Friday, June 11, 2004

Waiting for the result

I'm a bundle of nervous energy this morning. Couldn't sleep last night and felt restless. The day has finally arrived, when we'll see whether all the work we've done has made any difference.

I got a call late last night from one of our Tower Hamlets councillors and a colleague, eager to know whether I was at the count and when the result was expected. They were just about to go out the door until I told them that it won't be till this afternoon. So a few hours' work and then off to Newham Leisure Centre to see how it all went. I've got a few supporters down at the count this morning, to monitor the verification of ballots. Unless something out of the ordinary happens, I won't hear from them until I see them

Woke up to the news on the radio though that Labour have done badly in those local elections which declared last night. The BBC calculates a 40% turnout with the Tories on 38%, us on 30% and Labour on 26%. Who know how this will translate in the capital; one of the toughest things about this election has been the range of competing issues which mean that it's unlikely we'll be able to draw a single message from the different polls.

Just for reference, here was the City and London East result last time, in 2000:

London Assembly election for City and London East constituency, 2000


















































Name Party Votes Percentage
John Biggs Labour 45,387 45.9
Syed Kamall Conservative 19,266 19.5
Janet Ludlow Liberal Democrat 18,300 18.5
Peter Howell Green 11,939 12.1
Kambiz Boomla London Socialist Alliance 3,908 4.0
Total votes %
Majority 26,121 26.4
Turnout 98,800 24.7


Source: BBC

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