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Lib Dems take Nonsuch Sutton Council seat
7:09am Friday 3rd July 2009
The Liberal Democrats achieved a by-election gain last week winning a seat back from the Conservatives.
Lib Dem candidate Gerry Jerome, 55 a director of an IT consultancy took the Nonsuch seat with 1665 votes - over half of the total 3298 ballots.
The Tory candidate Georg Braun, 41, a businessman, was second with 1329 votes.
Labour’s Marcus Papadopoulos, 30, a freelance journalist only managed a meagre 88 votes being beaten into last place by British National Party candidate Peter North, 63, a retired engineer, who obtained 211 votes.
Nonsuch ward will now be run by three Lib Dem councillors including a husband and wife team as Mr Jerome joins his wife Kirsty as councillor.
He said: “I am grateful to the people who voted for me.
“The result demonstrates that people like having a Liberal Democrat Council and a Liberal Democrat MP working for them.
“Now it’s down to work: getting action on Victoria House, pressing Mayor Johnson to get Central Road moving and working hard for everyone in Worcester Park and North Cheam.”
The seat was previously held by Conservative Councillor Chris Dunlop who died recently.
Opposition leader Paul Scully said: “It was a split ward and with two Liberal Democrats there it was always going to be nip and tuck.
“The MPs expenses played a large part of it rather than local issues.
“Nonsuch is largely a forgotton borough and this will only increase to be the case with three Lib Dem councillors.”
There were 3 spoiled papers and a turnout of 41 per cent.
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alviaeagle, Sutton says...
11:41am Mon 6 Jul 09
So, as you can see, this turnout does not reflect badly on the council. Quite the opposite... as they turnout is higher than normal the only conculsion one can draw is that the council is very popular!
LiberalsOut, Sutton says...
2:04pm Tue 7 Jul 09
Alex_Bradford, says...
5:49pm Thu 16 Jul 09
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Returning to the result, I suspect the opinions amongst the Lib Dem voting 20% may change, (not to mention the non-voters), when the bills arrive on the doormats for the council’s recent, high visibility street cleaning campaign. Those outside the Nonsuch Ward may be unaware that for some, as yet, still unknown reason, this intensive, high visibility street cleaning campaign unexpectedly descended upon Nonsuch, in the run up to the election. No doubt it will prove to cost everyone in the Borough a fortune – Lib Dem voters or otherwise!
Updated:Lib Dems take Nonsuch council seat
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Alex_Bradford, says...
3:16pm Fri 3 Jul 09
Perhaps, next time, I ought to stand as an independent candidate for the Apathy Party? On the basis of these results, I should win easily.