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Nigel holds Valley for Conservatives


VICTORIOUS Tory MP Nigel Evans swept aside all competition for the third election in a rowincreasing his


majority once again in the process. • Mr Evans, who lives in Pendleton,


retained his Kibble Valley seat polling 25,834 votes - with a comfortable majority of 14,171, nearly 3,000 more than in 2001. His opponents. Liberal Democrat hope­


ful Julie Young polled 11,663 votes and said she was “proud to have fought a positive. campaign”, while Labour’s Jack Davenport amassed 10,924 votes -1,131’more than the ’ party gained in 2001. UK Independence ■ party candidate, Mr Kevin Henry polled 1,345 votes. Mr Evans, who hails from Swansea,


spent most of the night relaxing with his supporters at the Swan with Two Necks pub, in Pendleton. He arrived at the count held at Roefield Leisure Centre just 40 min­ utes before the results were declared and seeing theTory ballot papers piled high, prepared to breathe in the sweet smell of success posing for victory photographs with his team. The eagerly awaited results were finally


announced at 2-30 a.m. with the predicted Conservative win greeted with a rapturous round of applause. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” A


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one who has supported me. I have not been complacent and did not take any votes for granted. “I am so delighted, in fact


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NIGEL EVANS- CONSERVATIVE


“Britain faces a time for


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thing is wrong and some­ thing needs to happen. “The Liberal Democratics


are here to stay and I will build on the foundation laid.”


JULIE YOUNG- LIBERAL DEMOCRATS “Labour started their


campaign in the Kibble Val­ ley in crisis, but turned it into an opportunity. What could have been seen as a disadvantage was turned into an advantage and we’ve seen a considerable increase in our vote. I t has been a very interesting election.' ”


JACK DAVENPORT- LABOUR


“A message goes out across


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the duration of the election campaign - vowing “I will not let the Kibble Valley down”. , ,


. .. _ Mr Evans paid tribute to all the council


staff, police and people involved in the count-for-their hard work and said he felt “humbled” by the support he had received. He added: “I am grateful to everyone


who has supported me. I have not been complacent and did not take any votes for granted.


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“I am so delighted, in fact I am moved by the overwhelming support that I have


received.” Knally, he paid tribute to his challengers


saying that they all fought a very clean campaign.


: ' A speech followed from a clearly disap­


pointed Julie Young, who realised she was fighting a losing battle around an hour ear­ lier.


Mother-of-three Mrs Young, of Barrow,


thanked everyone for the support she had received during her campaign adding that the LibDems were here to stay and that she was going to build on the foundation laid. Mrs Young, who is chief executive of Vic­


tim Support Lancashire, added: “Britain faces a time for change. People feel that


something is wrong and something needs to happen.” Meanwhile, Labour’s Jack Davenport provided the surprise success story of the


evening. The 26-year-old increased his party’s


share of the vote by almost 1,200 - a huge achievement for a first time political can-


■ didate. Mr Davenport was brought in at the last


■ minute to bridge the gap left by his prede­ cessor who defected to the LibDems just a month before the General Election.


---- Speaking after the count, Mr Daven- ' port, who seemed pleasantly’surprised to


• have missed second place by only 739 votes, said he had thoroughly enjoyed his first election. He explained how the Chinese use the


same word for crisis as they do for oppor­ tunity adding: “Labour started their cam-: paign in the Kibble Valley in crisis, but turned it into an opportunity. What could have been seen as a disadvantage was turned into an advantage and we’ve seen a considerable increase in our vote.” “I t has been a very interesting election


and a brand new experience for me,” he added. “I really enjoyed it and would like to thank all the Labour party members and my agent, Mr Giles Bridge, for all his support.”


' > UKIP’s Kevin Henry said:.“A message


goes out across the country from thou­ sands of people that voted for UKIP that the major parties need to think about our relationship with Europe.”


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