Desborough NNC by-election result-

Declaration of result for the North Northants Council by-election in Desborough

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00:00 I, Adele Wyman, being the returning officer at the above election, do hereby give notice

00:05 that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows.

00:09 McElhinney William James Patrick, Conservative Party candidate, 1485.

00:16 Stephenson Olivia, Green Party, 368.

00:23 Todd Richard, Labour Party, 1054. Window Alan James, Liberal Democrat, 234.

00:32 The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows. Voting for more candidates than the

00:37 voter was entitled to, 2. And being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty, 10. So there

00:43 was 12 rejected in total. And I do hereby declare that McElhinney William James Patrick,

00:50 also known as Bill McElhinney, is duly elected. Thanks very much.

00:54 Well it's absolutely fantastic isn't it that our candidates won. You know, the people of

01:05 Descartes have come out and gone to the polling stations and have endorsed the Conservative

01:11 candidates by considerable amounts. So we're very pleased about that.

01:16 It was quite a reduced majority. Do you think Labour are going to make ground for the general

01:22 election? I think very unlikely, if I'm being honest. I think today is a good result for the

01:28 Conservatives. It was a good turnout and we won with a reasonable sized majority over the

01:36 Labour candidates. Across this campaign on the doorstep we've had conversations with people in

01:43 parts of the Desmond Ward and one thing that came up is that they're obsessed with the Tories.

01:48 When it comes to a general election they're considering Labour as a real option on the

01:52 ballot paper. We might not have won today but to see this big a swing in one of the most rural

01:58 wards in our constituency gives us a really good hope going into the general election this year.