UK: BNP wins three council seats
01 May 2002
The British National Party won three seats in Burnley, Lancashire, in May's council elections. The organisation fielded 67 candidates across the UK, contesting 63 wards, plus a mayoral candidate in Newham, east London. The Lancashire former mill town, which has above average levels of unemployment and child poverty, saw a concerted campaign by the fascists, who fielded thirteen candidates in fifteen wards following outbreaks of rioting last year. The three councillors, David Edwards, Carol Hughes and Terry Grogan were greeted by demonstrations against them when they took up their seats. Edwards will be the group leader, Grogan his deputy leader while Hughes will be their secretary.