It looks like the BNP have had a really bad election. Locally their loss of two seats in Amber Valley has been compounded by their failure to make a breakthrough in Derby.

Admirer of Mussolini’s Blackshirts and “Grand Dictator of Derbyshire” Paul Hilliard was the most successful of the three  candidates they stood in the city, but even he only managed to get 459 votes (14.7%) and come third, although this put him ahead of the LibDems. Vanessa Griffin also beat the LibDems, taking 270 votes (8.1%) while Julie Fuller beat the tories into fourth, securing 302 votes (11.9%).

Chaddesden

• Care Ian (Lib Dem) 134
• Hassall Steve (Con) 836
• Hilliard Paul (BNP) 459
• MacDonald Anne (Lab) 1,689

Derwent

• Fuller Julie (BNP) 302
• Hudson Richard (Lib Dem) 689
• Redfern Margaret (Lab) 1,314
• Roulstone Nicola (Con) 239

Spondon

• Froggatt Steve (Lab) 1,305
• Griffin Vanessa (BNP) 270
• King Simon (Lib Dem) 153
• Williams Evonne (Con) 1,587

(Results taken from This is Derbyshire.)