A report on ePolitix.com says that a committee of MPs, peers, academics and journalists, which included Martin Linton, has called for parliament to be given a renewed role in public life.
News: May 2005 Archives
The Wandsworth Guardian concentrates on the human side of the election campaign with a story about Claire Leigh who broke her arm while out campaigning for Martin Linton on election day.
An article in the Independent about electoral reform mentions Martin Linton's previous quote describing our current system as "crazy".
Writing in Tribune, Alexander Hilton mentions the Make Votes Count meeting.
IC South London covers the drama of the Battersea recounts. They also mention the speech by the UKIP candidate Terence Jones.
The Independent calls for proportional representation. And includes a quote from Martin Linton.
We have the most unsophisticated system in the world, By the simplest system of just 1, 2, 3 instead of X you could have a representative system.
An article about e-voting from silicon.com mentions the Battersea result.
Early coverage of yesterday's results from IC South London, the Telegraph and the Evening Standard.
| Name | Party | Votes | Share% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Linton | Labour | 16,569 | 40.4 |
| Dominic Schofield | Conservative | 16,406 | 40.0 |
| Norsheen Bhatti | Lib Dem | 6,006 | 14.6 |
| Hugo Charlton | Green | 1,735 | 4.2 |
| Terry Jones | UKIP | 333 | 0.8 |
Majority: 163
Turnout: 59.0%
After two recounts!
Today's Wandsworth Guardian sums up the situation in the three Wandsworth constituencies.
There is a summary of the election lineup in a number of South London constituencies in today's IC South London. It specifically mentions Battersea and says that "Labour's Martin Linton [is] hoping to prevent the Tories' Nick Schofield from taking the inner-city marginal".
