Election 2001: Fringe Parties - Socialists and Greens celebrate symbolic success

From: The Independent - London | Date: June 9, 2001| Author: Marie Woolf and Michael McCarthy | Copyright information

THE SMALLER parties, including the Greens and the Socialist Alliance, were claiming electoral success yesterday - despite failing to win any seats.

The Green Party held 10 deposits, by gaining 5 per cent or more of the vote, and doubled its share of votes cast. The newly founded Socialist Alliance claimed that its result marked a resurgence for Socialism, with the best result for the left since 1950.

The socialists gained the backing of prominent long-term Labour supporters, in...

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