Francois holds Rayleigh and Wickford with huge majority

4:41am Friday 7th May 2010 in News

Mark Francois Mark Francois

RISING Tory star Mark Francois has held the new Rayleigh and Wickford seat with a stonking 22,000 majority.

He polled 30,257 votes and with the Lib Dems coming second with 7,919.

Mr Francois is tipped for a Cabinet post if David Cameron forms the new government.

Comments (3)

6:58am Fri 7 May 10

SARFENDMAN says...

What is interesting to notice is here and I'm sure throughout the county and country, many of the candidates according the ballot papers are not local. I wonder if that seriously influences voters apart from party politics.
What is interesting to notice is here and I'm sure throughout the county and country, many of the candidates according the ballot papers are not local. I wonder if that seriously influences voters apart from party politics. SARFENDMAN

12:18pm Fri 7 May 10

152 says...

Even more interesting is the fact that MP's who have wrongly claimed expenses are being re-elected with even higher shares of the vote. When I was a student two of the reasons that put me in favour of the First-Past-the-Post were the local link, and the fact that bad eggs can be removed by local constituents even if their party supports them (something impossible under Single Transferable Vote with a party list).

However, the scalps claimed by the expenses scandral have largely been those that lost the backing of their parties so didn't stand again, and as the poster above states, many do not live in the area that they represent.
Even more interesting is the fact that MP's who have wrongly claimed expenses are being re-elected with even higher shares of the vote. When I was a student two of the reasons that put me in favour of the First-Past-the-Post were the local link, and the fact that bad eggs can be removed by local constituents even if their party supports them (something impossible under Single Transferable Vote with a party list). However, the scalps claimed by the expenses scandral have largely been those that lost the backing of their parties so didn't stand again, and as the poster above states, many do not live in the area that they represent. 152

12:48pm Sun 16 May 10

Stop the UAF says...

'Rising Tory Star' Francois came back down to earth with a bump after his mate Dave overlooked him for the 'Euro' position in cabinet.

Oh dear, what a pity, never mind.

Karma is a wonderful thing.
'Rising Tory Star' Francois came back down to earth with a bump after his mate Dave overlooked him for the 'Euro' position in cabinet. Oh dear, what a pity, never mind. Karma is a wonderful thing. Stop the UAF

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