It was all good news for the Nigerian community in UK as three of five Nigerian-Britons contesting in UK’s general election 2010 emerged victorious in UK’s toughest election in more than three decades.
Chuka Umunna (Labour), Helen Grant (Conservative) and Chi Onwurah (Labour) won their constituencies seats while Kemi Adegoke (Conservative) and Abbey Akinoshun (Independent) were unfortunate.
Poll results as provided by BBC
Streatham
| Name | Party | Votes | % | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuka Umunna | Labour | 20,037 | 42.8 | -4.2 |
| Chris Nicholson | Liberal Democrat | 16,778 | 35.8 | +6.3 |
| Rahoul Bhansali | Conservative | 8,578 | 18.3 | +2.0 |
| Rebecca Findlay | Green | 861 | 1.8 | -3.7 |
| Geoffrey Macharia | Christian Party | 237 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Janus Polenceus | English Democrats | 229 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Paul Lepper | Workers Revolutionary Party | 117 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Majority | 3,259 | 7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 46,837 | 62.8 | +11.0 | |
Maidstone and Weald constituency
| Name | Party | Votes | % | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Grant | Conservative | 23,491 | 48.0 | -3.8 |
| Peter Carroll | Liberal Democrat | 17,602 | 36.0 | +13.2 |
| Rav Seeruthun | Labour | 4,769 | 9.7 | -12.6 |
| Gareth Kendall | UK Independence Party | 1,637 | 3.3 | +0.3 |
| Stuart Jeffery | Green | 655 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Gary Butler | National Front | 643 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Heidi Simmonds | Christian Party | 131 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | 5,889 | 12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 48,928 | 68.9 | +3.7 | |
Dulwich and West Norwood
| Name | Party | Votes | % | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tessa Jowell | Labour | 22,461 | 46.6 | +2.3 |
| Jonathan Mitchell | Liberal Democrat | 13,096 | 27.2 | +4.0 |
| Kemi Adegoke | Conservative | 10,684 | 22.2 | -2.3 |
| Shane Collins | Green | 1,266 | 2.6 | -3.7 |
| Elizabeth Jones | UK Independence Party | 707 | 1.5 | +0.7 |
| Majority | 9,365 | 19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 48,214 | 66.2 | +9.3 | |
Newcastle Central, complete the list
| Name | Party | Votes | % | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi Onwurah | Labour | 15,692 | 45.9 | -4.6 |
| Gareth Kane | Liberal Democrat | 8,228 | 24.1 | -3.4 |
| Nick Holder | Conservative | 6,611 | 19.4 | +2.8 |
| Ken Booth | British National Party | 2,302 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| Martin Davies | UK Independence Party | 754 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| John Pearson | Green | 568 | 1.7 | -2.2 |
| Majority | 7,464 | 21.9 | ||
| Turnout | 34,155 | 56.4 | -0.1 | |
Erith and Thamesmead constituency
| Teresa Pearce | Labour | 19,068 | 44.9 | -7.7 |
| Colin Bloom | Conservative | 13,365 | 31.5 | +5.0 |
| Alexander Cunliffe | Liberal Democrat | 5,116 | 12.0 | -0.8 |
| Kevin Saunders | British National Party | 2,184 | 5.1 | +0.9 |
| Pamela Perrin | UK Independence Party | 1,139 | 2.7 | -1.1 |
| Laurence Williams | English Democrats | 465 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| Abbey Akinoshun | Independent | 438 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Sid Cordle | Christian Peoples Alliance | 379 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Marek Powley | Green | 322 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Majority | 5,703 | 13.4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 42,476 | 60.8 | +7.1 | |
—————————————————
Get your news stories and articles published on the best platform. Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
9ja representing!
Bravo our brothers and sister. Your success shows the name Nigeria is becoming something to reckon with.
Please keep our Flag neat. We wish the best of service to your various constituency.
Good luck and God guide.
I trust Nigerians to excel and stand out where ever they may be. By home soil orientation they are very hospitable and hardworking people.Example… The world over they do well in peacekeeping and their Technical Aid Corps are in hot demand even by USA! But today the challenge is… Come back home and help build a New Nigeria…PLEASE!
If what their experiences could be brought to bear here in future, it will be nice. Congrats!
Keep it up. Share your skills and influence.
Nigeria is on the move to recovery
9ja,we 2much.nyc one folks.wish u a successful stay in office
I’ve recently started a blog, the information you provide on this site has helped me tremendously. Thank you for all of your time & work.
