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gfloyd
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 Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 7:31 am Post subject: The Tory candidate who didn't get a SINGLE vote |
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(no, she didn't even vote for herself)
Shirley Bowes has made an unwelcome piece if political history by failing to attract a single vote
Tory Shirley Bowes has made an unwelcome piece if political history by failing to attract a single vote - not even her own.
It was always going to be a long shot for a Conservative to taste victory in a ward occupied by one Tony Blair.
But 72-year-old Mrs Bowes managed to come in with an almost unprecedented zero.
In an electoral quirk she couldn't even vote for herself because she lives outside the ward she was standing for.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23395113-details/The+Tory+candidate+who+didn%27t+get+a+SINGLE+vote+%28no%2C+she+didn%27t+even+vote+for+herself%29/article.do
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Poor dear. She looks like a normal enough sort for a politican.
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John W
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: The Tory candidate who didn't get a SINGLE vote |
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| gfloyd wrote: | (no, she didn't even vote for herself)
Mrs Bowes managed to come in with an almost unprecedented zero. |
Almost unprecedented is right, I recall a certain Kevin Phillips Bonnngggg! getting "no votes at all, not a sausage, bugger all".
 of course that was in? |
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iknewdavidjacobsmum
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| She beat the existing record of 5 votes held by Bill Boaks, established sometime in the 1970's. He was the inspiration for the Raving Loony Party. |
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Cherskiy
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According to our local TV news tonight, at least two people voted for her - and they want to know where their votes went to....
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Fog on the Tyne
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On local BBC TV news a man and his wife from Trimdon have come forward and stated that they had both voted for the Tory candidate, he was rather concerned that their votes had seemingly vanished.
Apparently once the result has been declared the ballots cannot be revisited. 
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Cherskiy
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Unless a court decides otherwise, according to Look North.
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Fog on the Tyne
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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Oops ..you beat me to it Cherskiy
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Cherskiy
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No problem, better two than none at all.... 
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Next time, Ernie, how about you use BBCode around your link so that the page stays in proportion? |
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