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By election triumph in Wollaston

On Thursday 19 June 2008 the Conservative candidate Joanne Beirne polled 81.1% of the vote in a by election for the Wollaston Ward of the Borough Council of Wellingborough.

The Wollaston result was a stunning victory for the Conservatives :
    Jo Beirne        Conservative          816 –  81.1%    (850 – 70,2% on 3/May/2007)
    Jane Brown    Liberal Democrat      93 -    9.2%
    Peter Wright   Labour                     97 -    9.6%    (360 – 29.8% on 3/May/2007)

The turnout was 32.76%.

The swing from Labour->Con was 15.5%. (N.B. The Libdems didn’t stand in 2007.)

The Conservative candidate took over 80% of the vote. (This makes it the best Conservative result in the East Midlands for at least a quarter of a century!)

Replicated nationally, a result like this would reduce Labour to around 115 seats, and give the Conservatives a majority of around 275.

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June 2nd 2008
 CONSERVATIVES GET ANOTHER POLL BOOST
Conservatives are riding high after the they receive another polling boost.  Read Iain Dale's blog to check out the details.

YOU GOV POLL PUTS CONSERVATIVES ON 47%


June 26th 2008
LABOUR LOSE DEPOSIT IN HENLEY BY ELECTION

     
About the Wellingborough Constituency
The Parliamentary constituency covers the towns of Wellingborough, Rushden and Higham Ferrers along with a number of smaller villages in the surrounding area. The are two local government districts in the constituency, which are Wellingborough and East Northamptonshire.

The two local government districts are formed from the following electoral wards in Wellingborough and East Northamptonshire (the number of council seats in each ward is shown in brackets).

Wellingborough District -
Brickhill (3), Castle (3), Croyland (3), Finedon (2), Great Doddington and Wilby (1), Hemmingwell (3), Irchester (3), North (1), Queensway (3), Redwell East (2), Redwell West (2), South (1), Swanspool (3) and Wollaston (2).

(The wards of Earls Barton (3) and West (1) are not expected to be part of the Parliamentary constituency in the future)

East Northamptonshire -
Higham Ferrers Chichele (2), Higham Ferrers Lancaster (2), Rushden Hayden (3), Rushden Spencer (3), Rushden Bates (2) and Rushden Sartoris (2) and Rushden Pemberton (3).

In the 2003 local elections the opposition Conservative group scored an outstanding victory in Wellingborough district, gaining 13 seats to secure an 18-seat majority in the Council Chamber. While in East Northamptonshire overall the Conservative group increased its majority to 30 seats.

In 2005, following on from the local election successes, the Conservatives regained the Parliamentary seat lost in 1997, with Peter Bone secured a 2.9% swing to win with a majority of 687.

In 2007 the Conservatives in East Northamptonshire virtually eradicated all opposition in the district as they won all but one of the 40 seats in the council chamber. In Wellingborough, the Conservative majority in the 36-seat chamber increased to 24, as they won 30 seats in the borough and at the same time defeated the leader of the Labour group and his deputy.