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Labour lose Horsley Hill seat


Published on Friday 2 May 2008 00:16

INDEPENDENT candidate Gordon Finch won the Horsley Hill seat from Labour by just 41 votes in the first declared result of the 2008 election.

He polled 1,142 votes, to sitting councillor Arthur Meeks' 1,101.

The full result, declared at 12.49am, was:

Horsley Hill

Gordon Hall Finch (Ind) - 1,142

Martin Haskins (Con) - 421

Les Lovelock (BNP) - 376

Arthur Clark Meeks (Lab) - 1,101

Turnout 44.6 per cent

Independent gain from Labour


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