Town Councillors say the electorate gave them a democratic mandate to govern Letchworth.
In fact little could be further from the truth. No councillor polled more than 14.29% of the electorate.
See for yourself, with the actual results for the wards: South West, South East, Wilbury, East, Grange.
The combined vote received by all 24 councillors was 9.35% of the electorate. That means 90.65% of Letchworth residents did NOT vote for the parish council.
Here is a run-down of the 2005 councillors' votes...
Name | Votes | % of possible vote |
Malcolm Barnes | 396 | 7.58% |
Paul Lai | 315 | 6.03% |
Leslie Maunders | 406 | 7.77% |
Trevor Sostacenko | 321 | 6.14% |
Michael Williams | 362 | 6.93% |
Karen Collings | 443 | 8.34% |
Derek Hodgson | 468 | 8.81% |
Laurence Knappert | 378 | 7.11% |
Craig Mills | 394 | 7.42% |
Geoffrey Sualnier | 352 | 6.63% |
Chris Harlow | 642 | 12.60% |
Harry Hawkins | 640 | 12.56% |
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Name | Votes | % of possible vote |
Angela Smale | 675 | 13.25% |
Raymond Smale | 665 | 13.05% |
Pamela Westhrope | 728 | 14.29% |
Ryan Brooke | 315 | 7.70% |
Hannah Keogh | 325 | 7.95% |
Jack Miller | 314 | 7.68% |
Anthony Wickham | 337 | 8.24% |
Philip Ross | 737 | 12.93% |
Philip Sayers | 696 | 12.21% |
Michael Thurman | 695 | 12.20% |
John Webb | 658 | 11.55% |
Gordon Whalley | 629 | 11.04% |
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