Seagulls Party Official Result

[Bakesy]

1643 total votes..........

Ed 359
Lib Dem 715
Con 521
Lab 41



Ed took 22% of the vote.
Very well done sir.

 

[Bry Nylon]

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

Well done anyway! you tried your best. At least you didnt come last and beat the Labour Pary

 

[Woodchip]

Well done Ed.

22% of LDC = One f*** load of voters!!!




EDIT: He has also stopped a potential majority vote for either Yellow or Blue.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

interesting

is this a Tony Blair, we only got 22% of the vote but we won really moment.

ah well....onwards and upwards.


How manyy votes did the Lib Dem get last time?

 

[Curious Orange]

However the Lib Dems will no doubt argue that this is an endorsement of their actions, bearing in mind that the previous councillor was an independent.

Bad luck Ed.

 

[London Irish]

Fine performance that

 

[Gwylan]

Well done Ed, good effort.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

And hadn't the Tory positioned himself as pretty pro-Albion? That considered, it's not a bad showing.

Wait until we can campaign PROPERLY in the full-on local elections, Lewes.

You bastards.

 

[1066gull]

Nice foothold. They were never going to win, but tkaing 22% is a huge victory that is helping the Tories

 

[Ned]

However the Lib Dems will no doubt argue that this is an endorsement of their actions, bearing in mind that the previous councillor was an independent.

Bad luck Ed.

The previous encumbent turned independant after being elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate. So on reflection not a bad showing at all

 

[hitony]

Well done Ed....great effort

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

22% of LDC = One f*** load of voters!!!

It would be, if that was what the Seagulls party got in the full election in May.

I suspect the Lib Dems would stop bleating about proportional representation then.

 

[Al Bion]

22% for a party only formed a few weeks ago is fine going, especially as this is such a rural ward, I'm sure we'll make a real impression in next year's local elections especially in the towns.

Well done Ed

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Thanks to everyone for their support and all the good wishes that have been sent to me over the last few days.

The size of my vote has clearly rattled both of the main parties in the ward and, at the count, it was amusing to watch the Tory and the Lib Dem in conversation with each other about how much support they had lost to this new-fangled force in local politics.

Serves them both right, I say, for dismissing us as an irrelevance - they genuinely expected us to get hardly any votes at all. And it serves BOTH parties right for combining at the LDC Cabinet meeting last November to agree to go ahead with the High Court case.

I've lived in this ward for over thirty years and it's a very long time since it hasn't been represented by a Lib Dem councillor. So it's no surprise locally that they won again tonight.

A major factor that played in the Lib Dems favour is that the biggest issue in the ward is the Newhaven incinerator (which will be built only a couple of hundred yards outside the ward boundary in South Heighton). This is seen as a project of the Conservative County Council and the Lib Dems have built a reputation over the past few YEARS as the main party that is opposing this. So I'm not surprised at their victory. Lib Dem support in South Heighton was particularly strong and they fought the election there on that issue.

The Seagulls Party would never have chosen this particular ward as the place for our first electoral test. And we would have preferred not to be faced with the responsibility of getting an election campaign underway only five weeks after our launch. We've done astonishingly well in the circumstances.

In answer to Dave's question about the vote last time ... Three candidates were elected:- the Independent got 1,123 votes, the Conservative got 877 votes and the Lib Dem got 766 votes. That was before the Newhaven incinerator plan was approved, of course. Both parties have today seen their vote fall, the Conservatives by more than their Lib Dem opponents.

We have demonstrated that we are a genuine force in local politics and I'm proud to have been able to hold up the flag for Seagulls everywhere.

When next May's elections come round, I am sure that we can be a major player - particularly in those wards in Lewes District that elect more than one councillor.

Once again, thanks to everyone who has helped in the campaign. You are stars.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

And hadn't the Tory positioned himself as pretty pro-Albion? That considered, it's not a bad showing.

He tried. He even went out canvassing wearing a BHAFC tie.

So, if you like, the vote went:-

Pro-Albion 921
Anti-Albion 715

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Thanks to everyone for their support and all the good wishes that have been sent to me over the last few days.

The size of my vote has clearly rattled both of the main parties in the ward and, at the count, it was amusing to watch the Tory and the Lib Dem in conversation with each other about how much support they had lost to this new-fangled force in local politics.

Serves them both right, I say, for dismissing us as an irrelevance - they genuinely expected us to get hardly any votes at all. And it serves BOTH parties right for combining at the LDC Cabinet meeting last November to agree to go ahead with the High Court case.

I've lived in this ward for over thirty years and it's a very long time since it hasn't been represented by a Lib Dem councillor. So it's no surprise locally that they won again tonight.

A major factor that played in the Lib Dems favour is that the biggest issue in the ward is the Newhaven incinerator (which will be built only a couple of hundred yards outside the ward boundary in South Heighton). This is seen as a project of the Conservative County Council and the Lib Dems have built a reputation over the past few YEARS as the main party that is opposing this. So I'm not surprised at their victory. Lib Dem support in South Heighton was particularly strong and they fought the election there on that issue.

The Seagulls Party would never have chosen this particular ward as the place for our first electoral test. And we would have preferred not to be faced with the responsibility of getting an election campaign underway only five weeks after our launch. We've done astonishingly well in the circumstances.

In answer to Dave's question about the vote last time ... Three candidates were elected:- the Independent got 1,123 votes, the Conservative got 877 votes and the Lib Dem got 766 votes. That was before the Newhaven incinerator plan was approved, of course. Both parties have today seen their vote fall, the Conservatives by more than their Lib Dem opponents.

We have demonstrated that we are a genuine force in local politics and I'm proud to have been able to hold up the flag for Seagulls everywhere.

When next May's elections come round, I am sure that we can be a major player - particularly in those wards in Lewes District that elect more than one councillor.

Once again, thanks to everyone who has helped in the campaign. You are stars.

*stands up*
*salutes*
*hums Jerusalem*
*finishes wine and goes to bed*

 

[Pavilionaire]

Excellent work LB, a great start for the Seagulls Party.

 

[Lady Bracknell]

Here's a little photographic record of the night:

A statistical moment

Just after the results were announced

The newly elected man who plans to put Ringmer's interest first

The Conservative candidate who was still trying to work out just how many hundreds of votes he might have lost to the Seagulls Party!

Seagulls!!

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

That is very good work by all - Well done Lord B and Roz for the photos.

Nice to see Yorkie back on NSC too