HUGE SURGE IN LABOUR VOTE ACROSS SOMERSET ON NIGHT OF TRIUMPH FOR CORBYN

Wes Hinckes Labour candidate in Bridgwater and West Somerset

The Labour vote in Somerset virtually doubled yesterday as young voters surged towards Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, Brexiteers who voted UKIP in 2015 turned to Labour and the Lib Dems faded.

Labour’s total for the county was up  90 per cent – from 27,188  in 2015 to 51,897 this time.  The biggest triumph was in Bridgwater and West Somerset, where Labour’s Wes Hinckes won 16,663 votes, pushing the Lib Dems into a distant third place. That was a 74 per cent increase in the Labour vote – up from 9,589 in 2015.

Labour up across the county

And across the county there were similar stories. In Somerton and Frome, the Labour vote was up 148 per cent,  from 4,419 to 10,998. And there were big increases, too, in Taunton Deane, where we won 9,689 votes (up 81 per cent) Wells with 7,129 votes (up 88 per cent) and Yeovil – 7,418 (up 83 per cent).

The count at Bridgwater

Labour growth around South West

Elsewhere in the South West, there was a clean sweep for Labour in Bristol, we held Exeter and gained Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (that’s one place, not three, unfortunately)

So on a great night for Labour across the country, a base for future success here in Somerset. And we may get the chance soon enough. If this turns out to a re-run of 1974 (and it feels a bit like it) we can do it all again in October.

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Alice Rees
Alice Rees
6 years ago

Fantastic result. The tide is turning!

Dave Townsend
Dave Townsend
6 years ago

We had the same great night in Weston-super-Mare…almost doubled are vote to our best since 1945, and cut John Penrose’s Majority. We are now the real opposition in the Constituency. Aiming to win next time :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001038

Dave Townsend
Acting Chair, Weston-super-Mare CLP

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