Lib Dems retain County Seats with hugely increased majorities
3 May 2013
County Cllrs Barry Aspinell and David Kendall have beaten the Conservatives firmly into second place at the Essex County Elections.
Cllr Aspinell won Brentwood North with 1842 votes - 673 votes ahead of the Tory - and with 43.3% of the vote.
Cllr Kendall won Brentwood South with 1626 votes - 509 votes ahead of the Tory - and with 38.9% of the votee.
In 2009, their majorities were 301 and 7 respectively.
In Brentwood Hutton and Brentwood Rural, the first an second spots went to the Conservatives an UKIP with our candidates Lisa Barrett and John Newberry polling well from a very short campaign.