Liberal Democrats gain Hampstead Town from the Conservatives

By Mark Pack | Published 26th September 2008 - 12:32 am

Continuing the party’s excellent run of by-election results in Camden (and more generally in North London), Linda Chung is the new councillor for Hampstead Town ward:

Liberal Democrat 1,242 (44.1%, +11.5%)
Conservative 1,114 (39.6%, -6.9%)
Labour 289 (10.3%, -1.0%)
Green 140 (5.0%, -3.3%)
BNP 29 (1.0%, +1.0%)

Majority: 128 (4.5%)
Swing: 9.2% Conservative to Liberal Democrat

Congratulations Linda, and a good sign for Ed Fordham and his team as this ward is in the Hampstead & Kilburn seat at the next general election (2005 notional result: Labour 36%, Liberal Democrat 35%, Conservative 23%, Others 5%).

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9 Comments

  • Joe Taylor
    Posted 26th September 2008 at 12:43 am | Permalink

    Excellent news, congrats to Linda and our team in Camden! :D

  • davidrj
    Posted 26th September 2008 at 2:33 am | Permalink

    Good to see the BNP totally thrashed!

    Brilliant result

  • Simon
    Posted 26th September 2008 at 8:33 am | Permalink

    My home ward! Over the moon for Linda and Ed.

  • theChristophe
    Posted 26th September 2008 at 8:51 am | Permalink

    Congrats to Linda, now we just have to hold on to Kentish Town in the other upcoming episode of Camden by-elections

  • Jennie
    Posted 26th September 2008 at 11:16 am | Permalink

    Yay!

  • Dan
    Posted 26th September 2008 at 11:44 am | Permalink

    Lib Dems also gain from Tories in Wealden, Sussex on big swing…

    http://www.wealden.gov.uk/Council/Electoral_services/Results/Alfriston_Result25908.PDF

  • Ed Fordham
    Posted 26th September 2008 at 1:06 pm | Permalink

    http://474towin.blogspot.com/2008/09/sing-when-your-winning.html

    Thanks for the various bits of help and advice.
    This was great victory for Linda, for Hampstead and as many have observed bodes well for hampstead and kilburn…

  • Anders
    Posted 26th September 2008 at 2:52 pm | Permalink

    Nice to see another former Tapton School pupil getting elected as a councillor.

  • Rob Blackie
    Posted 27th September 2008 at 2:14 am | Permalink

    So glad to hear this. The reaction out on the doorstep last weekend showed that we ran a brilliant campaign.

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