This is reposrted from Liberal Conspiracy:
Labour came from fourth to win the Gloucestershire County Council by-election in Rodborough, Stroud, last night.
The election was won by only 3 votes.
Result
Labour: 793
Conservatives: 790
Libdem: 660
Greens: 260Labour swing from 2009 was a massive 19.4%. The by-election was called after the death of the sitting Conservative Councillor.
In 2009 Labour were behind even the Greens. The results in 2009 were:
(CON) 35.3%
(LD) 31.3%
(GRN) 21.1%
(LAB) 12.2%
It's a shame to see the fall in the Green vote.
But it's great news for Labour.
And shockingly bad for the Tories.
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Good for Labour, but also a demonstration of how undemocratic our voting systems are – 64.6% didn’t vote for them.
@Robbie Pennington
How else can you elect a single member of a council? How would it have been more democratic for any other candidate to have won?
It has its ups and downs at being democratic. If it was purely democratic we would all sit in the council and the cnmmons. This system does mean you can win with out a majority. That is how it goes we need more not less seats for AV to cover up the cracks. This is the issue of the AV bill at the moment getting rid of seats, is not democracy, more seats, were getting there.
Never mind Gloucs by-elections, am waiting for you to blog on this!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/8306003/David-Camerons-new-spin-doctor-and-his-tax-avoidance-plan.html
@Matt
There is a real problem here requiring radical solutions
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/08/09/arctic-systems-moving-small-business-taxation-on-in-the-uk/
I’m not opposed to genuine self employment. Far from it! And I know from real experience how important the role of my partner is. The issue though is systemic – and that’s why we need a systemic solution
@Rich Hansen – there are many ways – take a look here: http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/article.php?id=5
It’s good for Labour, but ‘shockingly bad for the Tories’?
Note you didn’t include the percentages from this election.
CON 31.6 (-3.7)
LD: 26.4 (-3.9)
GRN: 10.4 (-10.7)
LAB: 31.7 (+19.5)
So that’s a fairly small drop for the Cons, a massively improved performance over their supposed national level for the LDs. And 58% of the voters voted FOR a coalition candidate. Pretty ringing endorsement.