POSITIVE GREEN VOTE RISES IN RUGBY!

The results for Rugby Green Party in the Rugby Borough Council elections were positive with a gain of votes on 2010.

11.7% (More than 1 in every 10 person who voted – voted Green) was the average support of the Greens in the nine seats we contested across Rugby and in a number of wards we reached figures much higher.

25% in Ryton, 15% in Benn and 16% in Newbold showed real promise for the future.

In the New Bilton and Overslade wards – Green Party candidates finished ahead of the Liberal Democrats and just behind them in Admirals and Brownsover North wards.

In Benn, Earl Craven, Newbold and Ryton the Liberal Democrats actually failed to find a candidate, which bodes very poor for them in the future.

While the decline of the Liberal Democrats was more limited than else where in the UK (largely for personal vote factors) they still lost by a long way in a seat in Dunchurch. New Labour increased their vote as a positive by product reaction to the anti cuts campaign – but not as much as they may have hoped for! The Tories also suffered a marked reduction in support despite gaining the Liberal Democrat seat.

The Trade Unionists and Socialists Coalition – against the Cuts (who stood with the support of the Rugby Against the Cuts Group – as did the Green Party) did fairly well – with good results in Brownsover South (12.6%) and Leam Valley (16%).

In conclusion, as with the Poll Tax struggle, we believe that the fight over the cuts will intensify over the coming period and with New Labour’s compliance over the reason for the crisis and their craven implementation of the cuts, that people will not support them at the ballot box and will be looking for the ethical Green Party as an alternative to ‘more of the same’.

Admirals Ward

· Labour Party Candidate - 811

· Liberal Democrats - 166

· LAFFY Steve - Green Party – 139 – 6.3%

· Conservative Party - 1068 - ELECTED

Turnout = 41.41%

Benn Ward

· Conservative Party - 503

· SANDISON Paul David - Green Party – 248 – 15.3%

· Labour Party - 858 - ELECTED

Turnout = 35.55%

Brownsover North

· Liberal Democrats - 168

· REYNOLDS Peter Stephen - Green Party – 144 – 8.0%

· Conservative Party - 998 - ELECTED

· Labour Party Candidate - 471

Turnout = 37.66%

Earl Craven and Wolston

· Conservative Party - 1448 - ELECTED

· RODERICK Ellie - Green Party – 171 – 9.5%

· Labour Party - 513

Turnout = 45.68%

New Bilton

· Conservative Party Candidate - 587

· SANDISON Roy Leonard - Green Party – 171 – 9.0%

· Liberal Democrats - 170

· Labour Party - 970 - ELECTED

Turnout = 35.42%

Newbold

· DUNLEAVY Lorna Beryl Joyce - Green Party – 272 – 16.0%

· Labour Party - 876 - ELECTED

· WATTS Teri - The Conservative Party Candidate - 546

Turnout = 36.25%

Overslade

· Labour Party - 677

· GOODCHILD Laurence Stephen - Green Party – 178 – 9.3%

· Conservative Party - 884 - ELECTED

· Liberal Democrats - 159

Paddox

· GODDEN Phil - Green Party – 83 – 6.4%

· Labour Party - 244

· Liberal Democrats - 612 - ELECTED

· Conservative Party - 348

Turnout = 45.97%

Ryton on Dunsmore

· BENNETT Sarah Catherine - Green Party – 150 – 25.2%

· SPIERS Ian - The Conservative Party Candidate - 443 - ELECTED

Turnout = 42.88%