The North West Region Alternatives

This is NOT a recommendation on how to use your vote, only a guide to the left of Labour candidates, so, for instance, many socialists will be voting for Ian Gibson in Norwich South rather than the Green candidate.

Also we are not listing all seats, but we are listing all seats where there is a progressive left of Labour candidate. And one last note of caution, remember that the Euro election results are just a guide to the strength of the party in the area, drawing direct comparison between the figures could be misleading as these are not equivalent elections.

 

Constituency	Alternatives	Party	2005 Result	Percentage	Previous results	Notes
Blackburn	Craig Murray	Independent	2,082	5%	1.3 Socialist Alliance
Blackburn	Graham Carter	Green	783	1.9%	1.4 SLP
Bolton North East	Lynne Lowe	SLP	207	0.6%	1% same candidate
Bootle	Peter Glover	Socialist Alternative	655	2.55%	2.4% same candidate	3.5% SLP
Bury South	Yvonne Hossack	Independent	557	1.4%
Crosby	Geoff Bottom	Communist Party of Britain	199	0.5%	1.3% SLP
Knowsley North & Sefton East	Stephen Whatham	SLP	464	1.3%	1.5% SLP
Lancaster & Wyre	Jon Barry	Green	2,278	4.4%
Leigh	Ian Franzen	Community Action Party	2,185	6.0%	Took 18 council seats last year on Socialist lines
Liverpool Garston	Dave Oatley	WRP	163	0.5%
Liverpool Riverside	Beth Marshall	SLP	498	1.6%	3.5% Socialist Alliance
Liverpool Riverside	Peter Cranie	Green	1,707	5.5%
Liverpool Wavertree	Gary Theys	SLP	244	0.7%
Liverpool Wavertree	Paul Filby	Democratic Socialist Alliance	227	0.6%	1.1% SA, 1.1% SLP
Liverpool West Derby	Kai Anderson	Socialist Labour Party	698	2.3%
Makerfield	Peter Franzen	Community Action Party	2,769	7.8%
Manchester Central	Steve Durrant	Green	1,292	4.4%	1.9% SLP
Manchester Central	Damien O'Connor	Independent Progressive Labour   382		1.3%
Manchester Central	Ron Sinclair	Socialist Labour Party 183		0.6%
Manchester Gorton	Dan Waller	WRP	181	0.6%	1.2% SLP
Manchester Withington	Ivan Bennett	Independent	243	0.6%		anti-pfi doctor
Manchester Withington	Brian Candeland	Green	1,595	4.3%
Preston	Michael Lavellette	Respect	2,318	6.8%
Rochdale	Samir Chatterjee	Green	448	1.1%
Rossendale & Darwen	Graeme Mciver	Green	821	1.8%
St Helens South	Michael Perry	SLP	643	1.8%	6.7% SA,  4.5% SLP
Stalybridge & Hyde	Mike Smee	Green	1,088	2.7%
Stretford & Urmston	Mark Krantz	Respect	950	2.5%
Warrington North	Mike Hughes	Community Action Party	573	1.4%
Wigan	Kevin Williams	Community Action Party	1,026	3.0%
Wythenshawe & Sale East	Lynn Worthington	Socialist Alternative	369	1.0%	1.2% SLP