Reply To: Kent and Sussex Branch
I’ve worked it out. 1,411 people voted. Of these 59 cast one of their two votes for the Socialist candidate. That’s 4.2%.
We always do better in local than in general elections but this is better than usual even in local elections and no doubt reflects the electoral and other activity put in in Folkestone over a number of years. It will also reflect that last time four years ago, when we got 35 votes, TUSC was also standing. This time the weren’t but one of the Labour candidates elected had stood for them in 2014.