| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 2 | Barking (UK Parliament constituency) - Elections in the 2000s |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | Labour | Margaret Hodge | 13,826 | 47.8 | −13.1 |
| 5 | - | Conservative | Keith Prince | 4,943 | 17.1 | −5.9 |
| 6 | - | BNP | Richard Barnbrook | 4,916 | 16.9 | +10.6 |
| 7 | - | Liberal Democrat | Toby Wickenden | 3,211 | 11.1 | +1.3 |
| 8 | - | UKIP | Terry Jones | 803 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| 9 | - | Green | Laurie Cleeland | 618 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| 10 | - | Independent | Demetrious Panton | 530 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| 11 | - | Workers Revolutionary | Mick Saxby | 59 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| 12 | Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,883 | 30.7 | 7.2 |
| 13 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,906 | 50.1 | +4.6 |
| 14 | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 57,658 | - | - |
| 15 | - | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 | - |

Question: How close were the votes obtained by BNP and by the Conservatives at Barking?
Answer: At Barking, the BNP with 16.9% of the vote, were 27 votes behind the Conservatives.