Green Party congratulates Poto Williams
Green Party congratulates Poto Williams on
Christchurch East by-election result
The
Green Party is congratulating Poto Williams on her win in
the Christchurch East by-election and says the result
highlights a significant decline in support for National in
Christchurch.
"I want to congratulate Poto on her
win. She fought a good campaign and I wish her the best of
luck representing the good people of Christchurch East,"
said Green Party Christchurch East candidate David
Moorhouse.
“I am really proud of the campaign we
ran. I want to thank all the volunteers and supporters who
got in behind it and made it such a success.
“We
increased our candidate vote from 4.7 percent at the last
election to 7 percent tonight. That is a great improvement.
“We proposed real solutions on important issues
like housing and received a very positive response from the
thousands of people we spoke to.
“We developed a
solid policy platform to fix the big problems in
Christchurch. As a party we are in better shape now than
going into the campaign.
“Through this campaign
we built a great team of volunteers. I thank them and
appreciate their time and dedication,” said David
Moorhouse.
“The result highlights the decline in
the National Party’s support in Christchurch. Before the
by-election there was much talk of them taking out the seat,
but in the end they were a long way off,” said Green Party
Co-leader Dr Russel Norman.
“National’s
support has plummeted. At the last election discredited
former MP Aaron Gilmour achieved 35.8 percent of the
candidate vote in Christchurch East. Tonight Matthew Doocey
could only muster 26 percent of the vote.
“Christchurch East electors have made sure that
National did not increase their majority in Parliament and
the result means that National will continue to have to rely
on the discredited ACT and United
Future parties to
govern,” said Dr Norman.
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