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LABOUR HOLDS
ON IN CALDIOCT
Labour’s Jessica Morden held on to the Newport East seat, which
includes Caldicot, in the General Election.
| Results: |
Votes |
% |
+/- |
2005 |
| Jessica Morden
(Lab) |
12,744 |
37.0 |
-8.2 |
24,389 |
| Ed Townsend
(Lib Dem |
11,094 |
32.2 |
+8.5 |
7,551 |
| Dawn Parry (Con) |
7,918 |
23.0 |
-0.5 |
7,459 |
| Keith Jones
(BNP) |
1,168 |
3.4 |
+3.4 |
|
| Fiona Cross
(PC) |
724 |
2.1 |
-1.7 |
1,221 |
| David Rowlands
(UKIP) |
677 |
2.0 |
-1.0 |
945 |
| Liz Screen (Soc
Lab) |
123 |
0.4 |
-.05 |
260 |
Majority |
1,650 |
4.8 |
|
|
Turnout |
34,448 |
63.6 |
+5.7 |
|
PLAID LOSE
TOWN COUNCIL SEAT
Labour’s Alun Lloyd won the Severn ward by-election, defeating Plaid
Cymru’s David Gale by just eight votes. The by-election was called
following the disqualification of Plaid councillor Joanne Daniels after
she failed to attend a council meeting for six months. Ms Daniels blamed
work commitments for her failure to attend.
HOPE FOR
HOME
There was fresh hope that the respite care home at Budden Crescent would
be saved from closure when Monmouthshire County Council’s Adults
Select Committee rejected the closure proposal. After hearing pleas from
parents of the adults with learning disabilities who use the home, the
committee recommended to MCC’s cabinet, which was due to meet in
June, that the home be kept open as a two-bed respite centre.
HOUSE PRICE
WATCH
The cheapest property advertised in the local press for sale in Caldicot
at the end of May 2010 was a three bedroom semi-detached house in Goldfinch
Close at £163,950. The most expensive was The Lodge, a detached
mock Tudor property on the edge of Caldicot Castle Country Park at £289,950.
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