Workers Party of Britain election results

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This article lists the election results of the Workers Party of Britain in UK parliamentary elections and devolved and local elections.

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Elections

Senedd elections

YearVotes%SeatsMisc.
2021 4110.04%0/60Contested South Wales Central (0.2%)

Scottish Parliament elections

YearVotes%SeatsMisc.
2021 23,2990.9%0/129As part of All for Unity, contested all regional ballots

UK parliamentary elections

YearVotesCandidate%SeatFinish
2021 by-election [1] 8,264 George Galloway 21.9% Batley and Spen 3rd
2024 by-election [2] 12,33539.7% Rochdale 1st
2024 general election 11,58729.2% Rochdale 2nd

2024 election by constituency

ConstituencyRegionWinning party in 2019Winning party in 2024CandidateVotes%PositionMargin with winner
Bedford East of England Labour Labour Prince Sadiq Chaudhury9962.5%7th42.7%
Chelmsford East of England   Conservative Liberal Democrats Mark Kenlen1050.28th39.7%
Peterborough East of England   Conservative Labour Amjad Hussain5,05112.1%4th19.9%
Watford East of England   Conservative Labour Khalid Chohan2,6956.0%5th29.3%
Broxtowe East Midlands   Conservative Labour Syed Maqsood3880.8%7th40.1%
Derby South East Midlands Labour Labour Chris Williamson 5,20513.9%3rd24.9%
Lincoln East Midlands   Conservative Labour Linda Richardson4791.1%6th42.7%
Mid Derbyshire East Midlands   Conservative Labour Josiah Uche1500.3%7th36.2%
Northampton North East Midlands   Conservative Labour Khalid Razzaq1,5313.7%6th39.8%
Nottingham East East Midlands Labour Labour Issan Ghazni2,4656.8%5th46.8%
Nottingham South East Midlands Labour Labour Paras Ghazni1,4964.6%6th42.8%
South Northamptonshire East Midlands   Conservative Conservative Mick Stott2460.5%7th35.2%
Barking Greater London Labour Labour Muhammad Asim3,5789.8%5th34.7%
Battersea Greater London Labour Labour Dan Smith4991.1%6th47.7%
Brent East Greater London Labour Labour James Mutimer1,0522.8%7th48.4%
Brent West Greater London Labour Labour Nadia Klok2,7746.7%5th35.0%
Brentford and Isleworth Greater London Labour Labour Nisar Malik2,7466.1%6th38.1%
Cities of London and Westminster Greater London   Conservative Labour Hoz Shafiei7271.9%6th37.1%
Crawley Greater London Labour Labour Linda Bamieh2,4075.3%5th32.9%
Ealing Central and Acton Greater London Labour Labour Nada Jarche1,7663.7%6th43.1%
Ealing North Greater London Labour Labour Sameh Habeeb 3,1397.3%5th40.5%
Ealing Southall Greater London Labour Labour Darshan Azad4,2379.1%4th40.0%
Feltham and Heston Greater London Labour Labour Amrit Mann2,2015.7%5th35.8%
Hackney South and Shoreditch Greater London Labour Labour Shahed Hussain1,0072.4%6th56.9%
Hayes and Harlington Greater London Labour Labour Rizwana Karim1,9755.2%5th48.1%
Hendon Greater London   Conservative Labour Imtiaz Palekar1,5183.7%6th34.7%
Kingston and Surbiton Greater London Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats Ali Abdulla3950.8%7th50.3%
Leyton and Wanstead Greater London Labour Labour Mahtab Aziz1,6333.7%7th43.8%
Luton North Greater London Labour Labour Waheed Akbar3,91410.1%5th27.8%
Luton South and South Bedfordshire Greater London Labour Labour Yasin Rehman3,1108.1%5th27.3%
Mitcham and Morden Greater London Labour Labour Mehmood Jamshed1,0912.4%6th53.0%
Putney Greater London Labour Labour Heiko Khoo4331.0%6th48.0%
Romford Greater London   Conservative Conservative Zhafaran Qayum8982.0%6th32.8%
Stratford and Bow Greater London Labour Labour Halima Khan3,2747.5%3rd36.6%
Tooting Greater London Labour Labour Tarik Hussein8071.5%6th53.8%
Queen's Park and Maida Vale Greater London Labour Labour Irakli Menabde1,7924.7%6th47.8%
Walthamstow Greater London Labour Labour Imran Arshad1,5353.4%6th56.0%
Wimbledon Greater London   Conservative Liberal Democrats Aaron Mafi3410.6%6th44.5%
Hartlepool North East England Labour Labour Thomas Dudley2480.7%7th45.5%
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East North East England Labour Labour Mehmoona Ameen2,0075.8%4th41.4%
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend North East England Labour Labour Muhammed Ghori4301.0%6th49.1%
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor North East England   Conservative Labour Minhajul Suhon2460.6%7th45.6%
North Durham North East England Labour Labour Chris Bradburn9282.2%6th37.6%
Ashton-under-Lyne North West England Labour Labour Aroma Hassan2,8358.0%4th35.9%
Blackburn North West England Labour Independent Craig Murray 7,10518.3%3rd8.7%
Bolton North East North West England   Conservative Labour Syeda Kazmi1,4633.4%6th3.9%
Bolton South and Walkden North West England Labour Labour Jack Khan4,67312.7%3rd28.2%
