CAMP HILL BREAKDOWN OF THE VOTE PART 2.

It is easy to make assumptions and I have been reading a lot of the comments which have been left in various places. I respect Cllr Martyn Findley's answer that indeed we can't just rest and we need to continue the hard work, putting in an even greater effort to get the vote out. We can no longer have the element of surprise, that lazy local parties forget about the BNP and we sweep in unnoticed.

There is countless third party interventionists now, which I feel should be tackled harder by the electoral commission. If you are not standing in the election, you should not be leafleting or canvassing in the election, and if you do, you should declare an interest for who you support and be counted against their expenses.

Back to the result, I found another election result from more recent times for the county council seat for the same ward. The results we have shown before have been for the borough elections for Nuneaton and Bedworth. The county elections for Warwickshire cover the same ward, and in June 2009 this was the result.

Labour 505 = 33.1%
BNP 470 = 30.8%
Tories 401 = 26.3
Green Party 147 = 9.8%

Cllr Martyn Findley reported that all the other parties had given up, just so the Labour party could gain the vote. Would a Tory start voting Labour? I don't think so. The Tories were already in decline from the 2008 result. The BNP vote has been consistant and we do need to make a even greater push to get those voters out because this shows we could easily take this seat back on the borough and county council basis.

As for dirty tricks we await the postal ballot report. Is it up from previous elections ? That will be interesting to see.
205 postal ballots were cast, plenty enough to make a difference in a`three horse race. 339 applied for.

Best comment I have seen put this all into perspective.

How can anyone with an I.Q. above room temperature vote Labour?

Last nights result

Labour 670 = 47.1%
BNP 478 = 33.6%
Con 275 = 19.3%

2008 result

BNP 675 = 36.1%
Lab 562 = 30.1%
Con 541 = 29%
Soc 88 = 3.8%

So BNP vote could be said to be up 2.8% from June, although the BNP lost 197 votes the others in total lost 246 since 2008. It is all how you read the figures. We have now discussed this enough and so will only comment if I hear something concerning the postal ballot papers.