On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 at 12:46:04, rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote in 
uk.politics.electoral :
>
>> >Warwickshire CC, Arbury and Stockingford
>> >Lab 1331 (41.7; +13.5)
>> >Con 1079 (33.8;+2.6)
>> >BNP 449 (14.1;-10.4)
>> >Green 170 (5.3;-10.8)
>> >LD 118 (3.7;+3.7)
>> >Socialist Alternative 43 (1.3;1.3)
>> >Maj 252
>> >Turnout 21.4%
>> >Lab gain from Con
>>
>> But was it through former Green votes, or BNP?
>
>The BNP vote certainly dropped precipitously. It was nearly 1300 in the 4
>June poll, close to the two largest parties.
>
>The Labour and Tory candidates both stood on June 4 and the Tories were
>elected then. The other councillor in the two-member division is the wife
>of the Tory who stood here. He had forgotten to resign a part time
>position with the County Council in time and was disqualified. The
>electorate seem to have punished him for his mistake.
>
Doesn't say a lot for the electorate though, when they put more emphasis 
on the minor inconvenience of having to vote twice in 6 weeks, than on 
the merits of the candidates themselves...
-- 
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham