Caron Lindsay

And first the Council by-elections

By | Fri 18th June 2021 - 12:02 am

The first of six council by-elections declaring tonight was a good start – a hold, albeit by a mere 6 votes in Somerset West and Taunton’s Old Cleeve and District

Great news from Somerset – Lib Dems HOLD Somerset West and Taunton Old Cleeve and District: Lib Dem Steve Griffith 500 44.9%
Conservative 494 44.3%
Independent 120 10.8%

And so close in Devon

Thanks to Helen Arundell for standing in these two postponed elections in Norwich:

 

There should be another result from Tandridge but I can’t find it anywhere right now. We’ll update this post tomorrow with that, the Kent result and East Garioch (pronounced Geary) in Aberdeenshire both of which count in the morning.

* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings. You can find her on Bluesky at caronmlindsay.bsky.social

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2 Comments

  • Gareth 18th Jun '21 - 8:06am

    Steve Griffiths (note correct spelling) was a very good councillor and campaigner in Witney in the 1990s and will do a great job in Somerset, representing a ward that includes the village of Blue Anchor.

  • Steve Griffiths 19th Jun '21 - 2:56pm

    Gareth, thanks for your kind remarks. I remember those great days of success in West Oxfordshire, of which you were very much a part.

    I had a superb team here in West Somerset to get me over the line. The lesson from the Old Cleeve Ward campaign is NEVER stop knocking up on polling day. We carried on until the end in our strongest villages and still got out 15 or 20 more electors in the last hour and a half – the final individual being about 20 minutes before the close. You only have to look at our majority to see how crucial that was.

    I have seen many campaigns over the years where Lib Dems have stopped knocking up early evening, after the first knock up and gone down the pub. I have heard others say that it doesn’t work. Just remember Old Cleeve and keep on and on – don’t stop!

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