The count for Abingdon Town Council took place this morning in the large sports hall at the Vale of White Horse Leisure Centre.
Angela got elected as an independent after a lot of hard work, and help from volunteers. She is with Helen from the same ward who got elected back, and will become the Mayor at the Mayor Making on Wednesday.
At the count were some of the Labour people. Left to right are Natalie who stood in Caldecott, Ray who helps organise the local party, and Mike who stood in the Abbey Ward.
Both Monica and Sandy Lovatt were re-elected for the Conservatives.
Julie Mayhew-Archer (24 years on the council) and Lesley Legge (20 years) did not stand this time. They have been two of the most effective councillors in all that time.
I also stood in Caldecott Ward and would like to thank the 1000+ people who voted for me. It was not quite enough. Alice and Mike Badcock, Sam Bowring, and Neil Fawcett got 1200+ and have been elected to serve the ward.
The results of the elections for Abingdon Town Council has resulted in:
10 Conservatives
8 Liberal Democrats
1 Independent
The full results can be seen at http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/java/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ElectionSubParish&NAME=Abingdon&TYPE=RESULTSLIST
For a more personal blog about my election experience see 2015-election.blogspot.co.uk.
It’s interesting that nearly all the wards elected a mix of Conservatives and Lib Dems. Can we hope at this level that people are voting for the best person rather than party to represent them? Perhaps they could now keep party politics out of town issues?
Why are the wards so different in size? I thought there were boundary charges to avoid this?
Well I’ve proved that Independents can get elected in Abingdon, so,perhaps that will give others the courage to stand.
Well done to everone. Hooray, restored my faith in voting – one of my votes ‘counted’ and wasn’t overwhelmed by ‘political’ decisions/party votes. Could it be some wards are expanding faster than others perhaps. I know the fear is loss of village boundaries as house building plans, cause them to merge into others.
Well done those who were elected, and my respect to those of you who didn’t get elected on this ocassion but had the courage to put yourselves forward. Maybe next time – keep trying, it’s so important that people have a choice.
I’m sorry you did not get in, Backstreeter. I cannot think of many people who have Abingdon more in their heart.
I guess that’s the last we see of the candidates for another 4 years.
That’s a bit cynical, Bill
But based on experience – as you well know Angela.
Congratulations to those joining me on the new council and commiserations to those who lost.
Kelly – the boundary changes resulted in the average electorate per councillor being more equal, so the four of us representing Caldecott represent roughly twice as many as the two councillors representing Abbey, for example.
Bill – some of work hard all year round. I’ve certainly been pretty busy working for Abingdon South since I got elected two years ago. Of course whene ver I do go out knocking on doors three quarters of the residents are out!