St. John’s Ward

Norman John Vincent	Conservative Party	890
Shirley Beatrice Shilton	Liberal Democrats	674
Jeremy Eastaugh	Labour Party	206
Brian Percy Hadland	Independent	52

Registered Voters 5862

Ballot Papers Issued 1837 (9 spoilt Papers)

Votes Cast 1822 (31.3%)

CONSERVATIVES RETAIN DISTRICT SEAT

This by-election was called due to the death of Graham Windybank, who was first elected to St. John’s at a by-election in 1990 but lost his seat in the 1999 election. He regained his seat in another by-election in 2001 and three years ago, was re-elected in the full district election.

Following his victory, Mr. Vincent paid tribute to his predecessor, saying “If I can do half as good as Graham did then, I will be very pleased”. This is his first time on the district council.

He spent 26 years working for the Ministry of Defence and then became a director of an engineering consultancy. He is now semi-retired and runs a small company and has lived in the town for 27 years.

Kenilworth District Councillors

7 Conservatives (N. Vincent, A. Cockburn, P. Edwards, F. Bunker, R. Davies, J. Hatfirld, M. Coker)

2 Liberal Democrats (A. Blacklock, D. Shilton)