Interesting Elections 5: Romsey

Kilian Bourke is currently Leader of the Liberal Democrats on the County Council. In 2009 his election was on 34.3% of the vote out of 6 candidates.

Romsey electoral division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kilian Bourke	829	34.3	−10.7
	Labour	Christine Freeman	493	20.4	−12.9
	Independent	Thomas Woodcock	425	17.6	N/A
	Green	Philip Richards	297	12.3	+1.5
	Conservative	Samuel Barker	270	11.2	+1.5
	UKIP	Marjorie Barr	96	3.9	+2.7
Rejected ballots			9	0.4
Turnout			2,418	36.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

In 2013 Kilian is again one out of 6 candidates.

Romsey electoral division[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Marjorie Ruth Barr
	Liberal Democrat	Kilian Bourke
	Conservative	Andrew James Bower
	Green	Hywel Francis Taylor Sedgwick-Jell
	Labour	Martin Smart
	Cambridge Socialists	Tom Woodcock

This time he doesn't have an Independent standing against him. But Kilian's vote could be eroded by UKIP, Green, Labour. Labour will be hoping to turnover Kilian who isn't without controversy.

If Labour does overturn Kilian, this decapitation could cause problems with the outcome of this election.