Another Lib Dem Success in Next Door Bedfordshire!
December 11, 2009 9:11 PM
Lib Dems win in Bedfordshire!
When Lib Dem Mayor, Dave Hodgson stormed to victory in the Bedford Mayoral Election in the summer he automatically had to resign as a local councillor. So this meant a by-election - recently held on Thursday 10th December.
The result was another stunning Liberal Democrat victory underlining the party's long-term winning streak in the East of England.
Liberal Democrat Andy Gerard was elected as the new Councillor for Kingsbrook Ward. He achieved an emphatic victory, with Labour and the Tories a long way back in second and third place respectively. The Liberal Democrats' share of the vote increased, while on a dreadful night for the Conservatives, their vote share fell by 7.5%.
"So no Tory swing there," said Christopher Townsend, South West Herts Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate. "Or if there is, it's a negative one!" he added. "This sort of result shows that in real elections with real voters the Liberal Democrats are far ahead of the national opinion polls. We congratulate our Bedfordshire colleagues and look forward to similarly good results here in South West Herts."
The full results were as follows:
Andrew Gerard (Liberal Democrat) - 661;
James Saunders (Labour) - 370;
Adam Pritchard (Conservative) - 150;
Tony Hare (Independent) - 85;
Patrick O'Rourke (Independent) - 73;
Turnout: 18.4%
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