Bootle North West England Labour Labour Ian Smith5261.4%6th67.3%
Bury North North West England   Conservative Labour Shafat Ali1,9174.2%4th38.9%
Cheadle North West England   Conservative Liberal Democrats Tanya Manzoor8111.6%6th45.1%
Widnes and Halewood North West England Labour Labour Michael Murphy4151.1%6th60.5%
Gorton and Denton North West England Labour Labour Amir Burney3,76610.3%%4th40.5%
Manchester Central North West England Labour Labour Parham Hashemi1,8884.8%6th46.0%
Manchester Rusholme North West England Labour Labour Mohhamed Bilal3,66012.6%3rd39.3%
Manchester Withington North West England Labour Labour Lizzie Greenwood1,7744.3%6th48.6%
Oldham East and Saddleworth North West England Labour Labour Shanaz Siddique4,64711.1%4th23.6%
Rochdale North West England Workers Party Labour George Galloway 11,58729.2%2nd3.6%
Stalybridge and Hyde North West England Labour Labour Audel Shirin1,2273.3%5th40.5%
Stockport North West England Labour Labour Ayesha Khan1,6303.7%6th49.5%
Stretford and Urmston North West England Labour Labour Kalila Choudhury4,4619.7%4th39.5%
Worsley and Eccles North West England Labour Labour Nas Barghouti4661.1%6th46.6%
Wythenshawe and Sale East North West England Labour Labour John Barstow7141.8%6th50.8%
Dundee Central Scotland Scottish National Scottish National Raymond Mennie1920.5%9th39.5%
Dover and Deal South East England   Conservative Labour Colin Tasker980.2%11th39.4%
Oxford East South East England Labour Labour Zaid Marham6151.6%7th48.1%
Slough South East England Labour Labour Adnan Shabbir1,1052.6%7th31.3%
Wycombe South East England   Conservative Labour Khalil Ahmed3,3447.5%5th28.4%
Bath South West England Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats Matthew Alford 2300.5%7th40.8%
Bridgwater South West England   Conservative Conservative Gregory Tanner1680.4%7th30.2%
Gloucester South West England   Conservative Labour Steve Gower9742.1%6th34.0%
North Somerset South West England   Conservative Labour Suneil Basu1330.2%6th35.4%
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney Wales Labour Labour Yas Iqbal5701.9%7th51.7%
Caerfyrddin Wales Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru David Evans2160.5%8th33.5%
Ceredigion Preseli Wales Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru Taghrid Al-Mawed2280.5%7th46.5%
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North West Midlands Labour Labour James Giles9,08926.6%2nd4.6%
Birmingham Ladywood West Midlands Labour Labour Akhmed Yakoob [lower-alpha 1] 12,13733.2%2nd9.3%
Birmingham Yardley West Midlands Labour Labour Jody McIntyre 10,58229.3%2nd1.9%
Burton and Uttoxeter West Midlands   Conservative Labour Azmat Mir2,0564.5%5th31.1%
Coventry East West Midlands Labour Labour Paul Bedsen1,0272.8%6th46.7%
Coventry South West Midlands Labour Labour Mohammed Syed7771.8%6th45.8
Dudley West Midlands   Conservative Labour Aftab Hussein6711.7%7th32.4%
Nuneaton West Midlands   Conservative Labour John Homer9672.3%6th34.6%
Redditch West Midlands   Conservative Labour Mohammed Amin7651.8%6th33.1%
Smethwick West Midlands Labour Labour Nahim Rubani2,4497.0%5th41.0%
Sutton Coldfield West Midlands   Conservative Conservative Wajad Butkey6531.4%6th36.9%
Wolverhampton South East West Midlands Labour Labour Athar Warraich9152.7%5th47.6%
Wolverhampton West West Midlands   Conservative Labour Vikas Chopra5761.3%8th43.0%
Richmond and Northallerton Yorkshire and the Humber   Conservative Conservative Louise Dickens900.2%11th47.3%
Doncaster Central Yorkshire and the Humber Labour Labour Tosh McDonald7582.0%6th44.2%
Halifax Yorkshire and the Humber Labour Labour Shakir Saghir2,5436.3%5th28.8%

UK local elections

Local elections

Won four councillors in the 2024 United Kingdom local elections.

Mayoral elections

YearVotesCandidate%PositionFinish
2024 2,378John Hamilton5.7% Mayor of Lewisham [3] 5th
2024 69,621Akhmed Yakoob11.7 Mayor of the West Midlands 3rd

Police and Crime Commissioner Elections

YearVotesCandidate%PositionFinish
2024 8,396Waheed Akbar8.3% Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner 4th

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References

  1. ↑ Yakoob contested this election as an Independent, but received the endorsement of the Workers Party
  1. ↑ "Batley and Spen: Labour narrowly hold seat in by-election". BBC News. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Rochdale by-election: Controversial left-winger George Galloway wins after chaotic campaign". Sky News. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mayoral by-election". Lewisham Council. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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