local elections 2009

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Council calls on Twitter to boost turnout

By politics.co.uk staff As local councils across the country worry about what could be record-low turnouts in tomorrow’s elections, Cambridgeshire’s elected representatives are aiming to do something about it. According to a report in the Cambridge News, the county is trying to boost attendance at polling stations by utilising new technologies and advertising the election… Read more »

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Cumbrian elections marred by allegations
Candidates defend absence allegations

By politics.co.uk staff A political row is developing in Cumbria over accusations made in an independent candidates’ leaflet that Conservative county councillors “don’t turn up to meetings”. The North-West Evening Mail reported Tory councillor Jack Richardson had threatened legal action over the slur which he described as “blatantly untrue”. The agent of the six independents… Read more »