UK second in Wythenshawe & Sale East

UKIP's John Bickley came second in yesterday's by-election in the Labour stronghold of Wythenshawe & Sale East.

A hate campaign by Labour and BNP activists that saw voters and activists abused and intimidated and criminal damage at UKIP's office in Sale wasn't enough to see off UKIP's surge from fifth place in the last election in Wythenshawe & Sale East to second.

UKIP saw the biggest increase in vote share followed by Labour and the BNP whilst the Lib Dems and Tories experienced huge losses. The Lib Dems, Greens, BNP and Monster Raving Loony Party all lost their deposit.

Party	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	13,268	55.4%	+11.2%
UKIP	4,301	17.9%	+14.5%
Conservative	3,479	14.5%	-11%
Lib Dems	1,176	4.9%	-17.4%
Green	748	3.1%	N/A
BNP	708	3.0%	+0.9%
Monster Raving Loony Party	288	1.2%	N/A

It's Independence Day in Wythenshawe East & Sale

Polls open today in the Wythenshawe East & Sale by-election after what is possibly the dirtiest by-election campaign we have ever seen, with an unholy alliance of Labour and BNP supporters abusing UKIP activists and voters and committing criminal damage.

The police have had to be called to UKIP's campaign headquarters in Sale four times during the campaign because of the hate campaign which has seen a generator stolen from the office, graffiti daubed on the shutters, stink bombs thrown at the office and harassment and abuse of UKIP activists and voters. People in Wythenshawe & Sale have been ordered by Labour and BNP activists to take down UKIP posters from "our houses".

UKIP has seen by-elections where the local Labour mafia believe they own the whole area and have a god-given right to rule it for all eternity but this is the first time that such wanton criminality has been openly used against the party in a by-election campaign.

The result of the election has almost certainly been decided by postal votes, which Labour - with the help of the corrupt trade unions - always has stitched up (literally). With a big turnout there is a chance of toppling the Labour mafia in Wythenshawe East & Sale or at the very least of giving Labour the bloody nose it deserves.

Help UKIP win the Wythenshawe & Sale East by-election

Voters will go to the polls in the Wythenshawe & Sale East by-election next Thursday with a chance to make history and elect UKIP's first MP.

UKIP candidate John Bickley is a local businessman who grew up on a council estate in Wythenshawe. He has worked for EMI Records, MCA Records, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studies, Psygnosis and Sony and is now in high tech startups. Westminster needs real people who have made their own success, not millionaire lawyers and lifelong politicians and former Labour man John Bickley is just the sort of person we need.

There is still time to help out in the by-election campaign either financially or practically. If you want to help UKIP win the Wythenshawe & Sale East by-election you can find details on the UKIP website.