It was a night of mixed fortunes, although we did not manage to win all of our target seats nationally, we increased our overall share of the vote by 4%, here in Maidstone we managed to maintain our 2018 position.
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Both our candidates managed to increase our vote share. Hannah Perkin managed to nearly double the vote share in Faversham and Mid-Kent with a 5.7% increase and 12.2% of the vote. James Willis also managed to increase our vote share in Maidstone and The Weald to a 16.4% share of the vote.
Hannah Perkin adds a personal message of thanks:
"It remains a privilege to have been able to run in a General Election and to stand up Liberal values and pro-remain voices.
James had the following personal statement to make:
"Thank you so much 8482 of you for putting your faith in me in Maidstone. It's a step forward; we have slightly gained votes since the last election and we live to fight another day.
I am proud of our principled campaign however nationally results were a bit poor for the Lib Dems losing some great MPs and tragically our leader.
Her words resonate:
'Our country is in the grip of populism - with nationalism resurgent in all its forms. It is easy to despair, but I say let's foster hope, instead.'
I must pay tribute to how Jo lead and represented our party. As a leader, I feel she has given her all and It is very sad that she lost her seat pursuing her dream of a brighter future.
Yet she made the ultimate political sacrifice to dare to dream building a brighter future.
Also locally we are pleased to welcome some really good quality new activists, candidates, and members.
Worryingly, we are left with an all-powerful right-wing government. I urge all Liberals Democrats to join me in positively scrutinising the Tory government in its attempts to leave our friends in the EU.
Thank you to the wonderfully positive team. I hope we can continue to work as a team and encourage our excellent councilors to fight for the infrastructure and services we need to make our County town great."
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