{"id":4346,"date":"2010-05-08T11:25:39","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T11:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2010-05-08T11:25:39","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T11:25:39","slug":"the-closest-election-ever-in-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/the-closest-election-ever-in-essex\/","title":{"rendered":"The Closest Election EVER In Essex?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lib Dem Brentwood Councillor Karen Chilvers has just written about what happened in her <\/a>area on Thursday:<\/p>\n \nWe knocked on a lot of doors yesterday telling you it would be close – but I had no idea how close it would be.
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\nAt 6am, after four recounts and with over 3,000 votes cast it finally came down to 1578 votes for Nigel and 1578 for the Tory candidate – dead heat.
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\nThe election was then decided by a drawing of lots and ….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n