MungoBrush wrote:Cannydc wrote:Are they still going ?
In truth, they are very useful to Labour, taking Tory seats or reducing the Tory vote to let Labour in the side door in some constituencies.
A bit like UKIP in many ways.
Ah yes - North Norfolk - one of those pesky Lib Dem seats since 2001
No doubt Cannydc campaigned for the Labour Candidate - Stephen Burke
One of only 8 Labour candidates in the whole of the UK to actually lose votes
Keep up the good work:
Norfolk North Parliamentary constituency
LD HOLD
General Election 2017 results
PARTY VOTES % NET PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN SEATS +/- %
Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb 25,260 48.4 +9.3
Conservative James Wild 21,748 41.7 +10.8
Labour Stephen Burke 5,180 9.9
-0.3
His number of votes (5,180) was higher than the previous candidate who actually finished 4th behind UKIP in 2015 (5,043). The large increase in turnout went to either Lib Dem or Cons as it was a straight 2 horse race.