Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Corrie fans' fave wedding is Steve and Becky


Coronation Street Blog readers have voted for the wedding of Steve McDonald and Becky Granger as their favourite. 232 voted and 49 (21.12%) voted for their nuptials that occurred in August 2009.

In second place came Roy Cropper and Hayley Patterson's first wedding/blessing in April 1999 with 39 votes (16.81%). In third place came Steve McDonald's second wedding to wife Karen in February 2004 with 34 votes (14.66%).

In fourth place came Les Battersby and Cilla Brown's wedding in November 2005 that featured Status Quo which received 15 votes (6.47%). Tied in fifth place are Ashley Peacock and Claire Casey's Christmas Day wedding in 2004; and Dennis Tanner and Rita Sullivan's wedding in June 2012 - both weddings received 13 votes (5.6%).

Mike Baldwin and Linda Sykes' wedding in September 2000 came sixth with 8 votes (3.45%) with Ken Barlow and Deirdre Langton's first wedding in July 1981 close behind with 7 votes (3.02%). Alec Gilroy and Bet Lynch's wedding in September 1987; Ashley Peacock and Maxine Heavey's wedding in September 1999; and Dev Alahan and Sunita Pareck's wedding in October 2004 all received 5 votes (2.16%).

Len Fairclough and Rita Littlewood's wedding in April 1977; Curly Watts and Raquel Wolstenhulme's wedding in December 1995; and Roy and Hayley Cropper's second wedding which made them legally a married couple in August 2010 all received 4 votes (1.72%) while the following received 3 votes (1.29%): Ernest Bishop and Emily Nugent (April 1972); Mike Baldwin and Susan Barlow (May 1986); Nick Tilsley and Leanne Barlow (January 2013); and Steve McDonald and Tracy Barlow (January 2012).

The following all received 2 votes (0.86%): Steve and Elsie Tanner (September 1967); Brian Tilsley and Gail Potter (November 1979); Reg Holdsworth and Maureen Naylor (January 1994); Richard Hillman and Gail Platt (July 2002); Ken Barlow and Deirdre Rachid's second wedding in April 2005; and Peter and Leanne Barlow's renewing of vows in February 2011. The following all received 1 vote (0.43%): Liam Connor and Maria Sutherland (February 2008); Jason Grimshaw and Sarah Platt (October 2007); and Karl Munro and Stella Price (September 2013).

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And here ends our series of weekly polls. I hope you've enjoyed voting and seeing the results as much as I have been compiling them. Stay tuned for my next project for the blog in the next few weeks - hopefully when my laptop's fixed!

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