Coombe Vale by-election result – Conservatives win two seats on Kingston council

Coombe Vale's new Conservative councillors

Congratulations to Conservative candidates Lynne Finnerty and Julie Pickering who have been elected as councillors for the Coombe Vale ward following yesterday’s by-election. 

The election saw a turnout of 43%. The Conservatives held their share of the vote from the 2010 election whilst the Lib Dems saw their share fall back below 2006 levels.

Labour appears to be the main beneficiaries of a swing away from the Lib Dems. Is this a sign that the ‘anti-conservative’ ‘can’t win here’  vote is less willing to support the Lib Dems in  this coalition age or did the Lib Dems from 2010 stay home?

Full election results below.

Name of Candidate	Party	Votes
FINNERTY Lynne	Conservative	1340 Elected
PICKERING Julie	Conservative	1308 Elected
KUGAN Kamala	Liberal Democrat	908
NICHOL Rupert Colin Frank	Liberal Democrat	778
BOWN Nick	Labour	526
PARKER Ian	Labour	502
WALKER Chris	Green Party	122
SHABBEER Dr Tariq	Green Party	108
HAYWARD Philippa Lucy Eleanor	Christian Peoples Alliance	94
GLENCROSS Roger Edmund	Christian Peoples Alliance	76
WATSON Michael Gerard	UK Independence Party	70

 Total votes by Political Party:

 

Vote share:

 

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