One of the pleasures of editing Lib Dem Voice on a Friday is the opportunity to cheer everyone up with news of by-election victories.
Today we can congratulate Lib Dem Andreas Yiasimi on gaining a council seat in Cromer from the Conservatives. He polled 558 votes, beating the Conservatives into fourth place. The local newspaper reports that Andreas is a local celebrity chef and owner of a Greek restaurant.
Let’s hope that next Friday brings more heartwarming results.
* Mary Reid is the Tuesday Editor on Lib Dem Voice.
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4 Comments
Interesting result!!!
A simplistic interpretation is that the LDs picked up and added to the Greens, whilst UKIP hammered the Tories into 4th place, on a high turnout (by byelection standards).
LD Andreas Yiasimi 558 (46.6; +19.7)
Lab 240 (20.1; -4.3)
UKIP 218 (18.2; +18.2)
Con 181 (15.1; -22.3)
[Green (0.0; -11.3)]
Majority 318
Turnout 40.60%
LD gain from Con
Percentage change is since May 2011.
This is a great result and testament to the genuine local popularity of Andreas, the strategic genius of Ed Maxfield and the hard work of Norman Lamb and his enthusiastic local team.
Nice Hat!
40% turnout – not bad for a local election.