Sunday, May 08, 2005
ELECTION REFLECTION!
Comment on the election:
Reflecting on the General Election result, John Beanse, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Chingford & Woodford Green, said:
“Nationally there was another steady advance for the Liberal Democrats with some dramatic gains. We now have 8 MPs in London.
There was a much reduced majority for Labour, but although the Tories reconnected with some of their former supporters, particular in NE London, there was no great appetite for a return to Conservative government.
We are even more clearly now in a time of three party politics, which is good for democracy and in which the Liberal Democrats can play an increasingly positive and constructive role.
One important lesson from the election is that the issue of electoral reform needs to be put high on the agenda. Our antiquated voting system does not accurately reflect the balance of public opinion in Parliament – and why should a party with only 36% support of those who voted have a clear majority over all the other parties in the Commons?
Locally, I would have liked to make further inroads, but nevertheless our positive campaign was well received by many; our vote was up by around 1100 to nearly 7000 and the share up by 2.2% - all this despite the local swing back to the Conservatives. My thanks to all who supported the Liberal Democrats by voting for me”
Reflecting on the General Election result, John Beanse, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Chingford & Woodford Green, said:
“Nationally there was another steady advance for the Liberal Democrats with some dramatic gains. We now have 8 MPs in London.
There was a much reduced majority for Labour, but although the Tories reconnected with some of their former supporters, particular in NE London, there was no great appetite for a return to Conservative government.
We are even more clearly now in a time of three party politics, which is good for democracy and in which the Liberal Democrats can play an increasingly positive and constructive role.
One important lesson from the election is that the issue of electoral reform needs to be put high on the agenda. Our antiquated voting system does not accurately reflect the balance of public opinion in Parliament – and why should a party with only 36% support of those who voted have a clear majority over all the other parties in the Commons?
Locally, I would have liked to make further inroads, but nevertheless our positive campaign was well received by many; our vote was up by around 1100 to nearly 7000 and the share up by 2.2% - all this despite the local swing back to the Conservatives. My thanks to all who supported the Liberal Democrats by voting for me”
# posted by John Beanse @ 8:45 PM 
