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Welham Green - by election results

January 3, 2008 11:55 PM
Lib Dems in second place erode Tory Majority

LibDems now in second place

We have a very very good result to report from today's by-election in Welham Green ward, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, where we almost pulled off a spectacular gain.

Our candidate, John Elvy, polled 36.5% of the vote, a swing of 22% since the seat was last fought in 2006, and was only beaten by 55 votes by the defending Tories. Labour were reduced to 4th place and less than 7% of the vote.

Full results were:

Doug Berry (Con)539- 16841 %-26 %

Bridgit Croft (Lab)88-1107 %-12 %

John Elvy (LD)484+32837 %+22 %

Mark Fuller (BNP)214+21416 %+16 %

Last time (2006):

Peter O'Brien (Con)70767%

Sheila Archer (LD)15615%

Bridgit Croft (Lab)19819%

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