Health Minister Ben Bradshaw described the party's loss to the British National Party and to the Greens as a, "terrible loss" and blamed the economic conditions such as rising food and fuel costs as factors that dampens the Labour Party's appeal with the public.
保健大臣BenBradshawは英国国民党と緑の党に対する党の敗北を「酷い痛手」であると表現し、食糧や燃料費上昇などの経済状況が労働党の国民に対する訴求力を削ぐ要素であると非難した。