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Liberal Democrats dominate elections
5:28pm Friday 2nd May 2008
Comments (4)THE Liberal Democrats have recorded a resounding victory in the local district council elections.
Voters gave a resounding backing to the party, with 36 of the 51 available seats being taken.
The Conservatives were a distant second with 14 seats, while Labour came third with one seat. The Green party have no seats, after candidate Enda Farrell lost Kendal Far Cross.
Speaking on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, South Lakeland District Council leader, Brendan Jameson, who retained his seat at Kendal Park, said: "All 51 seats were up for grabs so logistically it was very demanding, but I think we have proved to the people of South Lakeland that we have delivered over the past two years, and we have been given the mandate to continue doing that."
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JC, Carnforth says...
12:26pm Sat 3 May 08
M McCrindle, Kendal says...
5:00pm Sun 4 May 08
MPT, says...
5:26pm Sun 4 May 08
mike cleal wrote:I'd have thought that trying to sell ludicrous policies like a 0% increase in Council Tax (Ok, so which services are we going to lose then?) didn't exactly help either! A distinct lack of living in the real world, and this wasn't helped by one of the local Conservative candidates who asked my wife (age 39) if her mother was in! No wonder they lost in our ward.
For any party to have a majority of 70% on a Council is a disaster the more so because they are unelectable at a National level.
However the Conservatives really have themselves to blame and must galvanise workers locally and at least counter the welter of propoganda paper which the Liberals bombard us with.
I have voted Conservative in the past but there was absolutely no way I was going to vote for them this time on that kind of presentation.
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mike cleal, windermere says...
11:38am Sat 3 May 08
However the Conservatives really have themselves to blame and must galvanise workers locally and at least counter the welter of propoganda paper which the Liberals bombard us with.