{"id":32379,"date":"2024-07-04T22:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32379"},"modified":"2024-07-04T22:00:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T21:00:39","slug":"abingdons-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32379","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon on Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nToday, the polls were open for the 2024 general election. From 7 am to 10 pm, power shifted away from the Houses of Parliament and Abingdon Street SW1, returning to the people in communities like ours. Here in Abingdon, after providing a name, address, and photo ID, people could mark an X next to their chosen candidate. The sunny weather should have encouraged a good turnout. People thinking the result a foregone conclusion could have kept people at home.
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\nIn Oxford West and Abingdon, the race is typically much tighter, with the constituency frequently swinging between the Conservatives and the Lib Dems. But you could get 12-1 betting odds on a Conservative victory this time around. The Liberal Democrats were not taking anything for granted. They were the one party with volunteers stationed at polling stations to record voters’ polling numbers. This strategy allows them to call and remind known supporters to cast their votes.
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\nHere are the results:
\nSocial Democratic Party, Anni Byard: 259
\nGreen, Chris Goodall: 3,236
\nReform UK, James Gunn: 4,164
\nLiberal Democrat, Layla Moran: 23,414 (elected)
\nIndependent, Josh Phillips: 168
\nConservative, Vinay Raniga: 8,520
\nChristian Peoples Alliance, Ian Shelley: 256
\nLabour, Stephen Webb: 5,981
\n(Turnout: 64.5% – 45,998 valid votes were counted from an electorate of 71,318)
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\nCongratulations to Layla Moran!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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