Henley by-election result - Conservatives hold and Labour slump to 5th!

1.24.56pm UTC (GMT +0000) Fri 27th Jun 2008

Yesterday saw the Conservatives hold the Henley by-election. The Liberal Democrats came second followed by the Greens in third and then the BNP just behind and Labour in fifth.

The Conservatives actually had a small swing from the Liberal Democrats as both parties increased their share of the vote. Labour lost over 11% off their share of the vote, where they went is not that easy to work out - I suspect there was lots of swapping between parties with some Labour vote coming to the Liberal Democrats and some Liberal Democrats moving to the Conservatives this time.

The full result was:

John Howell - Conservatives, 19,796 (56.95%, +3.46%)

Stephen Kearney - Liberal Democrats, 9,680 (27.85%, +1.84%)

Mark Stevenson - Greens, 1,321 (3.80%, +0.54%)

Timothy Rait - British National Party, 1,243 (3.58%)

Richard McKenzie - Labour, 1,066 (3.07%, -11.68%)

Chris Adams, UK Independence Party, 843 (2.43%, -0.07%)

Bananaman Owen - Monster Raving Loony Party, 242 (0.70%)

Derek Allpass - English Democrats, 157 (0.45%)

Amanda Harrington - Independent (Miss Great Britain Party), 128 (0.37%)

Dick Rodgers - The Common Good, 121 (0.35%)

Louise Cole - Independent (Miss Great Britain Party), 91 (0.26%)

Harry Bear - The Fur Play Party, 73 (0.21%)

Electorate 69,086 - Turnout 34,761 (50.32%, -17.58%)

I was also intrigued that there were two Independent (Miss Great Britain Party) candidates, are they already splitting. I am told it was a split on the basis of blond vs brunette!