I know who I'd vote for

[Gob]

Stoke-on-Trent Central candidates, in alphabetical order

Mohammed Yaqub Akram - Independent

Zulfiqar Ali - Liberal Democrats

Jack Brereton - Conservatives

The Incredible Flying Brick - Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Adam Colclough - Green Party

Godfrey Davies - Christian Peoples Alliance

Barbara Fielding - Independent

David Furness - British National Party Local People First

Paul Nuttall - UKIP

Gareth Snell - Labour

[Bicycle Bill]

I assume you're talking about the "candidate" whose name you turned into a hyperlink.  Just be careful.  Most (reasonable) people thought Trump was just a joke too.  Now he's living proof of the truism:



-"BB"-

[Lord Jim]

I see the UKIP candidate has the unfortunate name of "Nuttall"...

[Gob]

Stoke-on-Trent Central results in full

Gareth Snell, Labour 7,853

Paul Nuttall, UKIP 5,233

Jack Brereton, Conservative 5,154

Zulfiqar Ali Lib Dems, 2,083

Adam Colclough, Greens, 294

Barbara Fielding, Independent, 137

The Incredible Flying Brick, Official Monster Raving Loony Party, 127

David Furness, British National Party Local People First, 124

Godfrey Davies Christian People's Alliance, 109

Mohammed Akram, Independent, 56

[Lord Jim]

So a Conservative constituency where Labour won because of a Conservative-UKIP vote split...

[MajGenl.Meade]

[Sue U]

I note Official Monster Raving Loony Party bested BNP, at least. Truly, it is the better joke.

[Scooter]

So a Conservative constituency where Labour won because of a Conservative-UKIP vote split...

It is a constituency where Labour received an outright majority of the vote in every election from 1950 to 2005, except for 1983. In 2010 there was a Labour/Lib Dem/Conservative three-way split which changed to a Labour/UKIP/Conservative split in 2015 (and which held within a couple of points in 2017). 2015 was the first time that UKIP broke 5%.