Of course many political commentators have dismissed UKIP as a Party which is just too old fashioned for the modern day voter. The world has moved on, they say – but still UKIP harks back to the glory days when women knew their place (in the kitchen), eating out offered a choice between the local chippy or pie ‘n’ mash and disputes with other countries could be settled by sending a gunboat.
Now it seems that the Tower Hamlets branch of UKIP is trying to have the best of both worlds. The Party is standing candidates in the Blackwall and Cubitt Town by-election. They’re getting stuck into their campaign. On Tuesday, 17th June they were putting leaflets around the ward. The leaflets stated the names of their candidates and urged electors to come out and vote on Thursday, 3rd June. That’s Thursday, 3rd June – a fortnight before the leaflets went out, and a calendar month before all the other voters in the ward go to the polls, which will be on Thursday, 3rd July.
Other by-election candidates are available (see below). If any of you want to know who is going to win, just ask UKIP.
| Name of Candidate | Home Address | Description (if any) | Name of Proposer |
| AHMEDKabir | 236A Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 0AA | Tower Hamlets First | Miah Mohammed Maium |
| AKTARUZZAMANMohammed | 16 Prioress House, Bromley High Street, London, E3 3BD | Tower Hamlets First | Miah Mohammed Maium |
| BAGSHAWElaine | Flat 309 Pasmore Court, 26 New Festival Avenue, London, E14 6FW | Liberal Democrats | Kargili Bulut |
| CHAPMANChristopher James | Flat 13 Equinox, 1 Douglas Path, London, E14 3GR | The Conservative Party Candidate | Morgan Raymond J. |
| CHESTERTONDave | 24 Capstan Square, London, E14 3EU | The Labour Party Candidate | Young Martin F. |
| CLARKEStephen | 1 Navenby Walk, London, E3 4EZ | Liberal Democrats | Kargili Bulut |
| FLOWERSRichard | 24 Plymouth Wharf, Saunders Ness Road, London, E14 3EL | Liberal Democrats | Wilcock Alexander |
| GUTTMANNKaty | 30 Padbury Court, London, E2 7EH | Green Party | Lomas Mark S. |
| KASANGAGeeta Mohan | Flat 82, Elektron Tower, 12 Blackwall Way, London, E14 9GB | The Conservative Party Candidate | Morgan Raymond J. |
| KENYON PEERSEllen | 13 Wedgewood House, Warley Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 0PZ | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Clarke Charlie |
| KHANFaruk | 82 Byng Street, London, E14 9AR | Tower Hamlets First | Uddin Azir |
| LOCHNERDiana | 276 Boardwalk Place, London, E14 5SH | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Lochner Wayne |
| LOMASMark | Poplar Dock Marina, Boardwalk Place, London, E14 5SH | Green Party | Thomas Heather K. |
| PEERSJohn | 31 Galleon House, Glengarnock Avenue, London, E14 3DJ | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Clarke Charlie |
| RAHMANAnisur | 3 Edwin Street, London, E1 4AY | The Labour Party Candidate | Young Martin F. |
| RAHMANMohammed Akhlaqur | 8 Canton Street, London, E14 6ES | Independent | Ahmed Shirina |
| REGISTEAnthony | 49 Belgrave Street, London, E1 0NG | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Collins Maria |
| RONALDCandida | 117 Kelson House, Stewart Street, London, E14 3JN | The Labour Party Candidate | Young Martin F. |
| SHEAPaul | 26 Lodore Street, London, E14 6LY | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Thomas Alan C. |
| SMITHChris | 82 Granby Street, London, E2 6DR | Green Party | Lomas Mark S. |
| THIENELGloria | 183 Manchester Road, London, E14 3DR | The Conservative Party Candidate | Hazlewood James T.G. |