Larry Sanders, older brother of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, was the Green Party nominee in the British May 7 election in Oxford West & Abingdon. He placed fifth. See these results. The votes in that district were: Conservative 26,153; Liberal Democrat 16,571; Labour 7,274; UKIP 3,963; Green 2,497; National Health Action 723; Socialist Party GB 66.
According to Alex Jones’ website, there is a feeling that many voters in Great Britain got concerned that votes for the UKIP candidates, might take votes away from the Conservatives and allow the Labour party nominees to win. Apparently, Great Britain has the same problem as we do in the United States. Too many voters afraid that their 3rd party vote will be a wasted vote. Even though UKIP did not win but 1 or 2 seats in Parliament, the fact they won over 4,000,000 votes (a little over 10% of the total vote)shows that the people there are concerned the direction their nation is going. I’m afraid they are correct. If Conservative Prime Minister Cameron does not keep his word on a EU referendum as he promised, many believe that they will turn to UKIP in 2020. It will be interesting to see what happens.