Christian Party election results

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The Christian Party , which includes the Scottish Christian Party and the Welsh Christian Party, [1] is a minor political party in Great Britain.

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United Kingdom Parliament

House of Commons

House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Election year# of total votes % of overall vote# of seats wonRank
2005 [2] 4,004 Increase2.svg0.0%Increase2.svg0 Steady2.svg26
2010 [3] 18,622 Increase2.svg0.1% Increase2.svg0 Steady2.svg17
2015 [4] 3,205 Decrease2.svg0.0% Decrease2.svg0 Steady2.svg27
2017 [ citation needed ]1,720 Decrease2.svg0.0% Decrease2.svg0 Steady2.svg23
2019 [ citation needed ]705 Decrease2.svg0.0% Decrease2.svg0 Steady2.svg23

By-elections, 2005–10

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
6 January 2006 Dunfermline & West Fife George Hargreaves 4111.2 [5]
19 July 2007 Sedgefield Tim Grainger1770.6 [6]
19 July 2007 Ealing, Southall Yaqub Masih2800.8 [6]
10 July 2008 Haltemprice & Howden George Hargreaves 760.3 [7]

2010 general election

The party fielded 71 candidates who polled 18,622 votes. In the seats it contested, the party received an average of 0.60% of the votes, losing all deposits at a cost of £35,500.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Aberconwy Ms E L Wynne-Jones1370.5
Aldershot Ms J Brimicombe2310.5
Aldridge-Brownhills Ms S Gray3941.0
Barking George Hargreaves 4821.1
Bath S P Hewett2500.5
Birmingham, Edgbaston C H Fernando1270.3
Birmingham, Erdington T J Gray2170.6
Birmingham, Perry Barr Ms D Hey-Smith5071.2
Birmingham, Selly Oak S L Leeds1590.3
Blackley & Broughton S Zaman1610.5
Brecon & Radnorshire J D Green2220.6
Brent, Central E A Williams4881.1
Brentford & Isleworth A J Bhatti2100.4
Buckingham D P R Hews3690.8
Cardiff, North D L Thomson3000.6
Cardiff, South & Penarth C S Bate2850.6
Chatham & Aylesford M I Smith1090.3
Chippenham R G Sexton1180.2
Clwyd, West D P Griffiths2390.6
Croydon, Central J K N Gitau2640.5
Croydon, North N L Williams5861.1
Dagenham & Rainham P D Watson3050.7
Ealing, Central & Acton S Fernandes2950.6
Ealing, North P Ljubisic4150.9
Ealing, Southall M Anil5031.2
Edmonton C Morrison3500.9
Enfield, North A Williams1610.4
Filton & Bradley Stoke R M Johnson1990.4
Gateshead D Walton1310.4
Greenwich & Woolwich E A Adeleye4431.1
Hackney, North & Stoke Newington M Hargreaves2990.6
Hackney, South & Shoreditch J Williams4341.0
Harlow O Adeeko1010.2
Hayes & Harlington A Shahzad830.2
Hornchurch & Upminster J A Olukotun2810.5
Horsham S Lyon4690.8
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey D M Boyd8351.8
Ipswich K Christofi1490.3
Leigh R G Hessell1370.3
Leyton & Wanstead S K Bhatti3420.9
Maidstone & The Weald H A Simmonds1310.3
Manchester, Gorton P Harrison2540.7
Northampton, North T S D Webb980.2
Norwich, North A M Holland1180.3
Nottingham, East P A Sardar1250.4
Oldham, East & Saddleworth G Nazir2120.5
Pendle R E Masih1410.3
Pontypridd D W E Watson3651.0
Preston G Ambroze2720.8
Redditch S Beverley1010.2
Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner R Akhtar1980.4
Sheffield, Hallam R Green2500.5
Slough S Chaudhary4951.0
Stockton, South E A Strike3020.6
Streatham G W Macharia2370.5
Stretford & Urmston S A Jacob1780.4
Swindon, South A J Kirk1760.4
Tamworth C A Detheridge2350.5
Thurrock A I Araba2660.6
Tooting S H Paul1710.3
Tottenham A Kadara2620.6
Vale of Glamorgan J Harrold2360.5
Vauxhall L J Martin2000.5
Walsall, North B Shakir1440.4
Walsall, South G Khan4821.2
Walthamstow A J Mall2480.6
Wansbeck M Flynn1420.4
Westminster, North G Fajardo980.3
Wimbledon D L Martin2350.5
Worthing, West S Dearsley3000.6
Ynys Mon D Owen1630.5

Source: [8]

By-elections, 2010–15

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
19 July 2007 Eastleigh Kevin Milburn1630.4 [9]

2015 general election

The party fielded 9 candidates who between them polled 3,205 votes, losing eight deposits at a cost of £4,000. [10]

