The Conservatives have held Hockley North in tonight’s District Council by-election. Their candidate , Mike Carter , won:<\/p>\n
Conservatives 297 (49.5 %)
\nBNP 176 (29.3 %)
\nLib Dems 127 (21.2%)<\/p>\n
Total……………. 600<\/p>\n
The turn-out was 36.5 %<\/p>\n
The result last time round, in 2004 , was Conservatives 473, Labour 143.<\/p>\n
The Conservatives started campaigning very late but won through in the end, so Mike Carter can feel pleased with winning in difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n
The BNP threw everything but the kitchen sink into their campaign- with about 10 of their party members outside the polling station in the evening. <\/p>\n
As for us, we’ve never even been able to find a candidate for this seat before. So we are very grateful to Mark Pearson for standing here – just about everyone we talk to thinks he’d be a good councillor!<\/p>\n
PS in the Rochford Parish by-election, the Conservatives beat Labour by 170 to 120 (13 percent turnout)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Conservatives have held Hockley North in tonight’s District Council by-election. Their candidate , Mike Carter , won: Conservatives 297 (49.5 %) BNP 176 (29.3 %) Lib Dems 127 (21.2%) Total……………. 600 The turn-out was 36.5 % The result last time round, in 2004 , was Conservatives 473, Labour 143. The Conservatives started campaigning very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[20,6,9],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n