05/05/07 - Record Breaking Night For Swindon Conservatives

Swindon Conservatives celebrated a record breaking election night picking up additional seats to reach a staggering 43 Councillors - a record high!

Conservatives racked up thumping victories in:
Abbey Meads (1264 majority), Covingham & Nythe (754 majority), Dorcan (666 majority), Haydon Wick (x2) (669 majority), Highworth (796 majority), Old Town & Lawn (1501 majority), Shaw & Nine Elms (852 majority), St. Margaret (597 majority), Toothill & Westlea (568 majority) & Wroughton (982 majority) - all with increased majorities.

St Philips (36 vote majority) and Walcot (45 vote majority) were also won.

Conservatives gained:
Moredon from Labour (302 majority)
Freshbrook & Grange Park from Ind (ex Lib Dem) (482 majority)

There are now:

43 Conservatives
13 Labour
3 Lib Dem

Both Labour MPs were at the count to see the meltdown in Labour support across the town, though the North Swindon slipped away before the first results were announced.

Cllr Justin Tomlinson, North Swindon Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, "We would like to thank local residents for supporting our positive campaigning, and allowing us to continue the good work in helping transform Swindon."

Robert Buckland, South Swindon Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, "Year on year the Conservatives are winning more and more Council seats as increasing number of Swindon residents are abandoning Labour to support our positive, exciting campaigns focusing on building a better Swindon, whilst delivering value for money for the hard-pressed tax-payer."