A NEW poll commissioned by Lord Ashcroft today has revealed that UKIP is currently on course to make history in the constituency of Thurrock next year by electing a UKIP MP.
The poll shows UKIP leading on 36% in the constituency, with Labour trailing on 30% and the Conservatives with 28%.
UKIP MEP and prospective Thurrock candidate Tim Aker said: “This poll shows that the people of Thurrock are ready to make history next year by electing a UKIP MP.
“I will be putting my heart and soul over the next year, as I have for the past few years, into showing the people of Thurrock why UKIP represents the best option for the constituency and the change they want to see. As the only local candidate who is from the borough I want to see Thurrock lead the country in doing politics differently; less soundbites, more straight talking.
“I truly believe UKIP can win in Thurrock: we’ve had Councillors elected here and I am determined our messages of common sense on controlling immigration, getting out of the EU and putting local people first will be messages we get out to every single resident in the constituency.
“People have had enough of the complacent Tories and Labour and next year they will have their chance to vote for a proper alternative. UKIP is the party that gives a voice to those that the legacy parties are no longer interested in and have contempt for.”
You can read the poll here (page 7 has the figures adjusted for accuracy): http://lordashcroftpolls.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Thurrock-July-2014-Full-tables.pdf
YT will be gauging the reaction of the other candidates over the next few days.
The only poll that counts is the one on election day where residents put their cross against the candidates name. Anything before that is mere speculation.
That said UKIP support in Thurrock appears to be increasing in taking voters away from both Labour and the Conservatives. Normally after the European elections UKIPs support goes back to Conservatives and Labour but Conservative Lord Ashcroft’s polling appears to show UKIPs support remaining solid and actually increasing in Thurrock. Something that has never previously happened before.
How will Labour and the Conservatives tackle UKIP in Thurrock? They have already spent months distributing some of the vilest leaflets seen in any election in Thurock smearing and deliberately lying about UKIP and its policies. Yet this smear campaign backfired. The result was to increase UKIPs support and put them at the top of the poll during the recent local and European elections. You can’t smear a candidate of party without offering something more attractive to voters in its place.
Smearing UKIP and attacking their stance on a range of policies has been a dismal failure. Their is evidence those candidates that spent the whole time attacking UKIP actually ended up losing votes and increasing UKIPs support because they made UKIP the talking point rather than their parties policies .
The only way to tackle UKIP is for the Conservatives and Labour to have policies and a manifesto that voters will believe in and people will vote for. UKIP will come under more scrutiny once they publish their manifesto.
Both Labour and Conservative campaign teams must be looking at their own canvassing data in despair as they can see their own parties support stagnating and going into decline and whatever they do they have to fight to regain every vote.
One thing for sure Thurrock is about to become a major battleground during the run up to next years General Election. Will it be a decent clean fight or will we see one of the dirtiest campaigns yet seen in Thurrock?
Hopefully the dirtier the better Ed.
Hopefully we will then an MP that is willing to act on what we want for Thurrock, and not what they expect us to want!
Can’t wait.
Yes from a distance we have all had enough!!!
But can you tell me just what UKIP can change things legally, responsibly and NOW. Because people will not wait. So how quickly can the conversations be listened to in the school playgrounds and the bus stop cues and the post office cues. Just how quickly can UKIP answer our prayers and also bring economic credability, growth and harmony to our great country, because i am beginnning to pray now also.
There’s probably only two things that really matter to people. An end to open door immigration and our government being able to kick out those that we don’t want here, i.e. getting rid of the ECHR.
Most of the other stuff about Europe is peripheral to most people. They may niggle people but it isn’t of huge significance to people in Thurrock.
The effects of mass migration are people’s main concerns and the fact we can’t control it. Neither the Conservatives or Labour are going to change it. This country worked perfectly well without it before, there’s no reason it can’t again, in fact it worked better before because we could control it’s effects, now we have no control.
Ukip MEP TIMUR AKER A.K.A Tim Aker who I believe is of Turkish origin should start practising what he preaches I’m sure he knows many people from Turkey perhaps he should start by asking them to go back to Turkey
‘superman’ why are you so obsessed about peoples ethnic origins? You would appear to be the only person who keeps banging on about the same thing in nearly all of your posts about Mr Aker. Does having non English ancestry make someone a second class citizen your eyes? Attacking and smearing someone because of their ethnic origins is the sort of thing a racist would do.
superman’ why are you so obsessed about peoples ethnic origins? You would appear to be the only person who keeps banging on about the same thing in nearly all of your posts about Mr Aker. Does having non English ancestry make someone a second class citizen your eyes? Attacking and smearing someone because of their ethnic origins is the sort of thing a racist would do
A couple of points Woody for a start I don’t think I’ve ever posted anything about TIMUR AKER
Secondly I have always tried to defend ethnic minorities in my blogs look them up, regarding TIMUR as I see it this person comes across to me as a hypocrite.
The reason I say this had UKIPs policies been in place when he’s ancestors decided to come to this country TIMUR AKER would not be here, why do you think he uses the name Tim Aker,
Little bit too much like the pot calling the kettle black?
Superman
So you are saying that because Tim has a Turkish background that he should not support a party that wants a fairer immigration system? Or wants to put people born here first before everybody else? Or wants to ensure that we can send back dangerous crimnals? Would it be better if he supported a party that allowed most of the third world migrate here to help their vote just becauase he has Turkish ancestry?
Just a quick reminder Superman. The last time you brought up Tim Aker’s ethnic background was on an article dated the 26th June in which you alluded to him being in collusion with Nazi’s in Germany that were trying to get rid of Turkish immigrants.
Tim Aker’s ethnic background is unimportant, what is important is UKIP’s manifesto and whether Tim Aker can deliver.
I cannot believe ethnicity is still a huge issue for some people in the 21st century.