Wednesday, June 06, 2007
I would like to thank all of the 911 residents of Sherington who voted for me on May 3rd. Although I didn't win the seat, that vote was exceptional! Here's a few statistics on the election itself:
The turnout was nearly 60%, higher than any other local election in MK, and one of the highest in the country.
The vote in Emberton was over 200 to 17 (LD) in my favour!
I won Sherington by 55% to 49%
I averaged 46.65% of the vote accross the ward (Lab 3.79!)
I lost by only 10 votes!
The Lib Dem vote went no-where at all from previous elections, so their scare tactics, lies, and reliance on national issues (such as the anti-Iraq War letter making promises that they will never be in a position to deliver on for example) made no impact at all on their turn out. The seat has gone from a lib Dem safe seat with a majority of 150 to a seat they held with their finger-nails on 10 votes. This is no mandate at all.
For the past few weeks I have been taking some time off, however I will continue to campaign for better representation of the smaller villages, not just some, as well as improvements to the services of the ward residents.
One thing I will continue to oppose is the lib Dem mendacity in allowing expansion into the villages by the back door. They have already started with their slipping through 1600+ houses and then window dressing it as building for future generations when their lies were exposed. When the bulldozers turn up to start levelling the green spaces within and around our villages to make way for the 1600 lib Dem houses I will be the first to stand in their way, rest assured.
The turnout was nearly 60%, higher than any other local election in MK, and one of the highest in the country.
The vote in Emberton was over 200 to 17 (LD) in my favour!
I won Sherington by 55% to 49%
I averaged 46.65% of the vote accross the ward (Lab 3.79!)
I lost by only 10 votes!
The Lib Dem vote went no-where at all from previous elections, so their scare tactics, lies, and reliance on national issues (such as the anti-Iraq War letter making promises that they will never be in a position to deliver on for example) made no impact at all on their turn out. The seat has gone from a lib Dem safe seat with a majority of 150 to a seat they held with their finger-nails on 10 votes. This is no mandate at all.
For the past few weeks I have been taking some time off, however I will continue to campaign for better representation of the smaller villages, not just some, as well as improvements to the services of the ward residents.
One thing I will continue to oppose is the lib Dem mendacity in allowing expansion into the villages by the back door. They have already started with their slipping through 1600+ houses and then window dressing it as building for future generations when their lies were exposed. When the bulldozers turn up to start levelling the green spaces within and around our villages to make way for the 1600 lib Dem houses I will be the first to stand in their way, rest assured.
