Henley Romp

Conservative candidate John Howell romped home in Henley last night.  It was a temendous result (slight swing to Con overall) and a disasterous night for Labour, which saw them slip to 5th place behind the Greens and the BNP and only marginally ahead of UKIP.  The full result is shown below, but I’m particularly pleased that the disgraceful campaign run by the Liberal Democrats did not pay dividends.  One Lib Dem leaflet even claimed that Boris Johnson (formerly the Conservative MP for Henley before he won the London Mayoralty) was supporting the Lib Dem candidate – complete rubbish ofcourse but par for the course for a Lib Dem by-election campaign.

Here in Ealing North I’m not counting any chickens following this Labour humiliation – it was only 12 months ago that we were mired in the grammar school fiasco and Gordon Brown was riding high in the polls. If a week is a long time in politics then nearly two years before Gordon needs to go the country, is an eternity.

Result Henley by-election 26th June 2008

1. John Howell – Conservatives, 19,796 (56.95%, 3.46% increase on 2005 general election share of vote)
   Stephen Kearney – Liberal Democrats, 9,680 (27.85%, 1.84%)
2. Mark Stevenson – Greens, 1,321 (3.80%, 0.54%)
3. Timothy Rait – British National Party, 1,243 (3.58%)
4. Richard McKenzie – Labour, 1,066 (3.07%, -11.68%)
5. Chris Adams, UK Independence Party, 843 (2.43%, -0.07%)
   Bananaman Owen – Monster Raving Loony Party, 242 (0.70%)
6. Derek Allpass – English Democrats, 157 (0.45%)
7. Amanda Harrington – Independent (Miss Great Britain Party), 128 (0.37%)
8. Dick Rodgers – The Common Good, 121 (0.35%)
9. Louise Cole – Independent (Miss Great Britain Party), 91 (0.26%)
10. Harry Bear – The Fur Play Party, 73 (0.21%)

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Tags: Boris Johnson, Henley byelection, John Howell, Lib Dem dirty tricks

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