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Hubris

At the risk of further accusations of anti Lib Dem bias (as soon as Labour do anything this hilarious, I swear I'll call them on it), here's an amusing infographic Manor Castle Greens grabbed from the Broomhill page of the LD website before the election...

Here's the actual result from last May's election:

**Candidate** **Party** **Votes** **Percentage**
Stuat Wattam Labour **1741** 34.6
Bernard Little Green **1315** 26.1
Michael Ginn Conservative 505 10.0
Alan Whitehouse Lib Dems **1371** 27.2
Sullivan Pat UKIP 104 2.1
**Total** 5036 100

Turnout: 37.8%

So that massive gap equals 1.1% of the vote. A little dishonest.

...and here's this year's result...

**Candidate** **Party** **Votes** **Percentage**
Jayne Dunn Labour **1303** 37.04
James Little Green **1102** 31.32
Timothy Moffatt Conservative 197 5.6
Paul Scriven Lib Dems **809** 22.3
Sullivan Pat UKIP 107 3.04
**Total** 3518 100

Turnout: 26.61%

hubris (ˈhjuːbrɪs)

n

_1. pride or arrogance _

2. (in Greek tragedy) an excess of ambition, pride, etc, ultimately causing the transgressor's ruin