In article ,
steve.cleary@gmail.com (Steve Cleary) wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 15:00 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
> rosenstiel@cix.co.uk (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
> 
> >Cambridgeshire CC, Roman Bank and Peckover
> >Con 897 (61.1;+2.1), Lab 380 (25.9;+25.9), UKIP 192 (13.1;+13.1)
> >[LD (0.0;-41.0)]
> >Majority 517. Turnout 21.9%. Con hold. Last fought 2005.
> 
> Why no LD candidate in an area where they previously had 41% of the
> vote?

That's a bit disingenuous. The last contest was coincident with the
General Election and the Lib Dem was the only non-Tory candidate. The
non-Tory vote this time was 39%.

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