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In reply to the discussion: County Council elections on 2nd May [View all]fedsron2us
(2,863 posts)The swings show they are not all coming from the Tories
Like it or not this shows quite a high level of discontent with the three main political parties and their rather smooth identikit, PR focus group orientated leaders
Main surprise for me of this election is not that UKIP have polled so well as I was expecting them to take about 20% of the vote in the Tory shires but how well the Lib Dems vote has held up in some of their West Country strongholds. It has surprised me. I thought they were destined for electoral annihilation but now I am not so sure, Where they have strong local organisation it seems they can still cut it.
BTW my wife is at our local count and it seems UKIP have put all the sitting Tory County Councillors to the sword where I live polling twice as many votes as them in some places.