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Originally Posted by arista

Rotherham: a working man's town steeped in steel-building history and unquestionably a Labour stronghold. Ed Miliband's
party accounts for all three local MPs and has
controlled the council for eight decades.

10 UKIP Council men won in this Labour stronghold.




http://news.sky.com/story/1268079/la...-in-stronghold


Utter Bliss

Actually well done to UKIP for a really good showing there,really however in a place like that, 'there is only really Labour to take seats from', although UKIP took 8 seats from Labour and their other 2 from the Conservatives.

I woudn't be reading that much into things,Labour lost a Bradford by election to George Galloway,yet on thursday Respect was nowhere really in the local elections.
The areas the BNP were breaking through in recent years, have gone back to how things were in the main.
The voters of Rotherham for example, knew they could in part vote for another party with the knowledge that Labour would still be left well in control of the council and they for sure didn't want to go Conservative or Lib Dem.

Now, if that success on thursday continued in the coming years,fair enough, somehow I don't think it will.
It will surprise me if Ukip build much on that result to be honest but having said that, Labour need to address why those voters who switched,went to UKIP and not other parties.