Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Kingston & Surbiton

The Conservative vote in Kingston and Surbiton constituency increased by 4,437 votes in the General Election on 6th May.

Overcoming the Lib Dem majority was always going to be a challenge, particularly after the party's surge in popularity after the televised leader debates. Determined to give the constituency a voice in a Conservative Government, Helen and her team but were out encouraging residents to vote until the polls closed at 10pm. The result was declared at around 6am on 7th May.

With 20,868 Conservative votes against 28,428 for incumbent Edward Davey, Helen reduced the Liberal Democrat majority from 8,966 to 7,560 (a Lib Dem to Conservative swing of 2.4%).

Helen was selected as Parliamentary Candidate for Kingston & Surbiton in 2007 and stated from the outset that she would 'campaign with honesty and integrity or not at all'. Helen has used her position as Parliamentary Candidate to make a difference for local people, campaigning for Kingston Hospital, local schools, improvements to transport and starting forums to help local businesses through these tough economic times.

Commenting on the result Helen said: "It's a respectable result. We fought a positive campaign, have really made a difference locally and built up a much stronger local Conservative organisation. Hundreds of people were involved in the campaign and I've been deluged with supportive emails. I'm sorry I won't be able to give Kingston and Surbiton the voice in Government as the Conservative MP I think we so badly need, but I wll continue to work for results on our local campaigns, not least for the hospital and local schools."