Record swing in County Council by-election
December 7, 2011 3:03 PM
The result of the Brent County Council by-election on December 5th was:
Con 1285 (58.0; -12.0)
LD Helen Groves 932 (42.0; +17.4)
[Lab (0.0; -5.4)]
Majority 353
Turnout 29.7%
Con hold
Percentage change is since June 2009.
The Brent division of Somerset County Council is a collection of small
villages in the Somerset Levels sandwiched between the resorts of
Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea. Until 1988 it had a Liberal
Councillor, but since then it has become the safest Conservative seat in
Somerset with them receiving nearly 70% of the vote in the last county
council elections.
Our candidate Helen Groves is a town councillor from Burnham-on-Sea who
is involved with a number of local community groups. The Conservatives
chose a local farmer and district councillor as their candidate.
What this by-election showed though was that even in big very rural
county divisions, it's still possible to run election campaigns that make
an impact. We didn't win, (although we think it was the biggest swing
from the Conservatives to us in the constituency in 30 years), but if we
can get a 15% swing against the Conservatives in other places in the next
county council elections we will do very well indeed.
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