REAL VOTES, NOT TELEPHONE POLLS

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Break down of votes

Conservatives 3,456 votes 36.4% ( - 3.1%)
UKIP 2,128 votes 22.4% ( + 11.7%)
Labour 1,830 votes 19.3% ( - 3.2%)
Lib Dems 1,012 votes 10.7% ( -4.1%)
Independents 758 votes 8% ( - 0.5%)
Green Party 306 votes 3.2% ( + 2.9%)

English Dem & BBI didn't stand so -3.65%

9,490 votes in total a drop of 5 and a half thousand votes cast since the last time the same elections were held.

(correction due to poorly uploaded form on the St Edmundsbury website 100 more votes for UKIP)


What was being defended?

List of votes from when each election was last held.

CONSERVATIVES had 9 candidates totaling 5,905 votes = 39.5%
LABOUR had 7 candidates totaling 3,354 votes = 22.44%
LIBDEMS had 8 candidates totaling 2,205 votes = 14.75%
UKIP had 4 candidates totaling 1,602 votes = 10.72%
INDEPENDENTS had 3 candidates totaling 1,273 votes = 8.51%
ENGLISH DEM had 2 candidates totaling 367 votes = 2.45%
BOSTON INDEPENDENTS had 1 candidate with 182 votes = 1.2%
GREEN PARTY had 1 candidate with 55 votes = 0.36%

In these elections there is now

10 UKIP candidates (up 6)
10 CONSERVATIVES (up1)
9 LABOUR (up2)
6 LIBDEMS (down2)
2 GREEN (up1)
4 INDEPENDENTS (up1)
NO ENGLISH DEM OR BOSTON INDEPENDENTS this time.