An odd result

[bellinghman]

In our area, the Lib Dems gained a seat, going from 3 to 4. But the odd result is the seat they won: Norwich South.

Look at those figures:

Simon Wright	Liberal Democrat	13,960	29.4	-0.6
Charles Clarke	Labour	13,650	28.7	-8.7
Antony Little	Conservative	10,902	22.9	+1.1
Adrian Ramsay	Green	7,095	14.9	+7.5
Steve Emmens	UK Independence Party	1,145	2.4	+0.9
Leonard Heather	British National Party	697	1.5	+1.5
Gabriel Polley	Workers Revolutionary Party	102	0.2	+0.0

Yes, the Lib Dems actually gained a seat while losing share. What happened was that Labour lost many more (with an appreciable number going Green), letting the LDs in.

(East England is pretty solid blue. Tories: 52. LDs: 4. Labour: 2 (the two Luton seats, with control freak Esther Rantzen failing).

Comments

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

That is indeed odd. Locally, the Tories held on easily, but Lib Dems, despite only half the Labour vote last time out, suddenly arrived in second place, despite only getting an extra 1.5%...