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Friday, February 10, 2006

Dunfermline and West Fife - 3 comments

We lost - read it and weep.

The Lib Dem candidate, Willie Rennie, won with a surprisingly large majority of 1800 over Labour. I don't have all the figures with me, but it looks like a swing of approximately 16% from Labour to Lib Dem.

For what it's worth, the Conservatives piled up 2702 votes, which I reckon is under 8%. Probably squeezed, but not particularly relevant.

More tomorrow, no doubt.

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At 9:06 AM, February 10, 2006, Hughes Views said...: You might want to read my blog for a 'really interesting' anecdote about the Great Liberal Triumph at the Orpington by-election in 1962 but then again you may have some drying paint to watch....

Don't panic!
At 5:44 PM, February 10, 2006, Perry de Havilland said...: Yup, you lost... if the Tories has won however that would have been harder to say now that the party is lead by Tory Blair, I mean, David Cameron. These days you have twise the chance of getting a Blairite Party into office each election so I can see how genuinely losing a seat to a truly different party much be a shock! :-)
At 1:50 AM, February 12, 2006, Gregg said...: Yes, having two parties led by telegenic Thatcherites really is a shock to the system. Thank heavens Nick Clegg isn't running for the Lib Dem leadership.