Hexham swings towards Liberal Democrats (Hexham Liberal Democrats)

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Hexham swings towards Liberal Democrats

May 7, 2010 5:54 PM

Declaration of result in Hexham

For the second General Election in a row, Andrew Duffield achieved a gain well above the national party average. Following an 11% increase in 2005, the Liberal Democrats achieved a further 4% increase yesterday, to position the party in a clear second place to the Conservatives, with Labour trailing in a poor third place, with a loss of over 11%.

There was an overall swing of 1.7% from Conservative to Liberal Democrat. The three fringe candidates all lost their deposits. This continues the trend in local council elections since 2005 with the Liberal Democrats increasing their vote and the Labour vote falling.

The full result was:

Conservative 18,795 (43.2%) +0.8

Liberal Democrat 13,007 (29.9%) +4.2

Labour Party 8,253 (19.0%) -11.4

swing to libdems Other candidates 3,428 (7.9%) +6.4

Majority 5,788 (13.3%)

Turnout 43,483 (70.8%) +2.2

2005 Result

Party Votes Share

Conservative 42.4%

Labour 30.4%

Liberal Democrat 25.7%

Others 1.5%

The result also confirmed that only the Liberal Democrats can beat the Tories in Hexham. If just over half of the votes cast for Labour and the fringe candidates had gone to Andrew Duffield we would had had a REAL change in Hexham, with a REAL local MP at Westminster.