Thank You

4.53.17am BST (GMT +0100) Fri 6th May 2005

Mike Evemy and Sue Stebbing would like to thank the voters of Swindon for increasing the Liberal Democrat share of the vote in Swindon.

The results were:

North Swindon

Swing: 6.7% from LAB to CON

Michael Wills Labour 19,612 (43.7%) -9.2

Justin Tomlinson Conservative 17,041 (38.0%) +4.3

Mike Evemy Liberal Democrat 6,831 (15.2%) +3.6

Robert Tingey UK Independence Party 998 (2.2%) +0.3

Andy Newman Socialist Unity 208 (0.5%) +0.5

Ernest Reynolds Independent 195 (0.4%) +0.4

Majority 2,571 (5.7%)

Turnout 44,885 (61.0% of the electorate)

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South Swindon:

Swing: 6.9% from LAB to CON

Anne Snelgrove Labour 17,534 (40.3%) -11.0

Robert Buckland Conservative 16,181 (37.2%) +2.8

Sue Stebbing Liberal Democrat 7,322 (16.8%) +4.9

Bill Hughes Green 1,234 (2.8%) +2.8

Stephen Halden UK Independence Party 955 (2.2%) +0.6

Alan Hayward Independent 193 (0.4%) +0.4

John Williams Independent 53 (0.1%) +0.1

Majority 1,353 (3.1%)

Turnout 43,472 (60.2% of the electorate)