Warmest congratulations to Blackpool North & Cleveleys’ newest councillor, David Walmsley, who won the vacancy in Jubilee ward caused by the sad death of Alan Heppenstall. Thursday result was a tremendous success against a very determined UKIP opponent and a Labour Party that did its usual polling day scare story.
For those who missed it, David took 492 votes to 345 for UKIP, 331 for Labour and a humiliating 116 for the BNP on a day that was meant to be their own given Question Time. Compared with 2007, we have transformed a majority of just 17 into 147 – almost ten times as large! It also represents a swing to us from UKIP of 4.5% compared with 2007. It shows that Wyre Council under Russ Forsyth are doing a good job, and residents recognise that.
This is a fantastic achievement, and credit should go to the team of activists who helped deliver it – I won’t name them all, for fear of missing someone out(!), but you know if you helped! David in particular has worked like a Trojan to make sure we won.
Yet I read in the papers that UKIP could deny the Conservatives victory at the General Election – according to Labour Party research. Well they would say that wouldn’t they. UKIP were around at the last election, and they’ll be around at the next. And it is clear their support in this ward in Cleveleys is ebbing.
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