Another victory against the Tories, this time in the constituency of Warrington South.
Congratulations to new Councillor Matt Newton and the team at Warrington Liberal Democrats on winning the Whittle Hall by-election, Great Sankey Parish Council.
The result:
LD Matt Newton 573
Con 336
Turnout approx 11%
For this week’s full by-election results and analysis, see this weeks’ by-election commentary on the ALDC website.
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8 Comments
Turnout approx 11% is that correct or a joke?
Is it news when we hold a seat?
900 votes, 11% turnout, parish council – there’s 9,000 electors in a single ward for a parish council? Shome mishtake, shurely?
result here http://warrington.gov.uk/News/2009/December/whittlehallelection.aspx#0
electorate 7779 in 3833 households, this is a BIG parish ward
🙂
David
Different Kevin: don’t forget that this was in Warrington South, a seat that we’ve got a good chance of winning at the next general election but one where the Conservatives also think they have a chance. Seeing the result of the two party campaign machines go head to head is an interesting pointer for the general election – and in just the sort of Parliamentary seat where we have to be doing well if we’re going to make significant gains from Labour.
Good to win, but there’s a lot to do to make sure we’ve the victor’s share on a more significant voter turnout.
I see there was another local election in Surrey, and the T/O was only 16%.
I expect the weather was bad in both these areas.
” … Not many Dead.”? 😉