	1,062	2.2	-3.6
John Hein	Liberal Party	389	0.8	+0.8
Willie Black	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	233	0.5	+0.5
David Jacobsen	Socialist Labour Party	141	0.3	+0.3
Cameron MacIntyre	Independent	128	0.3	+0.3
Majority	1,724	3.6
Turnout	47,356	68.4	+6.0

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Khalid Mahmood	Labour	21,142	50.3	+4.0
Karen Hamilton	Liberal Democrat	9,234	22.0	-4.1
William Norton	Conservative	8,960	21.3	+4.0
Melvin Ward	UK Independence Party	1,675	4.0	+1.6
John Tyrrell	Socialist Labour Party	527	1.3	-1.0
Deborah Hey-Smith	Christian Party	507	1.2	+1.2
Majority	11,908	28.3
Turnout	42,045	59.0	+5.1

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Emma Reynolds	Labour	14,448	41.4	-13.3
Julie Rook	Conservative	11,964	34.3	+4.7
Colin Ross	Liberal Democrat	4,711	13.5	+1.9
Simon Patten	British National Party	2,296	6.6	+6.6
Paul Valdmanis	UK Independence Party	1,138	3.3	-0.8
Shangara Bhatoe	Socialist Labour Party	337	1.0	+1.0
Majority	2,484	7.1
Turnout	34,894	58.8	+3.8

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Dave Watts	Labour	23,041	51.7	-5.6
Paul Greenall	Conservative	9,940	22.3	+3.5
John Beirne	Liberal Democrat	8,992	20.2	-0.7
Gary Robinson	UK Independence Party	2,100	4.7	+1.8
Stephen Whatham	Socialist Labour Party	483	1.1	+1.1
Majority	13,101	29.4
Turnout	44,556	59.4	+3.7

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Stephen Twigg	Labour	22,953	64.1	+3.6
Paul Twigger	Liberal Democrat	4,486	12.5	-2.7
Stephen Radford	Liberal Party	3,327	9.3	-2.5
Pamela Hall	Conservative	3,311	9.3	+1.0
Hilary Jones	UK Independence Party	1,093	3.1	+1.1
Kai Andersen	Socialist Labour Party	614	1.7	-0.6
Majority	18,467	51.6
Turnout	35,784	56.7	+11.0

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Luciana Berger	Labour	20,132	53.1	+3.6
Colin Eldridge	Liberal Democrat	12,965	34.2	-6.4
Andrew Garnett	Conservative	2,830	7.5	+1.0
Neil Miney	UK Independence Party	890	2.3	+0.4
Rebecca Lawson	Green	598	1.6	+1.6
Kim Singleton	Socialist Labour Party	200	0.5	-0.2
Steven McEllenborough	British National Party	150	0.4	+0.4
Frank Dunne	Independent	149	0.4	+0.4
Majority	7,167	18.9
Turnout	37,914	60.6	+12.8

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Tony Lloyd	Labour	21,059	52.7	-6.6
Marc Ramsbottom	Liberal Democrat	10,620	26.6	+5.6
Suhail Rahuja	Conservative	4,704	11.8	+1.3
Tony Trebilcock	British National Party	1,636	4.1	+4.1
Gayle O'Donovan	Green	915	2.3	-1.9
Nicola Weatherill	UK Independence Party	607	1.5	-0.3
Ron Sinclair	Socialist Labour Party	153	0.4	-0.2
John Cartwright	Independent	120	0.3	+0.3
Jonty Leff	Workers Revolutionary Party	59	0.1	+0.1
Robert Skelton	Socialist Equality	54	0.1	+0.1
Majority	10,439	26.1
Turnout	39,927	46.7	+4.9

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Jessica Morden	Labour	12,744	37.0	-8.2
Ed Townsend	Liberal Democrat	11,094	32.2	+8.5
Dawn Parry	Conservative	7,918	23.0	-0.5
Keith Jones	British National Party	1,168	3.4	+3.4
Fiona Cross	Plaid Cymru	724	2.1	-1.7
David Rowlands	UK Independence Party	677	2.0	-1.0
Liz Screen	Socialist Labour Party	123	0.4	-0.5
Majority	1,650	4.8
Turnout	34,448	63.6	+5.7

