Friday, June 30, 2006
CLOSE SHAVE FOR THE TORIES !
Bromley and Chislehurst by-election
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS COME A CLOSE SECOND !
The Conservatives just retained their seventeenth safest seat in the country with a tiny 633 majority, despite a huge swing to the Liberal Democrats.
The decrease in the Conservative vote is the worst by-election result for the Conservative party in a Tory held seat since Wirral South in February 1997 - the last days of the John Major premiership. Labour came fourth.
The BBC called it "a stunning result", "a very bad night for David Cameron" and a "very, very good night for the Liberal Democrats".
The Bromley and Chislehurst by-election result in full:
- Ben Abbotts (Liberal Democrat): 10,988 (37.7% - up 17%)
- English Democrats Party: 212
- National Front: 476
- UK Independence Party: 2,347 (8.1% - up 5%)
- Monster Raving Loony Party: 132
- Green Party: 811
- Nick Hadziannis: 65
- John Hemming-Clarke: 442
- Labour: 1,925 (6.6% - down 15%)
- Conservative: 11,629 (39.9% - down 11%)
- Money Reform Party: 33
- Turnout: 40.5%
- Swing: 14% Conservative to Lib Dem; 16% Labour to Lib Dem
There are more details at www.ben4bromley.org.uk
The decrease in the Conservative vote is the worst by-election result for the Conservative party in a Tory held seat since Wirral South in February 1997 - the last days of the John Major premiership. Labour came fourth.
The BBC called it "a stunning result", "a very bad night for David Cameron" and a "very, very good night for the Liberal Democrats".
The Bromley and Chislehurst by-election result in full:
- Ben Abbotts (Liberal Democrat): 10,988 (37.7% - up 17%)
- English Democrats Party: 212
- National Front: 476
- UK Independence Party: 2,347 (8.1% - up 5%)
- Monster Raving Loony Party: 132
- Green Party: 811
- Nick Hadziannis: 65
- John Hemming-Clarke: 442
- Labour: 1,925 (6.6% - down 15%)
- Conservative: 11,629 (39.9% - down 11%)
- Money Reform Party: 33
- Turnout: 40.5%
- Swing: 14% Conservative to Lib Dem; 16% Labour to Lib Dem
There are more details at www.ben4bromley.org.uk
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell MP said:
“This is a stupendous result for the Liberal Democrats in one of the safest Conservative seats in the country. It shows that there is no confidence in Cameron’s Tories in the Conservative heartlands.
“Together with the results in Wales there has been a complete rejection of the Labour government following upon the Liberal Democrat success in Dunfermline earlier this year.
“Liberal Democrats are now challenging both Labour and the Conservatives, even in their heartlands.”
“This is a stupendous result for the Liberal Democrats in one of the safest Conservative seats in the country. It shows that there is no confidence in Cameron’s Tories in the Conservative heartlands.
“Together with the results in Wales there has been a complete rejection of the Labour government following upon the Liberal Democrat success in Dunfermline earlier this year.
“Liberal Democrats are now challenging both Labour and the Conservatives, even in their heartlands.”
# posted by John Beanse @ 7:32 PM 
