Election Result (Wirral Council, 2016): Seacombe: Labour hold (Paul Stuart) Seacombe Ward Name of candidate Description (if any) Votes % STUARTPaul Charles Labour Party 2,245 85% Elected LAINGJohn Richard Local Conservatives 386 15% Not elected There were 59 rejected ballot papers, the electorate was 10,091 and the turnout was 27%. If you click on any of the buttons below, you’ll be doing me a … Continue reading “Election Result (Wirral Council, 2016): Seacombe: Labour hold (Paul Stuart)”
Election Result (Wirral Council, 2016): Seacombe: Labour hold (Paul Stuart)
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Name of candidate | Description (if any) | Votes | % | |
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STUART Paul Charles | Labour Party | 2,245 | 85% | Elected |
LAING John Richard | Local Conservatives | 386 | 15% | Not elected |
There were 59 rejected ballot papers, the electorate was 10,091 and the turnout was 27%.
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59 rejected ballot papers all saying” non of the above!” what a joke!
Bidston and St. James and Seacombe have both been Labour ward a long, long time.
Although where I live in Bidston and St. James there were 6 candidates.
Assuming that if there were only 2 candidates (as in Seacombe) and that the people who voted for the other 4 candidates didn’t vote, that’s 569 people in Bidston & St. James who voted (but not for Conservative or Labour) that had they lived in Seacombe would not have the choice of their chosen candidate or party on the ballot paper.
I realise first past the post leads to a two party system but when I vote I expect to see more than just Conservative or Labour on the ballot paper!