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This isn't a big TL, and isn't very important or special in any way really. But recently I've grown interested in smaller parties, and how they could be more successful. This this TL will focus on the EU election of 2009, the local elections from 2006 until the recent day and finally I will look at the 2010 General Election. Along the way I will note things that in the TL are different even in major parties that may allow for smaller parties to become more electable, and sometimes I'll even just 'tweak' votes (which will be important in the EU election). Anyway I hope you find this a little interesting at most :) I will be focussing on UKIP as I believe they have the most potential, though I will look at other minor parties as well. It's not going to be a big beginning, though hopefully I'll pick it up slightly as I go along.
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Preface: The General Election of 2005

In the General Election of 2005, the main parties obviously still got the overwhelming majority of seats. But around the county obvious signs of movement away from the main parties were beginning to show, though in the First Past the Post system this didn't show itself in the Commons. There were a few exceptions to this though.

For example the relatively new party of 'Respect' managed to gain two seats in the Commons. One of which was held by George Galloway, the other being held by the party leader Salma Yaqoob. Thus Labour had lost two seats to a minor party, which gave some of the numerous other minor parties some hope. While in Barking, Richard Barnbrook (the BNP candidate) managed to come second with 18.4% of the vote, though Labour still had a large majority in the constituency.
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