peacefully reclaim Labour doing away with the need to build a new party of the left, such as RESPECT.
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In the elections the Conservatives retained their dominant position in the Eastern region (30.8% of the votes). UKIP (19.6% of votes) beat Labour(16.2% of votes) into second place. The BNP secured 65,000 votes (4.3%). Respect obtained 14000 votes (0.92%).
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Jim Rogers, the lead candidate in the Eastern
votes cast. In spite of the small number of activists Respect made its presence felt. It obtained the support of taxi drivers who were involved in a dispute. Most of its votes came from workers at the Watford Sorting Office. St Albans had not succeeded in getting into networks of people, in particular trade unions and the Muslim community. Peterborough achieved the second best result in the region, obtaining 4.5% of the votes. Respect Southend members from members of Cambridge visited Respect have the town and been actively played an important part in boostinvolved in the
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candidate from Peterborough is a member of the FBU and had contact with the Muslim community. Southend members of