In article <xw$wHUQ8ysEIFw+G@blueyonder.co.uk>, pah@invalid.invalid (Paul
Hyett) wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 at 12:58:00, Colin Rosenstiel 
>  wrote in uk.politics.electoral :
> >
> >Hinckley and Bosworth BC, Hinckley Castle
> >LD 802 (57.0;-10.0), BNP 264 (18.8;+18.8), Con 226 (16.1;-8.7),
> >Lab 116 (8.2;0.0)
> >Majority 538. Turnout 29.6%. LD hold. (Percentage change since May 
> 2007).
> >
> Interesting the BNP took votes almost equally from the Tories & LD 
> (not that there was much of a Labour vote to eat into).
> 
> Also, it seems odd to have local by-elections just a week before 
> the main election day.

Not really. Neither of these councils have elections next week.

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Cllr. Colin Rosenstiel
Cambridge                    http://www.rosenstiel.co.uk/
Cambridge Liberal Democrats: http://www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/