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Birmingham, Edgbaston Gabriel Ukandu1630.4
Cardiff, N Jeff Green3310.6
Halifax Trevor Bendrien3120.7
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Donald Boyd4220.7
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) John Cormack1,0456.6
Old Bexley & Sidcup Laurence Williams*2450.5
Surrey Heath Juliana Brimicombe3610.7
Twickenham Dominic Stockford1740.3
Westminster North Gabriela Fajardo1520.4

Source: [11]

* Williams has also contested Erith and Thamesmead for the English Democrats in the 2010 general election, the London region for the Christian Peoples Alliance in the 2014 European elections, in Sidcup for the Liberal Party in the 2018 local election and Vale of Glamorgan for Gwlad Gwlad in the 2019 general election. [12]

2017 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Donald Boyd6121.2 [13]
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) John Cormack1,1087.5 [14]

2019 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Brecon and Radnorshire Jeff Green2450.6
Ross, Skye and Lochaber Donald Boyd4601.2

2024 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Glasgow West John Cormack3100.8
Na h-Eileanan an Iar Donald Boyd4963.7

Scottish Parliament

2007 Scottish Parliament election

The election was on 3 May 2007.
Constituencies
The party received 4,616 across the 7 constituencies it contested.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Glasgow, Baillieston George Hargreaves 5883.4
Glasgow, Kelvin Isobel MacLeod4561.9
Glasgow Rutherglen Tom Greig5482.3
Glasgow, Shettleston Bob Graham4062.7
Glasgow, Springburn David Johnston4841.0
Motherwell and Wishaw Tom Selfridge1,4915.7
Strathkelvin and Bearsden Bob Handyside6131.7

Source: [15]

Additional Member System – Regional

RegionVotes %ResultsNotes
Glasgow 2,9911.4None electedMulti-member region; party list

2011 Scottish Parliament election

The election was on 5 May 2011.
Additional Member System – Regional

RegionVotes %ResultsNotes
Glasgow 1,5010.7None electedMulti-member region; party list

2016 Scottish Parliament election

The election was on 5 May 2016.

Constituency

RegionCandidatesVotes %Result
Na h-Eileanan an Iar John Cormack1,1628.8Not elected

Regional

RegionCandidatesVotes %ResultsNotes
Highlands and Islands Donald Boyd, Andrew Shearer, Isobel MacLeod, John Lister3,4071.7None electedMulti-member region; party list
North East Scotland Tom Morrow, Norman Ogston2,0680.7None electedMulti-member region; party list

National Assembly for Wales

2007 National Assembly for Wales election

The election was held on 3 May 2007. The party received 8,693 votes (0.9%) in the regional additional member polls, but did not contest individual constituencies.

RegionCandidatesVotes %ResultsNotes
Mid and West Wales A Bridgman, M Williams,
J Morgan, M Davies,
M Wiltshire		1,4930.7None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list
North Wales Mrs E M L Griffiths, Rev. Heather Butler,
M MacLeod, J Davies		1,3000.7None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list
South Wales Central W Johannsen, D Thomson,
D Williams, J Storey		7570.4None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list
South Wales East J Green, G Waggett,
P Watkins, R Patching		2,4981.3None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list
South Wales West D Griffiths, A Kelly,
Mrs K Bridgman, T Price,
TMrs T Jenkins		1,6851.0None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list

Source: [16]

2011 National Assembly for Wales election

The election was held on 5 May 2011. The party ran in the regional additional member polls, but did not contest individual constituencies.

RegionCandidatesVotes %ResultsNotes
Mid and West Wales Jeff Green, Adam Bridgman,
Martin Wiltshire, Sue Green		1,6300.8None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list
North Wales Ralph Kinch, Louise Wynne-Jones,
Lindsay Griffiths, Neil Bastow		1,4010.7None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list
South Wales Central John Harrold, Clive Bate,
Donald Watson, Derek Thomson		1,8730.9None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list
South Wales East Dave Owen, Steve McCreery,
Raphael Martin, Tracey Martin		2,4411.3None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list
South Wales West David Griffiths, Dick Van Steenis,
Maggie Harrold, Ray Bridgman		1,6021.0None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list

2016 National Assembly for Wales election

The election was held on 5 May 2016. The party ran in the regional additional member polls, but did not contest individual constituencies.

RegionCandidatesVotes %ResultsNotes
Mid and West Wales Jeff Green, Sue Green,
Louise Jones, Barbara Hill		1,1030.5None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list

2021 Senedd election

The election was held on 6 May 2021. The party ran in the regional additional member polls, but did not contest individual constituencies.

RegionCandidatesVotes %ResultsNotes
Mid and West Wales Jeff Green, Sue Green,
Louise Jones, Barbara Hill		1,3660.6None
elected		Multi-member region;
party list

European Parliament elections

2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

The European Parliament election was held in the UK on 4 June 2009.

ConstituencyCandidatesVotes %ResultsNotes
London George Hargreaves, Susan May, Paula Warren,
Stephen Hammond, Mary Boyle, Suzanne
Fernandez, Peter Ljubisic, David Williams		51,3362.9None electedMulti-member constituencies;
party list

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