Really sad that this by-election came about – a Labour councillor being accused of a heinous crime.
This was the first election where I was the agent. Fascinating experience. Heaps to learn. Some silly mistakes on the way which hopefully I wont make again and can help others avoid. We were very fortunate to have a leader in Anood Al-Samerai leading from the front and motivating so many people to help.
We delivered lots of excellent leaflets and letters. Found many supporters on the doorsteps. Despite the current national angst about Lib Dems, latest national opinion poll puts us on 9%, we achieved virtually the same share of the vote as last year with a massive 34.2% turnout. I found it very flattering as agent that labour put such a massive effort into this by-election for a Labour safe seat.
2011 – Lab 65.1%, LD 20.7%, Gr 7.6%, C 4.2%, Soc 2.3%
2010 – Lab 61.8%, LD 22.7%, Gr 14.5%, C 10.9%
2006 – Lab 47.6%, LD 36.5%, Gr 9.6%, C 6.3%
2002 – Lab 55.5%, LD 20.5%, Gr 12.6%, C 11.4%
Labour did well but mostly overall at the expense of the Greens and Conservatives.
hi i disagree with you on the effort front, the amount of doorsteping by the lib dems was far greater by libdems compared to labour,also we found your twee note lets irritating and the amount of flyers repetitive and generalised
Hi steve,
I think you’ll find that all parties are selective of where they canvass and leaflet.
Certainly the view we received was a huge Labour effort with high levels of canvassing and leafletting but clearly they didn’t target you.
Regards james.