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Nick Smith	Labour	16,974	52.4	+20.1
Dai Davies	People's Voice	6,458	19.9	-38.2
Matt Smith	Liberal Democrat	3,285	10.1	+5.9
Liz Stevenson	Conservative	2,265	7.0	+4.7
Rhodri Davies	Plaid Cymru	1,333	4.1	+1.7
Anthony King	British National Party	1,211	3.7	+3.7
Mike Kocan	UK Independence Party	488	1.5	+1.0
Alyson O'Connell	Socialist Labour Party	381	1.2	+1.2
Majority	10,516	32.5
Turnout	32,395	61.8	-4.4

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Owen Smith	Labour	14,220	38.8	-15.4
Michael Powell	Liberal Democrat	11,435	31.2	+11.2
Lee Gonzalez	Conservative	5,932	16.2	+4.6
Ioan Bellin	Plaid Cymru	2,673	7.3	-3.7
David Bevan	UK Independence Party	1,229	3.4	+0.8
Simon Parsons	Socialist Labour Party	456	1.2	+1.2
Donald Watson	Christian Party	365	1.0	+1.0
John Matthews	Green	361	1.0	+1.0
Majority	2,785	7.6
Turnout	36,671	63.0	-0.2

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Dai Havard	Labour	14,007	43.7	-16.8
Amy Kitcher	Liberal Democrat	9,951	31.0	+17.0
Maria Hill	Conservative	2,412	7.5	-1.4
Clive Tovey	Independent	1,845	5.8	+5.8
Glyndwr Cennydd Jones	Plaid Cymru	1,621	5.1	-4.9
Richard Barnes	British National Party	1,173	3.7	+3.7
Adam Brown	UK Independence Party	872	2.7	+0.4
Alan Cowdell	Socialist Labour Party	195	0.6	-0.3
Majority	4,056	12.6
Turnout	32,076	58.6	+3.2

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Oliver Colville	Conservative	15,050	34.3	+4.7
Linda Gilroy	Labour	13,901	31.7	-9.0
Judy Evans	Liberal Democrat	10,829	24.7	+2.1
Andrew Leigh	UK Independence Party	2,854	6.5	-0.1
Tony Brown	Green	904	2.1	+2.1
Brian Gerrish	Independent	233	0.5	+0.5
Robert Hawkins	Socialist Labour Party	123	0.3	-0.3
Majority	1,149	2.6
Turnout	43,894	61.8	+6.3

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Alison Seabeck	Labour	15,433	37.2	-7.2
Matthew Groves	Conservative	13,845	33.3	+8.3
Stuart Bonar	Liberal Democrat	7,016	16.9	-2.1
Bill Wakeham	UK Independence Party	3,188	7.7	+0.0
Roy Cook	British National Party	1,438	3.5	+3.5
Wendy Miller	Green	398	1.0	+1.0
David Marchesi	Socialist Labour Party	208	0.5	-0.6
Majority	1,588	3.8
Turnout	41,526	61.7	+3.5

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
George Eustice	Conservative	15,969	37.6	+12.0
Julia Goldsworthy	Liberal Democrat	15,903	37.4	+1.6
Jude Robinson	Labour	6,945	16.3	-12.4
Derek Elliott	UK Independence Party	2,152	5.1	+0.3
Loveday Jenkin	Mebyon Kernow	775	1.8	+0.9
Euan McPhee	Green	581	1.4	+1.4
Robert Hawkins	Socialist Labour Party	168	0.4	+0.4
Majority	66	0.2
Turnout	42,493	66.4	+3.2

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Eric Illsley	Labour	17,487	47.3	-10.4
Christopher Wiggin	Liberal Democrat	6,394	17.3	-2.0
Piers Tempest	Conservative	6,388	17.3	+2.5
Ian Sutton	British National Party	3,307	8.9	+4.4
David Silver	UK Independence Party	1,727	4.7	+4.7
Donald Wood	Independent	732	2.0	+2.0
Tony Devoy	Independent	610	1.6	+1.6
Terry Robinson	Socialist Labour Party	356	1.0	+1.0
Majority	11,093	30.0
Turnout	37,001	56.5	+8.8

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Michael Dugher	Labour	18,059	47.0	-23.9
John Brown	Liberal Democrat	6,969	18.2	+4.1
James Hockney	Conservative	6,329	16.5	+3.8
Colin Porter	British National Party	3,301	8.6	+8.6
Tony Watson	UK Independence Party	1,731	4.5	+4.5
Kevin Hogan	Independent	712	1.9	+1.9
Eddie Devoy	Independent	684	1.8	+1.8
Ken Capstick	Socialist Labour Party	601	1.6	-0.7
Majority	11,090	28.9
Turnout	38,386	56.1	+7.3

