Nottinghamshire inin For hard working people touch June 2014 Comment There’s going to be a by- election they said when Winning is sweet Patrick Mercer resigned his seat. And what a by-election! swept to victory Never has Newark seen so much political activity and never have so many Tory members of Parliament de- scended on the town with such frequency that it all bacame quite bewildering to not only the electorate but to the many volunteer workers who also found their way into the con- stituency from all parts of the country to make sure that Robert Jenrick re- tained the seat. Volunteers found them- selves sitting next to as she stuffed leaflets into envelo- ples at campaign head- quarters whilst Defence Secretary spent a morning doing the same at the Party shop in Robert Jenrick swept aside all Newark’s Stodman Street. the competition to win the by- came to election with 17,435 votes and Newark on four occasions, a comfortable margin of 7,407 Two for Europe and over second placed Ukip with were close 10,028. Labour came a poor behind him, the latter fitting third with 6,842 votes and the in a coffee morning out in Lib Dems were forced into 6th the sticks at Fiskerton. place with 1,004. wooed the In his victory speech Robert crowd in the Market Place, commented that not for the first Michael Gove was present time in its history the eyes of and added the nation have fallen on his weight to the proceed- Newark. ings. He said the by-election had It would take up far too wider national significance be- much space to list the cause the Conservatives had names of all Cabinet Minis- not won a by-election in Gov- ters and MP’s who came to ernment since William Hague lend their hand at leaflet some 25 years ago. dropping, canvassing and even giving out baloons to He continued; "The people of children. Prospective can- Newark have voted to back this didates were put on trial Government and its economic pounding the streets in plan to secure the future of this towns and villages constituency and of this great country. We have fought this by The excitement of the election on the issues that mat- chase was upon everyone ter to the people of Newark." and Newark’s local activists rubbed shoulders with their Robert Jenrick said that he opposite numbers from al- would now work to deliver on most every Association in the key issues including im- the country. proving transport infrastructure We saw the outragious and securing the future of candidates as well as the Newark Hospital. more serious ones and it Ukip’s proved to Emma McClarkin has retained her seat as an East Mid- was all down to by-election be a poor loser and used his lands member of the European Parliament and has been fever. thankyou speech to criticise joined by fellow Conservative Andrew Lewer to equal the We knew who was going to the Conservative campaign. two MEP’s elected for the previous session. This despite win and win he did with a Labour’s said they the big efforts by Ukip which saw the Liberal Democrat lose clear mandate too. (Conservatives) still haven't got Any of the views expressed in this a winning streak with them. So his seat and leaving Labour with only one representative column are not necessarily those of where has he been? for the East Midlands. the Conservative Party.

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