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Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 12:01
A document containing the personal details of more than 12,000 supporters of the far-right group across the country was made public on an internet blog.
Among the members are 182 people living in the greater Bristol area, including businessmen, a housing worker, an Army reservist, building site manager and several former servicemen.
Several teenagers in the Bristol area are listed as BNP members, the youngest a 16-year-old girl.
The highest concentration of support for the party is in Fishponds, Kingswood, Weston-super-Mare and Hartcliffe.
However, there are several members living in areas predominantly occupied by ethnic minorities, such as Easton and Eastville.
Details including members' hobbies, interests, skills, and donations are listed on the leaked document alongside addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers.
The list also highlights where entire families are members of the party, including parents and their teenage children.
The document was removed from an internet blog earlier today after complaints by the BNP.
The party's spokesman Simon Darby said they had contacted bosses at a company involved with the blog to warn them of the consequences if it was not taken down.
Some members were listed as former police officers and members of the armed forces.
Police are banned from becoming members of the BNP because it would damage race relations, according to the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo).
In a statement on the party's website, BNP leader Nick Griffin said the list is just over a year old.
He said: "Having spent a lot of money to secure our members' privacy, we are disappointed that it's been breached."
He described the publication as "a disgraceful act of treachery" and initially accused former BNP staff members who have been sacked.
According to the BNP, the published list is based on its 2007 membership list although a number of names of people who were not, or are not, party members had allegedly been added.
Earlier this year, the party said it obtained an injunction at the High Court in Manchester banning any publication of the list.
BREAKDOWN OF MEMBERSHIP:
HARTCLIFFE: 8
CLIFTON: 3
BRISLINGTON: 6
FRENCHAY: 2
FILTON: 3
PATCHWAY: 3
REDFIELD: 2
ASHTON: 2
BEDMINSTER: 4
HOTWELLS: 1
BISHOPSTON: 2
ST ANDREW'S: 1
KINGSWOOD: 9
EASTON: 4
FISHPONDS: 9
WHITCHURCH: 6
KNOWLE: 4
BRENTRY: 7
HANHAM: 5
WARMLEY: 5
SHIREHAMPTON: 3
OLDLAND COMMON: 1
HORFIELD: 2
ST PAUL'S: 1
BRADLEY STOKE: 3
AVONMOUTH: 3
STOCKWOOD: 1
LOCKLEAZE: 1
STOKE GIFFORD: 6
STOKE BISHOP: 1
WESTBURY-ON-TRYM: 3
BROOMHILL: 1
ST GEORGE: 1
EASTVILLE: 6
ST PHILIP'S: 1
SOUTHVILLE: 1
HENGROVE: 1
EMERSON'S GREEN: 1
COOMBE DINGLE: 1
STAPLETON: 1
REDLAND: 1
ST ANNE'S: 1
MANGOTSFIELD: 1
SNEYD PARK: 1
REDCLIFFE: 1
THORNBURY: 1
YATE: 5
ALMONDSBURY: 3
CHIPPING SODBURY: 1
WESTON-SUPER-MARE: 23
NORTH SOMERSET (excluding WESTON) : 11
BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET (excluding BATH): 9
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