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After the recent KCC election in Dover we heard things like well it was an old Labour seat,well my good friend Cllr Mike Eddy has just sent me the KCC results for a by-election in Tonbridge,which has always been Tory since the Year dot,I know Tonbrige quite well as my Dad lives there.
The results are quite amazing but not if you are Tory,LD,UKIP or Green,this was a election of 1 seat against the area's 2 seats in 2009.
2009 results 37.35% 2011 result 23.%
Con 4786/4222 Con 3229 -1000
LD 1583/1496 Lab 1216 +400
UKIP 1278/1088 LD 561 -400
Green 1032/846 Green 366 -600
Lab 944/760 UKIP 337 -800
English Democrat 475
The + and - are taken as an average of the 2 votes in 2009,what is worth looking at is this all parties lost votes except Lab and the Tory Lab and LD vote is much in line with Dover,the real shock is UKIP from third to last does it mean that UKIP is on the way out.
This result taken with a low turn out which will happen is expected 8 months after a Tory Goverment what will happen in 2013 when KCC go to the polls again,could the County start to go back to Red,and with DDC electons due in just over 3 months it is not a good time to be a Blue,Lib Dem or a UKIP person.
Quite an amazing result now wait for Barry and Vic to squirm and tell us the reasons why!
