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Sunday 30th May 2010 SH (Editor)

Staff and volunteers praised for election success

All eyes were on South Gloucestershire during election night on May 6 and the council certainly didn’t fail to deliver! In fact, the three counts at Kingswood, Filton and Bradley Stoke and Thornbury and Yate, ran so smoothly, leader of South Gloucestershire Council, Cllr John Calway has praised all the staff and volunteers involved. Cllr Calway said: “I was delighted

Saturday 8th May 2010 SH (Editor)

General Election results in South Gloucestershire

Voting in the three parliamentary constituencies in South Gloucestershire has seen two Conservative and one Liberal Democrat candidates selected to represent the area in the House of Commons. The biggest surprise came in Kingswood where the sitting MP Roger Berry (Labour) was ousted by Chris Skidmore (Conservative) thanks to a 9.4% swing from Labour to Conservative. Incumbent Steve Webb (Liberal