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Labour lose Horsley Hill seat
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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