Archive for May 2nd, 2008
Adur results 2008
Posted by: Gav in Gavin Ayling's blog on May 2nd, 2008
The bottom line is that the Conservatives retained all their seats and with the postal votes counted it’s a reasonable turn-out and satisfying majorities in every ward.
Congratulations to the successful candidates and thanks to the electorate for not subjecting us to nuisance politics.
The numbers in Worthing are similarly reassuring with the Conservatives picking up one seat and the Lib Dems retaining their tally.
Interesting statistic
Posted by: Gav in Gavin Ayling's blog on May 2nd, 2008
Obviously I’m delighted about the results so far for the Conservatives but we’re yet to see how Adur’s results come in — I’m not counting too many chickens.
That said, I’m sure that Debbie Kennard has won Buckingham Ward in Shoreham. Based on our canvas data, though, there was an interesting stat I’d like to share.
Unfortunately Debbie wasn’t able to canvas the whole area due to a combination of factors including getting less help from people like me! Apologies Deb if you’re reading this.
But of the two-thirds of homes that were canvassed, over 20% turn-out was experienced, while the third that was not canvassed only showed a 10% turn-out. And our canvas records show that the turn-out was slightly higher among Conservative pledged voters who were canvassed than ‘Againsts’.
So this is a lesson to us all. Canvassing definitely helps increase turn-out!
