| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Will the Tories hold onto the council? | |
| Posted by: | Vlod Barchuk | |
| Date/Time: | 07/05/10 12:11:00 |
| The formal count starts at 1pm but it's not looking good for us. The number of Council ballot papers were counted last night (to verify the numbers in the boxes tallied with the number of papers recorded as being issued), which allowed us sad politicos to stay up late to take sample counts from the ballot boxes as papers were counted out in front of us. Getting my excuses in early, holding the local and General elections on the same day has helped Labour (it's an unspoken truth amongst the parties that the Labour vote is harder to get out when there's not a General Election), with lots of their supporter voting who would not normally turn out for the locals. My East Acton colleagues were looking very glum. My sample count suggested Acton Central had gone Labour, best we might get is a split ward. But I could be wrong; it was late, I was tired and there were a lot of split votes which I couldn't track. Other rumblings were South Acton to stay Labour, Southfield too close to call between Tories and Lib Dems. On these results the council would either be hung or Labour. |