Friday 28 May 2010

Libs, Cons, triumph again

What, if anything, should we make of last night's by-elections on Truro city and Falmouth town councils? Here are the results:
Truro
Lib Dem 604; Conservative 524; Mebyon Kernow 156
(turnout 32%)
Falmouth
Conservative 324; Labour 304; Mebyon Kernow 167
(turnout 16%)
OK so this was the first test in Cornwall of voter opinion since the Con-Lib coalition but I suggest we should not read too much into it - other than perhaps note the increasing importance of the postal vote (48% in Falmouth) as indicative of the organising power of political parties.

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