Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Barking (UK Parliament constituency)
Table title:
Elections in the 2000s
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Margaret Hodge </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 13,826 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 47.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −13.1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Conservative </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Keith Prince </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4,943 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17.1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −5.9 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > BNP </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Richard Barnbrook </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4,916 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.9 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +10.6 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal Democrat </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Toby Wickenden </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3,211 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11.1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +1.3 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > UKIP </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Terry Jones </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 803 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +2.8 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Green </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Laurie Cleeland </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 618 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +2.1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Demetrious Panton </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 530 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +1.8 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Workers Revolutionary </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mick Saxby </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 59 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +0.2 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8,883 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 30.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7.2 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 28,906 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 50.1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +4.6 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Registered electors </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 57,658 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Labour hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −3.6 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
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.