<page_title> Oldham West and Royton (UK Parliament constituency) </page_title> <section_title> Elections in the 2000s </section_title> <table> <cell> Conservative <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Duncan Reed <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 7,076 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nick Griffin <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 6,552 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> 16.4 <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Liberal Democrat <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> </table>
In Oldham West and Royton (UK Parliament constituency), Griffin was placed third with 6,552 votes (a 16.4% share) beating the Liberal Democrats and 524 votes behind the Conservative Duncan Reed in second.