The analysis of the 2013 Cornwall Council election results
continue. One website well worth a visit is Bernard Deacon’s new blog at http://bernarddeacon.wordpress.com.
There are statistics (see below) and also thoughtful comment
from Dr Deacon.
Here’s the extract on MK’s performance.
"MK will be disappointed at its tally of seats. Its average
vote share rose, revealing steady progress, and it seems to have weathered the
Ukip storm quite well. In fact, MK came very close to a spectacular
breakthrough. If just 140 voters in five wards had switched to MK, the party
would have won nine seats rather than the four it ended up with and
celebrations would have been widespread. As it is, a solid performance and an
impressive manifesto provide a good base for expansion. The party must
now look to ways of hoovering up those who will become increasingly disaffected
by the London-orientated parties and the lack of an alternative to centralising
neo-liberal policies."
2 comments:
Sorry to hear about the tally of seats, but well done on raising the vote. Looks like there's a solid progressive bloc on Cornwall Council now anyway, especially with our first Green!
Regarding the maths (the 140 votes stat), it's incredibly frustrating. If around 30 voters had switched to the Greens in two more seats (or around 100 for 3) we would have ended up with 3 or 4 councillors (including an Independent Green).
It's figures like those that make me think an electoral pact between MK and the Greens would be a fantastic way forward. I hope it can be looked into for the next election :)
A top rate performance in a second rate system. Bugle are stuck with a lib dem that 66% of people voted against.
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