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Tories win Henley by-election
8:32am Friday 27th June 2008
CONSERVATIVE John Howell is the new MP for Henley after winning a by-election to replace Boris Johnson.
Mr Howell won by a majority of 10,116 ahead of the Liberal Democrats' Stephen Kearney.
Labour's candidate, Richard McKenzie, came an embarrassing fifth behind the Greens and the British National Party.
The Labour defeat came on the day prime minister Gordon Brown marked a year in office.
Mr Howell said it was "clear that the New Labour coalition is falling apart".
Boris Johnson stepped down as MP for Henley earlier this month after becoming Mayor of London.
The turnout was was lower than the last election, with just over half the constituency voting, compared to 67.9 per cent in 2005.
The results were:
John Howell (Cons) 19,796
Stephen Kearney's (Lib Dem) 9,680
Mark Stevenson (Green) 1,321
Timothy Rait (BNP) 1,243
Richard McKenzie (Lab) 1,066
Chris Adams (UKIP) 843
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Lib/Lab Watch, Watching Left Wing Nutters says...
9:26am Fri 27 Jun 08
Lib/Lab Watch, Watching Left Wing Nutters says...
9:31am Fri 27 Jun 08
Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd says...
10:57am Fri 27 Jun 08
Blueberry, S Bucks says...
11:04am Fri 27 Jun 08
Nukem!, HWY says...
11:23am Fri 27 Jun 08
So much for serving the public. Its about time those wasters start looking after OUR interests and not their own whilst lining their own pockets.
David Cameron do not let us down when you get voted in.
morty, High Wycombe says...
11:43am Fri 27 Jun 08
Lib/Lab Watch, Watching Left Wing Nutters says...
11:44am Fri 27 Jun 08
A vote of a Libdem is a wasted vote - you may as well vote for the Bannanaman or the Teddy Bear guy for what its worth - they are useless! as are Labour... both a JOKE
I'm fed up with all this PC left wing, liberal whingeing rubbish that we've all been fed for the past 10 years or so...
GIVE US OUR HOSPITAL BACK!!!! GIVE US COMMON SENCE BACK!!!
morty, High Wycombe says...
11:48am Fri 27 Jun 08
Nukem!, HWY says...
11:54am Fri 27 Jun 08
morty wrote:You could be on the money, you could be wrong ....... but who else is there?
We are losing the hospital services because the Tories stripped local democracy out of the NHS when they were in power! They still have not apologised for doing so. You are sadly deluded if you think Cameron is the answer
NOTHING can be worse than the cr@p we have had for the last 10 years!!!
morty, High Wycombe says...
12:02pm Fri 27 Jun 08
tom, marlow says...
12:36pm Fri 27 Jun 08
Oddly enough, we are on average richer now, more likely to be employed, more likely to live longer etc, etc. than 10, 20 yrs ago. Which government is in power has much less effect on our live than they would have us believe
Lib/Lab Watch, Watching Left Wing Nutters says...
1:05pm Fri 27 Jun 08
tom wrote:Are you seriously trying to sell it to us that we have it good under this Government?...
Blair/Brown may be bad but Thatcher was far worse. Bring back John Major then :-) Or what about Heath, Wilson or Callaghan? Oh yeah, they were bad too. Oddly enough, we are on average richer now, more likely to be employed, more likely to live longer etc, etc. than 10, 20 yrs ago. Which government is in power has much less effect on our live than they would have us believe
"Mate"
Go back to reading your copy of the Guardian with your rose tinted glasses!
& morty
Look at what you're guys did when they 'tried' to run WDC - you were rubbish - so go back to crying in your left wing world - there is no difference between your party and the Labour party - in-fact - hows Julia Wassel? I forget - is she yellow or red now?
tom, marlow says...
1:23pm Fri 27 Jun 08
Lib/Lab Watch, Watching Left Wing Nutters wrote
Are you seriously trying to sell it to us that we have it good under this Government?...
You clearly didnt bother to read what I actually said.
Is that your response to anyone who doesnt share your facile opinions?
morty, High Wycombe says...
2:02pm Fri 27 Jun 08
Both supported an illegal war in Iraq.
Both have stripped democracy out of the NHS.
Both have closed thousands of Post Offices.
Both back the unfair Council Tax.
Both have helped to erode our civil liberties.
Both support an unfair electoral system where the government of the day is decided by a handful of marginal seats.
Both are funded by powerful self interest groups.
Both will do what Murdoch tells them to do.
Both have hit the poorest hard.
Both want power for themselves.
BOTH HAVE FAILED
Lib/Lab Watch, Watching Left Wing Nutters says...
2:56pm Fri 27 Jun 08
morty wrote:morty,
I would argue that there is no difference between Labour and the Tories. Both supported an illegal war in Iraq. Both have stripped democracy out of the NHS. Both have closed thousands of Post Offices. Both back the unfair Council Tax. Both have helped to erode our civil liberties. Both support an unfair electoral system where the government of the day is decided by a handful of marginal seats. Both are funded by powerful self interest groups. Both will do what Murdoch tells them to do. Both have hit the poorest hard. Both want power for themselves. BOTH HAVE FAILED
easy to bash the other parties when you've never been in power - aye?
;op
Tom,
I stand corrected - you're right!
tom, marlow says...
4:10pm Fri 27 Jun 08
morty, High Wycombe says...
5:45pm Fri 27 Jun 08
easy to bash the other parties when you've never been in power - aye?
Is that the best you can respond with? Come back when you have finished your GCSE's
Mike Smith, Bourne End says...
7:13pm Fri 27 Jun 08
matthewjohn, highwycombe says...
7:36pm Fri 27 Jun 08
Observer, of Democracy says...
9:55am Sat 28 Jun 08
Town Cryer, Wycombe says...
10:38pm Sat 28 Jun 08
Its unfortunate but as long as we have a group of people who put self interest first you end up with a Tory !!!
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morty, High Wycombe says...
8:47am Fri 27 Jun 08