Mary Reid

By-election victory in Ludlow North

By | Tue 18th March 2014 - 1:54 pm

Congratulations to former Lib Dem Voice editor Andy Boddington on a resounding victory in the Council by-election in Ludlow North!

Winning in Ludlow North

Andy is the man in the hat – as always.

The result:

Andy Boddington: 579 (Lib Dem)

Antony Bevington: 382 (Conservative)

Graeme Perks: 223 (Independent)

Danney Sweeny. 94 (Labour)

Andy’s share of the vote rose from 33.6% to 45.3%.

Andy says:

I am humbled by the huge majority. This election has not been about party politics. It’s been about getting a decent deal for Ludlow from Shropshire Council. It is a vote for Ludlow by the people of Ludlow.

 

* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.

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5 Comments

  • Eddie Sammon 18th Mar '14 - 1:54pm

    Congrats Andy!

  • JohnTilley 18th Mar '14 - 2:23pm

    Hats off to Mr Boddington !!!
    …
    …….
    …………………………………………… Or should that be hats on ?

  • Jonathan Webber 19th Mar '14 - 7:52am

    A great result for Andy and the very hard-working team in Ludlow around him. After Marion’s recent win in Lichfield the West Midlands continues to march on!

  • Simon Banks 19th Mar '14 - 10:56am

    An interesting result in that the Conservative defeat cannot be blamed on UKIP intervention. No doubt Labour has never polled high here, but I suspect it also shows, like some other results, that in areas where we’re strong and obviously in a contest with the Tories, we can still get Labour tactical votes.

  • Chris 19th Mar '14 - 11:14am

    Andy’s share of the vote rose from 33.6% to 45.3%.

    And it was a genuinely good result in that the share of the vote also rose by 13.3% from that attained in the last pre-coalition contest in the ward, in 2009 – and the vote even rose in numerical terms, unusually enough.

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