Category Archives: Elections

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

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Martin

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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Good result in Romsey: Tory vote collapses behind Lib Dem victory

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Martin

Good news from the Cupernham by-election in Romsey on my friend Len Gates’s blog: a 7% swing from the Conservatives to the Lib Dems and a victory for Karen Dunleavey:

Candidate
Votes
%
vs. last time

Karen Dunleavey (LD)
793
59.7%
+4.1%pts

C. Lewis (Con)
460
34.6%
-9.8%pts

B. McCabe (UKIP)
73
5.5%
+5.5%pts

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Good news from Wickham: Angela Clear wins with swing from Conservatives

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Martin

Good news from the Wickham by-election in Liz Leffman’s new Meon Valley constituency (part of Mark’s Winchester constituency and Winchester District Council). Angela Clear wins behind a 1.3% swing from the Conservatives…

Candidate
Votes
% vote
+/-

Angela Clear, Lib Dem
630
60.9%
-0.2%

Conservative
349
33.7%
-2.9%

UKIP
40
3.9%
+3.9%

Labour
15
1.4%
-0.9%

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The election that never happened

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Martin

What a farce!
It’s a ridiculous system where the Government party can pick the election timing that suits them best – no matter what impact it has on the country as a whole – and then bottle it because they …

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