Thank-you to everyone who voted for me- I won!!!
How did I get on?
Matthew Dean-Conservative Party 1762
David Geddes -UKIP 183
Graham Giles-Labour 1256
Pauline Harding-Liberal Democrats 395
John Spottiswoode -Green Party 327
Some other details; Rejected Ballot Papers 10 (about normal). The Electorate numbers 10291 (big ward) and the turnout was a highish 38.2%
The first thing to do is say thank-you to Shirley to voting for me; it was a good result for the Conservatives. A special thank-you to my agent Tony Forward and my campaign manager Terry Matthews. With Daphne Aitkienhead and Keith Vaughn, they did so much work so thank-you all; I owe you!
Labour ran a very credible campaign against me; in fact they worked quite hard doing a fair bit of canvassing and literature. however they didn't campaign on Southampton issues or really on policy (apart from being anti-'privatisation').
In terms of issues raised with me on the doorstep , the most common issues raised with me were (in order)
- The state of repair of our roads and pavements (by quite some way the most important issue)
- Keeping the weekly refuse collection (with a significant but vocal minority in favour of going fortnightly)
- The level of council tax bills
- Parking and congestion
- Development- including pulling down houses and rebuilding flats, the lack of new affordable housing
- Schools re-organisation (in Shirley, not as controversial/ significant as an election issue as I would have thought)
So I find myself writing this post from my laptop in the Conservative Members room!
posted by Matt Dean at 3:12 pm
10 Comments:
I didn't vote for you. But then I don't live in your ward.
Well that might be why!
So Councillor Dean who do you think is going to be running the Council? Given that Labour and Conservatives both have the same number of seats.
Good question and one I shall blog about over the next few days
Well done Matt.
I did vote for you.
I was interested to see your comment on the school re-organisation not appearing to a significant issue. It is for me, I think the first thing you should do is get the schools sorted.
Many congratulations Cllr. Dean from Wellingborough's new Cllr. Sharp. Here's to catching up with you via the CCA sometime.
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Wots a matter? Truth hurt?
Sorry I had to remove one of the last comments; unbelievably it accused another Councillor of racism.
please don't post anything here you wouldn't say in public to your local paper; in other words don't libel other people and hide behind anonymity!!!
Congrats on the win (and on the flyers you sent out - a large part of my voting for you - you were the only candidate I heard from at all)
I'd be interested to know how you're going to move forward with schools in Shirley. How and when can I find out more?
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