UKIP: Election costs

Good value for money? We think not!

Barnsley by-election

Spending for each party and cost per vote:

UKIP – £30,574.38 – Jane Collins, 2,953 votes = £10.35 per vote

Cons – £14,051.99 – James Hockney, 1,999 votes = £7.03 per vote

Lib Dems – £6,437.50 – Dominic Carman, 1,012 votes = £6.36 per vote

Labour – £66,388.78 – Dan Jarvis, 14,724 votes = £4.51 per vote

British National Party – £3,845 – Enis Dalton, 1,463 votes = £2.63 per vote

And when you add the costs of the Oldham by-election (copied below) to the above you have proof positive that UKIP's latest sugar-daddy, Stuart Wheeler, is getting a very poor return for his money!!!

Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election result, 13th January 2011

Debbie Abrahams Labour 14,718 42.1%
Elwyn Watkins Liberal Democrat 11,160 31.9%
Kashif Ali Conservative 4,481 12.8%
The odious Paul Nuttal UKIP 2,029 5.8%
Derek Adams British National Party 1,560 4.5%

Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election expenditure

UKIP £43,855
Conservative £39,432
British National Party £3,850

Cost Per Vote

UKIP £21.61
Conservative £8.80
Liberal Democrat £8.47
Labour £6.60
British National Party £2.47

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