▁by ▁her ▁parents . ▁During ▁the ▁campaign ▁Bar nes ▁threatened ▁legal ▁action ▁against ▁English ▁Democr ats ▁candidate ▁Steve ▁Un cles ▁over ▁a ▁twe et ▁Un cles ▁posted ▁about ▁Bar nes ' ▁fund ing . ▁Bar nes ' ▁oppon ents ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Democr ats ▁back ed ▁her ▁campaign ▁but ▁she ▁denied ▁the ▁alleg ations . ▁Her ▁campaign ▁manager ▁was ▁Peter ▁Car roll , ▁a ▁former ▁parliament ary ▁candidate ▁for ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Democr ats ▁in ▁Ma id stone ▁and ▁The ▁We ald ▁and , ▁twice ▁previously , ▁in ▁Fol k estone ▁and ▁Hy the . ▁ ▁The ▁election ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁On ▁a ▁turn out ▁of ▁just ▁ 1 6 . 3 %, ▁Bar nes ▁was ▁in ▁first ▁place ▁after ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁counting , ▁receiving ▁ 9 5 , 9 0 1 ▁votes ▁( 4 6 . 8 0 %) ▁– ▁over ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁second ▁placed ▁candidate , ▁Conserv ative ▁Craig ▁Mack in lay . ▁She ▁was ▁declared ▁the ▁winner ▁after ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁of ▁counting , ▁receiving ▁ 1 1 4 , 1 3 7 ▁votes ▁( 6 5 . 4 5 %) ▁– ▁over ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁second ▁placed ▁candidate , ▁Mack in lay . ▁ ▁Bar nes ▁was ▁sw orn ▁into ▁the ▁£ 8 5 , 0 0 0 - per - year ▁police ▁and ▁crime ▁commission er ▁role ▁on ▁ 2