Well, good for you guys in the UK and US. I wish you well as you continue to make wave in another man’s land. But remember, the names you bear do not sound British nor American. They sound Nigerian. It is not enough for you guys in Europe and America to form committees or groups - only to discuss the Nigerian problem. It is not enough to send dollars and pounds to your uncles and nephews in order to keep them above the waters. I am waiting for a day when the so called men and women in diaspora would come home and say enough is a enough; when they would come and match to Aso Rock and declare a no change no movement - like the orange revolution in Ukraine. Until you guys do things of this nature, we will continue to laugh at your achievements in another man’s land. In fact, some of you ought to do more for Nigeria because some of you were trained with funds stolen from the poor in Nigeria. Remember, Ojukwu, Ogunaike, Oke, Adu, do not sound British nor American.
Yes we may be inperfect, but we re strong. Though not as a nation but as a people. God will accomplish his programm in nigeria.
It is good to see and appreciate what you and your parents labored for come to fruitation. May the LORD continue to protect you all. There is a reason to smile about your achievement in London and more than ever,and I am even happier that you made us to know that every Nigerian in London is not like Bankole aka bank oleole,the chief of alibabas in Nigeria,who only came to London to perfect with his home grown crooks the act of stealing,looting and public/open street fighting/ boxing. Remain blessed and bravo.
Reply Sister Ify, I can understand where your coming from,be it known to you that most of us living and working overseas were not born with silver spoon, nor benefited from looted money. I work for New york City agency and drove taxi to put myself through college. It’s because of our write up’s that American Government are about to stop giving visa to these ali babas,so be patient the arrow is already in the fire and we will come home soon.
To ify, we would like to come home and help in building or re-building of our homeland, ask those that came back home, most of them are hamstrung by the ineptitude of the ingrained bureaucracy, they are not allowed to use the talents learned and obtained abroad they get frustrated by overbearing and less qualified bosses. Do you know that Nigerians in the United States has taken over the top ranking from Asians as the most highly educated group; Most did it by lasing up their bootstraps not by been born with a silver spoon in their mouth. We worked very hard for that distinction.
well done you guys all there.GOD bless you guys.is good to work together for outside country.i am in india and people’s here are doing well.i know is not easy but GOD is over run in everything.let us take this oppourtuninty to look our country Nigeria.we are flighting our right here india.everybody will come home with peace of mind.i know that all is well.AMEN.
Please we would like to come home but we are planning to work things out, so that we can clean all the mess crated by all the theifs called politicians.We worked very hard to gain good education and we are ready to give back to our nation,our community and our families.In a short time Nigeria will be blessed.Pray for us always and God will bless all Nigerians at home and abroad.
If you had contested in Nigeria, definitely you would not have won or contested because only bad people contest and win in Nigeria, the only skill you need to contest there is to know how to loot, no political agenda no ideology, just loot, loot and nothing to offer the suffering masses.
But we will keep praying for days of evil to end in Nigeria, so that her sons and daughters will not be serving foreign authorities, the skills of Nigerians will no longer be wasted, and her youth will not be wasted or killed in foreign land because they have imbibed corruption from their leaders and they now practise what they have inherited from their leaders.
Good Nigerians, keep the green, white and green flag flying, one day righteousness will overcome evil, bright light will overcome total darkness that has enveloped our lovely country.
Thanks for all the good news about my country folks that are doing tremendously pretty well outside Nigeria.There are three countries that I considered most blessed;Nigeria,United States of America and Canada… sorry I am not looking down on other countries.Thanks fellow compatriots lets keep the green-white-green flag flying high in our hearts and by our actions.Lets continue to work harder to stop thieves and embezzlers of our national wealth from starching Nigeria,s fund in anywhere in the world.Expose these criminals and thieves and lets help reconstruct our beloved nation where from the border Town of Seme every tree is so greenish and where every landscape is so very fertile….and the folks are so very friendly and where laughter is so genuine and real .I love this country men.
THERE IS A SAYING THAT IN EVERY TWELVE THERE MUST BE A JUDAS AMONG THEM PLEASE MORE POWER ON YOUR ELBOW WE ARE REALLY WITH YOU BOTH PHYSICALLY AND IN SPIRIT THANKS BEING A GOOD AMBASSADOR OF NIGERIA .
Big thanks to the self made Nigerian Ambassadors to some europe and Amerecan continantes, I said some because i knew there are yet places where this bareaS has not broken either bcs of local bareas or inadequate nature of our citizens there, it is a right effort in the right direction, Any time any body comes from America or Europe and talks about bad government down home / here, the responce / reactions of our resident politicians has always been, return there only to wash plates, But where there are an achivements of this nature, it is worth our recomendations and appriciation,
please more greese to your elbow, practice makes way for experience, the much needed in Nigeria today.