The really good news was that Caroline Lucas was elected in Brighton Pavilion – our first Green MP!! She got 31.3% of the vote, with a majority of 1,252. (See her acceptance speach on Youtube here.)
Our second best result was Norwich South where Adrian Ramsay polled 14.9% – but Lib Dems took the seat from Labour’s Charles Clark, and we came fourth. Cambridge was also quite good with Tony Juniper on 7.6%
In Lancaster & Fleetwod Gina Dowding polled the 8th highest Green vote in the country and the highest across the North West with 4.4% of the vote – But here as elsewhere we suffered from the squeeze from the two big parties.
In her speech on the podium Gina thanked the hundreds of people who helped the Green Party’s campaign in Lancaster & Fleetwood. ( She wasn’t exaggerating – we really DID have hundreds of people helping! It was an amazing experience.Ed.)
In Morecambe & Lunesdale Chris Coates got 598 votes (1.4% ) In the Skerton west byelection Paul Andrew got 184 votes (7.1%)
Full results:
LANCASTER & FLEETWOOD
Gina Dowding (GREEN) 1,888 4.4%
Clive Grunshaw (LABOUR) 15,071 35.2%
Debra Kent (BNP) 938 2.2%
Stuart Langhorn (LIB DEM) 8,167 19.1%
Fred McGlade (UKIP) 1,020 2.4%
Eric Ollerenshaw (CON) 15,404 36.0% ELECTED
Keith Riley (IND) 230 0.5%
Total votes cast = 42,818; Turnout 63.5%
MORECAMBE & LUNESDALE
Chris Coates (GREEN) 598 1.4%
Jones (LIB DEM) 5,791 13.3%
Knight (UKIP) 1,843 4.2%
David Morris (CON) 18,035 41.5% ELECTED
Geraldine Smith (LABOUR) 17,169 39.5%
Total votes cast = 43,436; Turnout 62.3%
SKERTON WEST WARD – LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL BY-ELECTION
Paul Andrews (GREEN) 184 7.1%
John Harrison (LABOUR) 1127 43.7% ELECTED
(CON) 731 28.4%
(LIB DEM) 535 20.8%
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