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Heather Wheeler	Conservative	22,935	45.5	+8.1
Michael Edwards	Labour	15,807	31.4	-11.5
Alexis Diouf	Liberal Democrat	8,012	15.9	+3.0
Peter Jarvis	British National Party	2,193	4.3	+0.3
Charles Swabey	UK Independence Party	1,206	2.4	+2.4
Paul Liversuch	Socialist Labour Party	266	0.5	+0.5
Majority	7,128	14.1
Turnout	50,419	71.4	+4.5

Twenty-four Hours to Stop the Cuts.

As you read this polling day is imminent. ALL the other parties in this election will give you cuts to essential services. Cuts to local council services including education, community and older peoples' services, cuts to our NHS. They want your vote as a mandate. Deny them that mandate and vote SOCIALIST LABOUR PARTY.

Unemployment is rocketing in North Ayrshire, particularly youth unemployment - up 66% in just two years. Socialist Labour say, invest in industry to generate real jobs and create real wealth that benefits our local communities. It costs £15,000 per year to keep someone unemployed when all costs are taken into consideration. I say give £13,000 of that to industry provided they employ someone.

Our pensioners get a raw deal. The Tories under Thatcher broke the "link" that kept pensions in line with earnings and New Labour have done nothing about it. I say re-instate that link and back date it to 1979. This would increase the state pension by £50 per week for a single pensioner and around £80 per week for a couple. We could easily pay for that by withdrawing this country from the European Union and saving £6.4 billions per year in the process.

The other parties will also increase the tax burden on ordinary people. They want to make us pay for the crisis created by the banks, big corporations and the super rich. I say make those who have it pay. The "Rich List" published last week showed there are individuals with assets measured by the tens and even hundreds of £billions in this country. Yet the other parties want to increase VAT, a tax where the pensioner pays the same rate as the richest in the land! If we put just one penny on the top rate of tax we could earn for the country an extra £3.5 billions per year. We could also collect the estimated £120 billions of uncollected and avoided tax by the rich. This money could then go to our NHS to improve health services.

Socialist Labour would also scrap the useless and illegal Trident nuclear misile system that will cost us over a £100 billions to operate. We would withdraw British soldiers from Afghanistan where they are being killed and maimed in their hundreds in an unwinnable war for no obvious purpose.

In this election the people have a real choice. That choice is to vote for one of the so-called "main" parties and get cuts and tax rises or to vote for me, James McDaid, the Socialist Labour Party candidate, and send a clear message to the next government - "we don't want your cuts!".

Pensions

Since the mid-1970s, pensioners have lost 40%

of their pension as a consequence of the Tory

and Labour Governments' decision not to have a

link with the annual increase in wages or the

Retail Price Index. We demand a fundamental

change so that when a person retires he/she

should receive a pension equal to the average

median wage in Britain, index-linked so that the

value will be maintained.

The Environment

We support a completely green environment.We

demand an immediate end to nuclear power

generation, and the development of an

integrated energy policy which will produce 250

million tonnes of deep mine clean coal per yearcoal

from which we can extract all the electricity,

oil, gas and petrochemicals that people need.

Housing

We need to build or refurbish 1 million homes

every year for 5 years. This can be done by

using the three-quarters of a million

unemployed building workers to build houses for

need and not profit.

Steve Whatham – Candidate

Health

We need a National Health Service which

guarantees every citizen medical care at the

time of need, upon demand and completely free

of charge

We demand an end to the theft of people's

homes and hard-earned savings if a person has

to go into a care home. We demand that our

health and social care service is paid for by the

government out of our tax and National

Insurance contributions.

We demand the abolition of all privatised health

care and social services. All doctors, dentists and

NHS staff must work exclusively for the NHS.

Trident Submarines

We would cancel this Nuclear programme. The

billions saved could be used for healthcare.

MP’s Wages

We support MP’s receiving only the average

workers wage.

The Wars

The Socialist Labour Party is opposed to

aggression or interference by any country or

group of countries in the affairs of a sovereign

nation whose internal affairs should be

determined by its own people.

We would withdraw all British forces from

overseas, cut our defence budget by two-thirds,

and plough the billions released into the NHS

and re-building the economy. The Socialist

Labour Party really would turn swords into

ploughshares.

