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Originally Posted by claytonender
(Ooops I pressed post - before I had finished typing.)
In Hyndburn the figures for votes cast were as follows-
Green Party - 183 (1.03% of votes cast)
Independent - 838 (4.69% of votes cast)
Tory - 8612 (48.25% of votes cast)
Labour - 8217 (46.03% of votes cast)
Total Electorate (in wards contested) 46659
% of voters who voted 38.34
There were no elections in Peel, Spring Hill, St Andrews, Netherton
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It was close. Obviously some disappointment that the local Tories are still in. We came within 60, 80 and 80 from running the Council with a decent majority of seats, racking up some big wins in other seats where Councillors have worked exceptionally hard.
When I was thinking about the result the Housemartins acclaimed iconically titled debut album came to mind;
Anti-Government Voters 4 - 0 Hyndburn Residents.
People were influenced by an unpopular Labour Government in their voting intentions and local issues took a back seat, just! Without the Anti-Government vote I think the result would have been a Labour Council with such small numbers in those marginal seats.