Mayoral By-Election Results News - Dave Hodgson Leads by 300 After First Round

2.26.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 16th Oct 2009

The result of the first preference votes cast in the Bedford Borough Mayoral By-Election have been announced. Dave Hodgson received the most first preference votes of all candidates, and goes into a second round with the Conservative Candidate, in which the second preference votes of the other candidates are re-allocated, with a lead of 323.

The result of the first preference vote is as follows:

Akhtar (Con) 9105 (26%)

Bagchi (Ind) 7631 (22%)

Hare (Ind) 4316 (12%)

Hodgson (Lib Dem) 9428 (27%)

Robinson-Morley (Grn) 1183 (3%)

Valentine (Lab) 3482 (10%)

Total votes cast 35807

Rejected ballots 662

The final result will be appear here on www.bedfordlibdems.org.uk as soon as it has been announced

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