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Mark Easton’s report from Winchester – on the day the coalition was agreed

It seems a long time ago now, but on the day that the coalition was announced, Mark Easton reported on the views of activists from Winchester on News at Ten.
Here’s the report:

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Lib Dems beat 2005 results to win 6 out of 7 seats in the new Winchester constituency

On Friday, we found out that we had won 6 out of 7 seats in the new Winchester constituency.
Across the new constituency, the Lib Dem team got 48% of the vote. The Conservative vote slumped to 38%. Labour collapsed …

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Highest Lib Dem share of the vote in Winchester local elections for 10 years

We’re all stunned by the great results of the elections last Thursday:

More votes and more seats in the Winchester District and the new Winchester constituency than the Tories
Highest Lib Dem share of the vote in Winchester district or county elections …

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Another stunning Hampshire by-election victory – this time in Portsmouth

Following the Lib Dem by-election victories in Wickham, Whitchurch, Romsey and Baughurst, another great result in Copnor, Portsmouth earlier this evening with a 28.5% swing from Conservative to Lib Dem.

Party/Candidate
Votes
%
vs 2007

Liberal Democrats (Andy Fraser)
1,835
55.8%
+38.4%

Conservative
904
27.5%
-18.6%

Labour
349
10.6%
-8.2%

English Democrats
117
3.6%
-13.6%

UKIP
57
1.7%
+1.7%

Independent
28
0.9%
+0.9%

Swing from Con to LD
 
 
28.5%

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Sensational win in Baughurst: Conservatives lose majority on Basingstoke & Deane

Congratulations to Michael Bound, his agent Jo Slimin and the team who fought and won the Baughurst by-election. There was a 21.5% swing from the Conservatives to the Lib Dems – giving Michael a majority of 60 – and meaning …

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