Last Council elections: 2 Lib Dem Councillors. Elections 2007: 6 Lib Dems elected. Many thanks from Scarborough and Whitby Liberal Democrats to the people who were so welcoming on the doorsteps and who voted for us in the polling booth.
Springvale declared before Park and Cllr Mike Heap had held his seat with 59% of the vote. He had 1884 votes against Labour's 826 and the Conservative's 374.
Peggy Dow has won one of the two seats in Marlborough East for Kennet District Council. Peggy becomes Councillor for the seat that was previously held by Liberal Democrat Bill Cavill.
The Lib Dems have re-gained College ward and taken Court ward. A total of 11 of our candidates have been elected as councillors. There are only 2 Tories in the new council and Labour have been wiped out. This is our best result so far and the worst yet for the RA party.
The Liberal Democrats took control of Rochdale Council for the first time on what Lib Dem Leader Alan Taylor called an "historic night" - gaining FOUR Council Seats. The Liberal Democrats won ten seats, Labour won eight seats and the Conservatives won two seats on a night that saw three, now former, councillors lose their seats - the Mayor, Labour's Jean Hornby, Labour's Darren Pedley and the Conservative's Ian Duckworth.
Five Liberal Democrat candidates have succeeded in winning seats on Marlborough Town Council.