Cllr. Ian Buckland says 'Thank you' to the residents of the Littlehampton Town Division.

10.14.52pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 5th Jun 2009

Cllr. Ian Buckland

Cllr. Ian Buckland, who has narrowly lost the Littlehampton Town Division to the Conservatives has payed special tribute to some of the great people he has met while canvassing. Ian said;-

"Despite losing this battle by 68 votes, I have had good fun and learned alot while meeting residents in the town. I always say 'win or lose, I will listen to your views' and that's what counts. I want to say a special 'thank you' to those people who said they'd support me."

When asked what Ian was going to do next, he said;-

"Carry on as before! Fighting for residents of River ward and learning from my experience today. The town hospital still needs rebuilding and the roads are still a disgrace, I will carry on fighting!"

The full results are;-

Con - 757

Ian - 689

Lab - 568

UKIP - 476

BNP - 149