They Think It's All Over....They are sort of right - 04:20 pm, Mon 10th May 2010

The laws of political gravity held up.  The Tories won SW Surrey with an incresed majority of 16,000 and 59% of the vote.  All those people who thought that tactical voting might unseat Mr Hunt were proven wrong.  It is just a shame that within the 17,000 Liberal votes there must have been some (perhaps many) which were switching from Labour with that purpose in mind.   To the 3,419 people who did vote Labour: on behalf of the party, I am extremely grateful.  Even though all must have known that they were unlikely to be voting in the next MP, they nevertheless were determined to make a positive statement of their preference for a party which had a commitment to delivering social justice.

The silver lining for our result is that the share of the vote to labour fell by only 2 percentage points - from 8% to 6% - which is of some comfort in the face of a 5.2% national swing.  And the fact that Labour "core"vote is still there is also a plus, and I think that there will have been some first time voters in there as well.

So thanks again to everyone who voted, supported or even thought positively about Labour in SW Surrey.  We are not going away as a national party and we will return to government in the near future, with a reinvigorated party and a renewed energy.  It is going to be an interesting few months......

 

 
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