No surprise but the Conservatives won Henley with 57% of the vote….
There were however a few key points from this by-election:

The much trumpted Lib Dem by-election machine didn’t make any significant impact.
Labour lost their deposit with a humiliating 3% of the vote.
Labour lost 85% of their voters from 2005.
Richard McKenzie, the Labour candidate, didn’t even [...]

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Ever wondered what a returning officer does, well you can read David Buckle’s blog here, he’s the acting returning officer for the Henley by-election.

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I’m off to Goring in the next half an hour to go and campaign for John Howell in the Henley by-election. Looking skywards I may manage to stay dry.

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