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Results for the Goresbrook Ward By-Election
•Ayer, Paul - Conservative Party. Votes cast = 108
•Barnbrook, Richard - British National Party. Votes cast = 642
•Choudhury, Faruk Ahmed - Independent. Votes cast = 11
•Couling, Louise - The Labour Party Candidate. Votes cast = 881. Elected
•Manning, Nobby - UK Independence Party. Votes cast = 50
•Northover, Warren - Independent. Votes cast = 63
•Taiwo, Felicia - Liberal Democrat Focus Team. Votes cast = 136
Turnout = 25.29%
UPDATE: From Luke's blog "Last night's results - some very pleasing ones for Labour in London (suggesting the good borough results in May were not just down to the General Election high turnout) and Wales:
Goresbrook Ward, LB Barking & Dagenham. Lab hold. Lab 881 (46.6%, +3), BNP 642 (34.0%, +6.8), LD 136 (7.2%, -2.1), Con 108 (5.7%, -7.4), Ind 63 (3.3%, -3.5), UKIP 50 (2.6%, +2.6), Ind 11 (0.6%, +0.6). Swing of 1.7% from Lab to BNP since May this year. This ward returned 2 BNP councillors in 2006."
NB: 3% increase in Louise's % vote!!!
