UK local elections, May 2012

[Andrew1]

Also, I assume this is the only true Spud Murphy standing, as the original Spud Murphy is dead.

Bristol's Spud Murphy was a Tory cllr. for Avonmouth before losing his seat on the drawing of lots to Labour ex-MP Doug Naysmith.

Tim Collins is a former Avon County Cllr., first for Labour, then he defected to Conservative.

George Ferguson is a former Liberal councillor who stood for Bristol West twice for the Liberals.


Agreed, the SV system is ridiculous for a 15 candidate election. The Torbay mayoral election was similarly a farce. You just have to take a lucky guess as to who will be in the top 2!

[Andrew1]

Bristol Mayor 1st prefs:

George Ferguson (Ind) 35.1%
Lab 29.0%
Con 9.1%
LD 7.0%
Grn 5.9%
Ind 2.7%
Ind 2.1%
Respect 1.8%
Ind 1.6%
TUSC 1.6%
Ind 1.2%
Ind 1.1%
Ind 0.9%
Ind 0.6%
BP 0.5%

[Andrew1]

Returning officer just clarified the total for Ferguson, apparently misheard due to his "Liverpool accent". I think the figures are correct now.