星期日 [ 2010-7-25 23:16:23 | watches1013 ]   Tories lose power as Kennedy t Liberal Democrat Garfield Kennedy took the Shepton West Ward from the Conservatives in the Mendip District Council by-election contest. Sexy Costumes This latest by-election means that the balance of power on the district council has now shifted from Tory control and rests in the hands of the two Independents - Les Bennett and Lloyd Hughes. There are now 23 Conservatives, 22 Liberal Democrats and the two Independents. Mr Kennedy notched up 459 votes - 101 ahead of Conservative and long-serving town councillor Judy Bartlett who received 358. Labour's candidate, Shepton town councillor Chris Inchley secured 241 votes. The Green Party's Chris Briton received 44 votes. There were two spoilt papers. The total number of votes cast was 1,104, which equates to a 29.6 per cent turnout of the 3,729 total electorate. The postal vote turn-out was 54.8 per cent. The vacancy arose following the disqualification from Mendip council of the previous Conservative councillor - Ashley Taylor - for failing to attend Replica Oris Watches the required number of meetings. Within hours, Mr Kennedy had put up a giant thank you banner in the town. "I want to say a huge thanks to the people of Shepton for putting their trust in me, and I promise to stand up for Shepton in the weeks and months ahead," he said. Mr Kennedy was full of praise for his supporters, who included Wells MP Tessa Munt. He said the result was a clear indication from the voters of growing support for the Liberal Democrats and he was confident that support would be reflected in the district council elections next May. Mr Kennedy said the message he received while knocking on doors was the people in West Shepton were "seriously dissatisfied" for a variety of reasons with Mendip council. "It struck me how seriously concerned people are about many various issues from finance and services to planning, potholes, rat- runs, gypsy sites and over-hanging trees," he said. Mr Kennedy said he also owed huge thanks to daughters Sorcha and Caitlin who knocked on doors delivering leaflets. Sorcha, 16, was out canvassing at dawn, despite having just completed her exams and suffering from the aftermath of the Glastonbury Festival. Caitlin missed out voting in the general election as her 18th birthday fell 10 days later. Cartier Must 21 Two-Tone Steel Ladies Watch W10073R6 "But it was nice she was able to vote for the first time in this election - and, thankfully, she used her first vote ever to vote for me," said Mr Kennedy. Wow gold!: Wow gold Wow gold 浏览(60) | 回复(0) |