The result of the General Election for Deal and Dover saw a Conservative win, the figures were:
Conservative………..22,174 – 44%
Labour……………….16,900 – 33.5%
Liberal Democrat…….7,962 – 15.8%
Ukip…………………..1,747 – 3.5%
BNP……………………1,104 – 2.2%
Others…………………..498 – 1%
May 8th – Talks are taking place on the future shape of the Government. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said that it is only right for a future stable government that the party engages with talks with others and that he is prepared to listen, and consult with the rest of his party.
There is a widely held view that Gordon Brown, having lost around 100 seats, and two million fewer votes than the Conservatives, has lost all moral claim or mandate in running the country. Nick Clegg said that the Conservatives, although not outright winners, should run a minority government, in response, David Cameron offered the Liberal Democrats an offer of sharing responsibility in some sort of pact, but the details were thin ol the ground and it is unlikely that any kind of formal link could be made with either of the other old parties without a firm guarantee of a reform of the voting system to produce a fairer election-system.