2nd May 2008

Election Results

14.5% in Earlsdon and 9.9% in Bablake!

The high points:

- Having 20 people help out at the election count! We were interviewed by local radio and print (having the youngest candidate in the city; having a brother/sister dynamic duo as candidates), sampled ballots, and nearly got lost in the building on the way out at 345am.

- 30% of the vote at the polling station at Ramphal on the Uni of Warwick campus!

- 14.5% of the vote in Earlsdon (3rd place); there is probably a core of 600 voters who have voted Green in Earlsdon for 3 straight years.

- Our best "non-target" candidate this year was Ryan Taylor, with 9.9% of the vote in Bablake.

- Our best national consitutency was in Coventry South (running in 5 of the 6 wards) with 1578 votes.

The low points:

- There were only 4 wards with more than 35% turnout. This won't be solved by the Greens. It will be solved by the "two main" parties in Coventry -- Labour and Tory -- actually listening to the public and putting their concerns right. People overwhelmingly feel, on the doorstep, that no matter who gets in, things won't change.

- The BNP came a few dozen votes from finishing 2nd in Woodlands.

For more information, please contact Scott Redding, on 07906 316 726, or at: sgredding2003@yahoo.co.uk