Video: Sittingbourne's election results
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Third time lucky for
Gordon Henderson
Conservative Gordon Henderson has won the Sittingbourne and
Sheppey seat with a huge majority.
The 62-year-old got 24,313 votes, beating Labour's Angela
Harrison who got 11,930.
It is third time lucky for Mr Henderson, who stood for the Luton
South seat in 2001.
In 2005 he stood for the Sittingbourne and Sheppey seat, which
he lost to Derek Wyatt by just 79 votes - the lowest majority
in Kent and the third lowest in the country.
Keith Nevols for the Liberal Democrats got 7,943 votes, Ian
Davison of UKIP 2,610, BNP's Lawrence Tames got 1,305, Mad Mike
Young for the Monster Raving Loony William Hill Party got 319 votes
and David Cassidy, an Independent, got 158.
Mad Mike and his party of loonies brightened up the count, which
took place at Swallows Leisure Centre in Sittingbourne, handing out
bananas and million pound notes to everyone.
The results were declared at 4.03am this morning.
Mr Henderson said: "I think that the majority says it all -
I would like to think it reflects the work we have put in in the
community over the last 10 years.
"I'm delighted for my team and I'm delighted that the people of
Sittingbourne and Sheppey have put their trust in me. I will not
let my community down."
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Thursday, May 06 2010
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