RUGBY TUSC DOUBLES ITS VOTE: increases its % from 7.2 to 10%

RUGBY TUSC ELECTION RESULTS 2012

Turn out per ward in brackets in Ballot Papers Issued column

WARD	TORY	LAB	LIB DEM	GREEN	INDEP	TUSC	BALOTT PAPERS ISSUED	VOTES CAST *		% TUSC
BENN  Bert Harris	258	820	180	252		177	1504 (27%)	1691	10.5
	255	824	175
	256	819
BILTON Steve Roberts	1134	643	373			299	2012 (39%)	2473	12.1
	1004		397
	968
EASTLANDS Rob Johnson	326	497	567			223	1870 (28%)	1870	11.9
	300		810
	340		722
HILLMORTON Dave Goodwin	662	451	207			119	1627 (39%)	1791	6.6
	706	534	255
	804	427	334
NEW BILTON Ally MacGregor	406	683		195		141	1442 (26%)	1497	9.4
	390	630		241
	334	709
NEWBOLD & BROWNSOVER Bill Smith	415	649		173		145	1340 (26%)	1434	10.1
	467	628		155
	465	576
ROKEBY & OVERSLADE Julie Weekes	613	615	491	205		125	2231 (37%)	2062	6.1
	612	564	504
	557	496	372
WOLSTON & THE LAWFORDS Pete McLaren	839 894 833	481		361	324	289	1820 (34%)	2402	12.0
TOTALS						1518		15220	10.0

* This column is the sum of the top vote of each party’s candidates in the ward. It’s a simplification. It would be a complex statistical analysis to try to include the facts that there were varying numbers of party candidates and varying numbers of votes cast on each ballot paper.

The TOTAL VOTE of 1518 compares with 758 last year.  Our % has risen from 7.2% of the electorate to 10% in 2012

Geoff Dewhirst/Pete McLaren  05/05/12

RUGBY TUSC: LOUDSPEAKING TOUR SCHEDULE FOR ELECTION DAY

 WARD                            MEETING PLACE                            APPROX TIME

WOLSTON &  LAWFORD  Long Lawford estate;                                                 11.05am

WOLSTON & LAWFORD   Wolston shops;                                                             11.45

BILTON                            Bilton Main St;                                                              12.25

HILLMORTON                               The Bell Hillmorton Rd                                                1pm

EASTLANDS                     Top of Cromwell Rd                                                               1.45

ROKEBY                                                Kingsway shops                                                                2.05

NEW BILTON                     Co- op Lawford Rd                                                                2.25

NEWBOLD & BROWNSOVER            Shops opposite Crown Newbold;                           2.45

NEWBOLD & BROWNSOVER  Brownsover shops, Wetherwell Way                           3.15

BENN                                                Railway Terrace and station                                                    3.30

After 3.30pm            Comrades urged to go to Coventry to work for Dave Nellist   57 Monks Rd

TUSC ups its campaigning in last minute push

As we head towards Election Day this Thursday, members of Rugby TUSC have re-doubled their efforts.  Teams were out in four of the eight wards TUSC is contesting last night both to canvass and to deliver the second leaflet which explains that electors have 3 votes.  It asks for electors to use one of their votes to protest against the cuts by voting TUSC Against Cuts - and outlines the alternatives to the cuts on the reverse of the leaflet.  Reports from canvassing in Benn ward were favourable, as they were in New Bilton on Saturday when a team of eleven worked in the ward.  Not bad for an organisation that began 14 months ago with three of us!
Tonight we are in Eastlands, tomorrow Wolston, Lawford and New Bilton where we will have a special Eve of Poll delivery