The results are in and Ron finished 3rd: the seat switched from Conservative to Liberal Democrat.
Ron is a terrific guy when you separate him from his politics, but given that his entire campaign was based on removing ULEZ, removing C9 and removing LTNs, it was hard to support him.
In election after election the Tories make it a single issue referendum on rolling back progressive changes that seek to reduce motor car use and mitigate the harm over reliance of cars has done to Chiswick.
There were many issues that Sadiq and Labour were vulnerable on, take your pick of crime, housing, public transport and the environment.
Instead Ron stuck to "freedom of movement" around Chiswick, this nod to the 15 minute conspiracy movement, although an unfortunate reminder of his position on BREXIT.
Perhaps some ambitious local Tory politicians, those who've spent 100s of hours campaigning zealously against clean air, some via the Facebook groups run by CCO which became a breeding ground for racism and hate, will reflect on the results and decide that being the party that wants to ban bike lanes won't help their future careers.
Ed Saper ● 296d