Tactical Voting in Bury St Edmunds
April 24, 2010 12:00 AM
The recent voting figures for Labour are calculated from national and local election results. some County wards cross the constituency boundary and some wards are 2 member wards and these have been adjusted for, but they are as
follows:
May 2001: 19,347
May 2005: 14,402
May 2007: 4,781
May 2009: 3,814
With the Tories there vote was:
May 05: 25,405
May 09: 16,854. (while they made 22 gains on Suffolk County Council they
lost 4 in Bury St Edmunds, 2 to Lib Dems, 1 to green, and 1 to independent.
By comparison the Lib Dem vote was:
May 01: 6,998
May 03: 8,222
May 05: 10,423
May 07: 12, 720
Last year our vote fell back to around 10,000 but it was a low turnout and our share of the vote rose 3% to 26%
We just need to harness that collapsed Labour vote that is still 'anti-Tory' at heart to vote for us and we can win the seat knocking the Tory out here and helping frustrate any possible chance of the Tories have a majority.
So that is the basis of the tactical vote opportunity.
Think about your vote, and use it for real change
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