I was born and brought up in Newport East and attended Newport High School. I worked in the civil service and later studied at Cardiff University, becoming a teacher of German and French. Having taught in several comprehensive schools in Wales I believe that an excellent education should be available to all our children, regardless of where they live or how well off their parents are.

Appalling cuts in Youth Service facilities have left the field wide open for drug dealers and anti social behaviour which many residents of our estates find difficult to cope with. Formerly many schools were open in the evenings as youth centres and it cost almost nothing to use the swimming pools. Maindee pool should have been supported by Newport Council and should never have been allowed to be destroyed by vandalism. I hope that plans for it to be restored for use by the community will succeed.

I have been a political activist since I first joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1962. In the 1970s I fought against the proposals to build a nuclear power station at Portskewett. Unfortunately the spectre looms again and we face threats of nuclear power stations on our doorstop. Hinkley Point, just across the river from Newport, is to have a new reactor and much has been made of the news that a new one will be built at Wylfa on Anglesy. We have not forgotten Chernobyl and Three Mile Island and scientists still have no idea what to do with radioactive waste.

I would like to see all nuclear weapons scrapped, including Trident, and the money saved spent on the National Health Service.

I believe that our troops should be brought home from Afghanistan immediately. Under this New Labour government we have been constantly at war – Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan and new battles are waiting in the wings. It is time that time that we gave consideration to a peaceful future and invested those billions of pounds in health and education sevices.

The government were swift to bail out the banks with taxpayers’ money and still didn’t put in place proper regulation. Hence bankers are still claiming hefty bonuses and the taxpayers are still picking up the bill. Nothing has been done to help small businesses have more easy access to finance, house repossessions rising rapidly.None of this is helping the British economy.

This is the third time I have contested this constituency and I hope that the people of Newport East will give me their support.

Harriet Harman	Labour	27,619	59.2	-4.1
Columba Blango	Liberal Democrat	10,432	22.4	+1.9
Andy Stranack	Conservative	6,080	13.0	+3.1
Jenny Jones	Green	1,361	2.9	-1.7
Yohara Robby Munilla	English Democrats	435	0.9	+0.9
Joshua Ogunleye	Workers Revolutionary Party	211	0.5	+0.2
Margaret Sharkey	Socialist Labour Party	184	0.4	+0.1
Decima Francis	Independent	93	0.2	+0.2
Steven Robbins	Independent	87	0.2	+0.2
Patricia Knox	Independent	82	0.2	+0.2
Jill Mountford	Alliance for Workers' Liberty	75	0.2	+0.2
Majority		17,187	36.8
Turnout		46,659	59.3	+7.3

Croxteth results
Election Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Peter Mitchell	Labour Party		3307	57.10%	Elected
Mark Coughlin	Liberal Democrat		1711	29.54%	Not elected
Grace Charlotte Tyldsley	Conservative Party		271	4.68%	Not elected
Kai Andersen	SLP		244	4.21%	Not elected
Michael Morgan	Liberal Party		181	3.13%	Not elected
Don Ross	Green Party		78	1.35%	Not elected
Voting Summary
Details		Number
Total votes		5792
Electorate		10604
Ballot Papers Issued		5865
Number of ballot papers rejected		73
Number of postal votes sent		1504
Turnout		54.62%

Norris Green results
Election Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Vi Bebb	Labour Party		3948	75.19%	Elected
Charles Railton Mayes	Liberal Party		550	10.47%	Not elected
John Edgar	British National Party		312	5.94%	Not elected
George Powell	Conservative Party		308	5.87%	Not elected
Elspeth Anwar	Green Party		93	1.77%	Not elected
Kim Singleton	SLP		40	0.76%	Not elected
Total votes		5251
Electorate		10224
Ballot Papers Issued		5275
Number of ballot papers rejected		24
Number of postal votes sent		1383
Turnout		51.36%

Yew Tree results
Election Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Anthony Concepcion	Labour Party		3618	56.79%	Elected
Gary John Airey	Liberal Democrat		1788	28.06%	Not elected
Matthew Thomas Peter Taylor	Conservative Party		450	7.06%	Not elected
Tracey Hawksford	Liberal Party		266	4.18%	Not elected
Barbara Bryan	SLP		131	2.06%	Not elected
William Ward	Green Party		118	1.85%	Not elected
Total votes		6371
Electorate		11344
Ballot Papers Issued		6407
Number of ballot papers rejected		36
Number of postal votes sent		2203
Turnout		56.16%