County Council election results announced
Warwickshire County Council chiefs have announced the results of yesterday’s elections.
The final count for the county saw the Conservatives gain an overall majority for the first time since 1989 with 39 of the 62 seats, a gain of 11 on the 2005 election result.
The make up of the county council will be 39 Conservatives, 12 Liberal Democrats, 10 Labour and 1 Independent. It was previously 28 Conservatives, 23 Labour, 10 Liberal Democrats and 1 Independent
Turnout across the county was nearly 200,000 out of around 400,000 who ware eligible to vote. This was considered a good turnout, being only slightly behind the figure for the last county election in 2005 which took place simultaneously with a general election.
Jim Graham, chief executive of Warwickshire County Council, said:
““There has been a considerable shift in the make-up of the county council which will take some weeks to sort. Any change of this kind will present its challenges to a local authority and we look forward to meeting them and continuing to move Warwickshire forward.
“We are pleased that the turnout has been as high as it was, at around 50%. This shows that the county’s efforts at encouraging people to use their vote - promoting democracy in simple terms – have been ”
For further information, log onto http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/elections.