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Friday, March 28, 2008

Council by-election results

Last night's council by-election results:

Stevenage Bedwell Division, Hertfordshire County Council. Lab hold. Lab 1452 (56.5%, +1.0), Con 625 (24.3%, -0.6%), LD 329 (12.8%, -6.8), UKIP 165 (6.4%, did not stand in 2005). 0.8% swing from Con to Lab.

Pin Green Ward, Stevenage BC. Lab hold. Lab 671 (54.8%, +3.2), Con 303 (24.7%, +1.7%), LD 149 (12.2%, -0.3%), UKIP 61 (5.0%, did not stand in 2007), Green 41 (3.3%, did not stand in 2007). 0.8% swing from Con to Lab.

Redwell West Ward, Wellingborough BC. Con hold. Con 669 (59.2%, -18.3), BNP 177 (15.6%), Lab 169 (14.9%, -7.6), LD 40 (3.5%), UKIP 39 (3.4%) , Green 37 (3.3%). BNP, LDs, UKIP and Greens did not stand in this ward in 2007. 17% swing from Con to BNP.

Well done to Stevenage Labour Party on their results, which are fantastic given the national opinion poll context confirmed by YouGov today - and very heartening in a key parliamentary marginal. Proof for Labour activists in the run up to 1 May that hard work at a local level can mean you buck the national trend.
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:04 am, March 28, 2008

    yes, very good results in Stevenage. Increasing % compared to 2005 CC elections held on GE day (so with a big turnout) is very good.
    And as for Pin Green, here's Lab % in the last few elections:
    2007: 51.6
    2006: 52.4
    2004: 46.5
    2003: 54
    2002: 59.3

    So we should go back to 2002 to find a better result for Labour

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  2. Anonymous10:10 am, March 28, 2008

    You obviously have no knowledge of this seat, Luke. Tories managed to win the parliamentary seat here in '83/87/92 without any Tory councillors locally.

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  3. Luke Akehurst10:38 am, March 28, 2008

    We also held it in 2005 despite losing three nearby Hertfordshire marginals. The perception inside the Labour Party since 1997 is that Stevenage CLP has a significantly better campaign machine than most comparable new town CLPs and that rather than demographic factors is driving their relatively better performance.

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  4. Anonymous11:25 am, March 28, 2008

    The Tories had councillors on Stevenage BC through until the mid-1990s. They then returned to the Borough Council in 1999 following all out elections. They have not gained a seat since then and their group leader defected to UKIP recently.

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  5. Anonymous1:27 pm, March 28, 2008

    But what would've happened if the BNP had stood in Stevenage...this is getting desperate; we need to show we're on the side of the working class of all races.

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  6. Anonymous2:09 pm, March 28, 2008

    Well the latest Poll looks very bad for Labour in general. Labour now only 29% just 12% ahead of the Lib Dems. The Conservatives on 43% so they are slowly increasing their lead.

    Latest economic outlook for the UK is very poor with very strong signs of a recession. The "No More Boom Bust Man" has lost his slogan.

    As for showing you are on the side of the working classes, what a joke. Labour are importing it's workers to keep wages down to control inflation.

    Bring on election day.

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