leah & tigers & bears, oh my! on Nostr: Rayleigh & Wickford has stayed Tory - but fully 55% of Mark Francois' votes last time ...

Rayleigh & Wickford has stayed Tory - but fully 55% of Mark Francois' votes last time didn't bother showing up. 12,000 of them clearly went to Reform, which just beat Labour to come second (Labour's vote share increased too), and the only reason he won at all seems to be because his majority last time was over 30,000 - one of the safest seats in the country