Maidstone Central (Kent) council by-election result:
LDEM: 28.5% (-1.6) GRN: 28.4% (+13.8) CON: 24.0% (-12.4) LAB: 14.0% (-5.0) REF: 4.3% (+4.3) IND: 0.9% (+0.9)
Votes cast: 6,521
Liberal Democrat HOLD*. *Seat up for grabs was second (LDem) of two up in 2021.
And just 11 votes between first and second place.
Another great example of why it’s so important to vote in local elections.
It’s a worryingly small figure, Maidstone isn’t exactly small, according to this
https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2019-12-12/results/Location/Constituency/Maidstone and The Weald
There’s an electorate of over 76k