SUCCESS !!!!!!

Well, we did it.

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward [15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Paul Richardson	1,255	33.22%	+33.22
	Labour	Maureen Connell	1,051	27.82%	- 16.48
	Liberal Democrat	Eric John Hyde	661	17.50%	- 3.5
	Conservative	Rees Gibbon	657	17.39%	- 8.81
	Green	Alwynne Cartmell	147	3.89%	- 4.31
Rejected ballots			7	0.19%
Majority			204
Turnout			3,778	39.51%	+ 3.51
	UKIP gain from Labour

Thank you firstly and most importantly to the people who voted for me. I am humbled by the trust you have put in me and I will do my best you represent your views and those of all the other residents before the decision makers in the Town Hall.

Thank you to Dot Sexton, my Agent and team partner. Without her work I could not have successfully completed the Campaign in line with what we set out to achieve.

Thank you to Paul Eccles for his help with deliveries and his loan of the UKIPmobile  and  also Berry Hargreaves and his son also for deliveries.

Thank you to my long suffering wife Kathleen who has seen her house turned into a mess of paperwork. One of the most memorable things of Thursday night & Friday morning was seeing her excitement and that of my daughter Rebecca as the count proceeded.

With the help of all these people, from a standing start, we have achieved 33% of the vote.

It is interesting to note where the vote came from.

Now, the challenge and the fun of the campaign is over and the serious stuff begins.

In future blogs I will be laying out my approach to representing you all.

Thank you - Paul