Tactical Voting in Bury St Edmunds

The recent voting figures for Labour are calculated from national and local election results. some County wards cross the constituency boundary and some wards are 2 member wards and these have been adjusted for, but they are as

follows:

May 2001: 19,347

May 2005: 14,402

May 2007: 4,781

May 2009: 3,814

With the Tories there vote was:

May 05: 25,405

May 09: 16,854. (while they made 22 gains on Suffolk County Council they

lost 4 in Bury St Edmunds, 2 to Lib Dems, 1 to green, and 1 to independent.

By comparison the Lib Dem vote was:

May 01: 6,998

May 03: 8,222

May 05: 10,423

May 07: 12, 720

Last year our vote fell back to around 10,000 but it was a low turnout and our share of the vote rose 3% to 26%

We just need to harness that collapsed Labour vote that is still 'anti-Tory' at heart to vote for us and we can win the seat knocking the Tory out here and helping frustrate any possible chance of the Tories have a majority.

So that is the basis of the tactical vote opportunity.

Think about your vote, and use it for real change