Maidstone Central (Kent) council by-election result: Liberal Democrat HOLD

https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1677261505727721475

Maidstone Central (Kent) council by-election result:

LDEM: 28.5% (-1.6) GRN: 28.4% (+13.8) CON: 24.0% (-12.4) LAB: 14.0% (-5.0) REF: 4.3% (+4.3) IND: 0.9% (+0.9)

Votes cast: 6,521

Liberal Democrat HOLD*. *Seat up for grabs was second (LDem) of two up in 2021.

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breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Tories demolished. Lets hope this continues

15liam20@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Nice to see them coming in with fewer votes than the Greens. They can't have Nimbied hard enough.

guriinii@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Glad to see the Greens doing so well.

Mane25@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 3y

That was close

FlanFlinger@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y (3 replies)

6,521 votes cast?, that seems awfully low

15liam20@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

And just 11 votes between first and second place.

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 3y

Another great example of why it's so important to vote in local elections.

FlanFlinger@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

It's a worryingly small figure, Maidstone isn't exactly small, according to this

https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2019-12-12/results/Location/Constituency/Maidstone%20and%20The%20Weald

There's an electorate of over 76k