Friday 6 May 2011

Rejoice, Rejoice!

Senior Tory Anna Waite has been booted off Southend Council following a crushing defeat which saw her pushed into third place.

Independent Paul Van Looy stormed to victory in St Luke's ward with a whopping majority and the Labour candidate Anne Jones in second.

Mrs Waite, who was the councillor responsible for housing and social care and has been a controversial figure on the council, gained just 574 votes and left before the results were announced.
That's made my day!

7 comments:

Snowolf said...

And the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and I've a day off work.

Yes, today will be a good day.

Anna Raccoon said...

Anna Waite and Anniesland in one day?
This is better than expected.

Captain Haddock said...

She looks like Olive from "On The Buses" & was obviously about as much use .. ;)

Anonymous said...

She didn't waite for the results?

Angry Exile said...

Ah, come on, you're going to miss her. She's worth a few blog posts a year and they practically write themselves.

Anonymous said...

If I were a Tory councillor due for re-election next year I'd be worried, very worried about having to gift my seat to Anna.

JuliaM said...

"Ah, come on, you're going to miss her. She's worth a few blog posts a year and they practically write themselves."

As anon points out, I wouldn't bet against seeing her back, at some stage!