Independent candidate dubbed ‘hero of the night time’ – however for all of the fallacious causes
Sympathy poured in for an unfortunate Independent candidate who appeared to only secure one vote in the general elections.
Many social media users rushed to declare that Emma Wall’s family and friends were in “deep trouble” when it seemed only one person had shown her their support at the ballots.
But it turned out a typing error was to blame rather than the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven candidate’s apparent lack of popularity, which was shown in an on-screen graphic during a live broadcast of Britain’s parliamentary election.
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As usual many on social media were quick to have their say.
(Image: X)
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) which was viewed 1.2m times, one user wrote: “Emma Wall my general election hero of the night.”
One replied: “All of her friends and family who said they voted for her are in trouble.”
Another posted: “Emma Wall – the people’s champion” as another quickly replied: “or more correctly, the person’s champion.”
“Red wall, blue wall, it’s Emma Wall where it’s at,” joked another.
While one chipped in: “If she stands again next time and manages to persuade one more person to vote for her, that’s a 100% swing.”
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In reality Emma does in fact have some friends having actually received 1,833 votes which was correctly announced by the chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council at 5.38am – despite what is said on the screen on the BBC.
And she wasn’t the only one to fall victim to the graphic gaffe either as poor Green Party candidate Elaine Hills was briefly undersold by 7,990 votes as a typo read just 7 instead of 7,997.
But both women were blown out of the water by Labour candidate, Chris Ward who won the seat with 17,893 votes.
A spokesperson for the Electoral Commission told Reuters: “The Returning Officer for this constituency has published the final results on the local authority website. If voters have any questions about the results, they should check there.”
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