By rather a margin! One million pieces of literature sent out. The entire constituency delivered in half a day. And we gain.. ONE PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
Still, it was the best result of any three-way marginal in the country, and we gained an improved share of the vote - can't really argue with that. In an election where we got shafted nationwide, the local party did better. We can't ask for anything more. Still, it puts us in an awkward position; on the one hand, we did better. On the other, we've had approximately 40k a year thrown at us by the national and regional party, and we got an additional percentage point in an election where the incumbent lost 9 percent. Both the regional and national parties essentially tapped themselves out at the general, and it remains to be seen whether we'll get any funding. The region's one seat was lost (goodbye 6.7k a year in tithes), and another seat was far closer to victory than us, so they're more likely to get the moolah. It certainly won't be as much as we're used to, and we could possibly see it all cut.
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