Post election
A huge thanks to everyone who came and and voted on May the 6th. We had pretty rough time of it in Salford – losing a couple of local seats as the bost in turnout really helped Labour and led to surpise results for all the parties. On the plus side, ‘cheque-book’ Blears had her majority slashed, with Lib Dem Norman Owen running her very close.
The local Lib Dem council group are obviously disappointed, but we’re philosophical; our local results have been mirrored across the country. Labour did badly in the General Election, but took loads of council seats as turnout in the places they managed to hang on to increased. We’ve learned a few things and everyone’s determined to come back stronger.
Onwards and upwards.