Stunning result in Kingston by-election
20 Jul 2015
There was a stunning result in last week's by-election in Grove Ward, Kingston, where Lib Dem Jon Tolley was elected with a with a greatly increased majority majority of 889 votes over the Conservative candidate.
This represents a remarkable surge in support for the Liberal Democrats, as In the previous by-election in this ward, held on the same day as the General Election, the Lib Dem candidate had won by just 18 votes.
The result was:
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Jon Tolley - Lib Dem - 1577
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Conservative - 688
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Labour - 223
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Green - 88
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UKIP - 58
The by-election was called following the sudden death of long-serving Lib Dem councillor Chrissie Hitchcock..