The Local Elections
So who to vote for? There were only four parties amongst the candidates - the three plus the Greens. So I decided to adopt a policy of 'localism'. Anyone with a W11 or W1o or W8 postcode got the vote. This gave me one each for Labour, Lib Dem, Con, & Green. Four votes apparently is wrong, so I went for...well that's between me and the Ballot Box.ps The people outside the polling station who ask for your number. I assume they are party hacks so I was rude to them. Inside the station however the official said to me that my number was '8453' (or something) and I might need that if they asked me outside. So what do they do?
pps That three votes thing. I understand it is for three positions to fill, but presumably they aren't three separate elections, so is there some form of PR going on?
Anyway the results are in, with the Conservatives beating off the challenge of Labour for another four years:
Conservative - 45 (+4)
Labour 9 (-3)
Liberal Democrat 0 (-1)
So it's LibDemfrei, eh? I would feel a bit guilty, but the Labour councillor told me they'd been going around the area saying they had done this and that (I think saved Portobello Road market and tried to stop Westbourne Grove Post Office closing) when in fact it was Labour, and I always believe things I'm told on my doorstep by men with beards*.
* This normally sees me voting Lib Dem, obviously, but Labour were the last to pop around. In fact the Tories didn't - I think they don't need to bother.
posted by Matthew @ 5/04/2006 08:00:00 PM
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