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Well for some this is good news,,,,,,,
I have decided to trial out posting so here goes
of course if it gets to personal I will stay away
So lets move to the recent bye elections;
There were no surprizes in Castle so I wish the new conservative well.
In Town and pier we saw the 2 horse race with John Heron coming out on top
John has Dover at heart, it will now be will his party hold him back(I hope not) I do wish John well and I'm looking forward to that pint!!
Then to the Maxton, Elms vale and priory ward
To me this was an interesting one, with the UKIP member standing as an Indy
The conservative although living in the ward, I hadn't really heard of her up to the count
Then we have the Labour party who chose to stand someone so far from the ward.
It took me a long time to decide what to do, having had many discussions with Labour guys it was clear even though there was an active local person, Mrs Stephenson was to be the candidate.
So after much thought I threw my hat in the ring, and what a healthy campaign it was.
We didn't get to hear from the (UKIP)Independent so we may never know what this lady could have done.
The conservative leafleted in the last week so targeted areas and so wouldn't have reached all the ward. but we did have an interesting chat at the count, and have had further chats since the count)
Then we had labour(bearing in mind they were fighting 3 bye elections) spent most of the time in the ward, heavy leafleting/canvassing, and for a Town council bye election it was really surprizing to see the party manning both polling booths. they threw everything except the kitchen sink at the ward.
Having started as a community representative just to shake up the political parties, it became clear as I canvassed locals, that people had lost faith in most labour councillors, and were urging me to win.
I then was really taken by surprize when conservatives/ex lib dems/and UKIP started to support some even doing my leaflets and posters in windows.
At the count chatting with the conservative once it was clear the winner I did say to her that theres a good chance she could pip labour which she did.
A clear message has been sent out.
Its really now down to the labour party to heed it
If they continue to take people for granted they will have more disasters on the horizon.
but that's for them to sort.
I'm thankful for the 4 candidates giving very different ideals and giving local people choice.
Keith