THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

1.36.58pm BST (GMT +0100) Thu 19th May 2005

Steve Rutherford - Thanking the North-East Bedfordshire Electorate

Thank You !

Thank you to everyone who supported me in the General Election.

This election saw a surge in support for the Liberal Democrats, both locally and nationally. For this area the result was:

Conservative 24725 votes

Labour 12474 votes

Liberal Democrat 10320 votes

This shows a 4% increase in our share of the vote. The Conservatives made no increase at all, while Labour lost 6% of their share.

The campaign goes on and in four years time we will be the main challengers locally and an alternative government nationally.

Yours sincerely,

Stephen Rutherford