King's Hedges (Cambridge) council by-election result: Conservative GAIN from Labour.

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King's Hedges (Cambridge) council by-election result: Conservative GAIN from Labour. - Lemmy.world

King’s Hedges (Cambridge) council by-election result: CON: 34.9% (+3.0) LAB: 33.6% (-5.6) LDEM: 23.5% (+8.5) GRN: 8.0% (-6.0) Votes cast: 1,780 Conservative GAIN from Labour. Write-up: https://medium.com/britainelects/previewing-the-kings-hedges-cambridge-by-election-of-tuesday-4th-july-2023-6bb52c37e994 [https://medium.com/britainelects/previewing-the-kings-hedges-cambridge-by-election-of-tuesday-4th-july-2023-6bb52c37e994]

It’s incredible how close council elections can be.

By my napkin maths, it would only have taken 12 people flipping from blue to red, or 24 from green/yellow to red, for a completely different outcome.

This is why we should use some sort of transferable vote system.
Almost certainly a protest vote against the congestion charge plans for the city that have been introduced by Labour/LD rather than anything pertaining to national party matters.

Congestion charge initial draft was bonkers, it included the park and ride car parks!

I don’t mind it, as I essentially never drive in the city anymore, but I also don’t have a vote because I live elsewhere and commute in.