tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213869992007-04-12T04:10:26.230-07:00broadlandlibdemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04684900361669360300noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21386999.post-1138026109115069632006-01-23T06:13:00.000-08:002006-01-23T06:21:49.123-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3350/2162/1600/Spixwirth-Victory-PhotoWEB.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3350/2162/320/Spixwirth-Victory-PhotoWEB.gif" border="0" /></a>The Liberal Democrats have won a key by-election in Spixworth with St Faiths Ward of Broadland District Council.<br /><br />The result was:<br /><br /><strong>Bali Kular, Liberal Democrat: 65.8%</strong><br />Mark Fiddy, Conservative: 34.2%<br />Turnout: 31.4%<br /><br />This was the first contested seat in Broadland since May's General Election. It is within the boundary of the new Broadland Parliamentary Constituency, which is widely expected to be a tight Lib Dem / Conservative battle at the next General Election.<br /><br /><strong>"This result shows that the Liberal Democrats are preparing for even greater success in Norfolk at the next General Election," says North Norfolk Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb. </strong><br /><br />Bali Kular, an engineer, stood for the ward when it was last contested in 2004 for the Liberal Democrats: "I am very proud to have been elected to serve the area, and I would like to thank everyone who supported me. I promise to do my very best for local people."<br /><br />As in 2004, Labour failed to put up a candidate.broadlandlibdemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04684900361669360300noreply@blogger.com