Richard Barnes increased his personal vote by 65%. From 45,230 to 74,710. Congratulations Richard. Here is a photo I took of Richard this afternoon when he was already pretty confident of keeping his seat.
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Month: May 2008
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Boris wins
It took until almost midnight to get the official announcement. It was a relief when it came and both Boris and Ken gave gracious speeches.
Boris Johnson 1,168,738 votes.
Ken Livinstone 1,028,966 votes.
A majority of 139,772 votes.
The turnout was respectably high at 45%.
For full results go to London Elects website here.
Alongside yesterday’s mayoral election Ealing held a by-election for the Greenford Broadway ward where ex-Labour group leader Sonika Nirwal resigned due to the the birth of her second child.
The ruling Conservative group on Ealing council increased its majority by 2 today when Maureen Crosby was elected. It was a really close result:
Maureen Crosby, Conservative 1790
Tim Murtagh, Labour 1770
John Maycock, Lib Dem 529
20 votes! Still not as close as 2006. In May 2006 the current Conservative candidate Maureen Crosby was only beaten 1408 to 1400 votes by Sonika.
Apparently 4,180 people voted, a total turnout of 38.24%. Pretty disappointing considering it was a closely fought mayoral campaign plus a by-election.
Ealing Council now has 43 Conservatives, 23 Labour and 3 Liberal Democrats.
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Sharma speaks
Our MP raised himself to speak in Parliament yesterday, asking a patsy question at Prime Minister’s Questions.
Given that crime in London has fallen in recent years, does my right Hon. Friend think that it is now time to cut neighbourhood policing teams?
The mendacious Brown used it as an opportunity to continue his police cuts slur against Boris.
Neighbourhood policing has been so successful in London that it is now used in all parts of England. The reason that crime has come down is that there is a visible police presence in these areas and local people are in touch with their local police forces. That is why, under the current Mayor of London, crime has fallen by 15 per cent. and there are 6,000 more police officers and 4,000 more community support officers. The one thing that would put the policing of London at risk is the election of a Conservative Mayor.
This was only the fourth time that Sharma has spoken in the Commons since he was elected in July and the first time in almost six months. It seems that both at Ealing council and at the Commons he thinks an appearance about once every six months is a reasonable work rate for an elderly man with two jobs.
I acknowledge TheyworkForYou.com as the source for the Parliamentary stats – great job, again.
Phil Taylor 