Shirley Bowes
Shirley Bowes,[1] a farmer's wife from County Durham who stood for election in the New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange ward[2] in the Borough of Sedgefield, made history[3] at the 2007 UK local elections [4] when she polled no votes, the first time this has happened in the UK[5] since 1860.[6]
Name | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Shirley Bowes | Conservative | 0 |
Amanda Foster | BNP | 75 |
Lucy Hovvels[7] | Labour | 441 |
Notes
- ↑ 72, of Great Stainton
- ↑ Within which lies the home of Tony Blair, United Kingdom Prime Minister 1997-2007.
- ↑ Daily Telegraph, Saturday 5 May 2007 p7 "No votes for Tory Shirley in Tony Blair's back yard"
- ↑ BBCi story
- ↑ U.S incidence
- ↑ When F.R. Lees stood as a temperance candidate at Ripon.
- ↑ Mayor of Sedgefield Borough, 2005/6
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