A whole host of household names fell to the PLP chopping axe last night.

Among the big names to fall were Labour and Home Affairs Minister Maxwell Burgess, Health Minister Wayne Furbert and Deputy Premier Jerome Dill.

And joining them in the political wilderness were former Senators Yvette Swan, the Community and Cultural Affairs Minister, and E.T. (Bob) Richards, the Telecommunications Minister.

Of those of senior standing who also lost out were former Home Affairs Minister Quinton Edness and long time UBP MP Ann Cartwright-DeCouto.

Mr. Edness had campaigned hard with a back injury but couldn't hold back the tide of popular support that brought newcomer El James in with Ewart Brown in Warwick West.

He said it was clear Bermudians wanted political change and he said he had sensed it before the result became evident.

"I feel disappointed but I feel that the people have spoken,'' he said.

Deputy Premier Jerome Dill was upbeat but resigned to the complete swing across the Country against the UBP.

"My canvassing told me we were doing well, the view I take is that if there had been any other set of conditions, the result would have been different.

UBP Ministers fall Mr.Dill added: "The mood of the Country is changed and that is what you saw.'' Maxwell Burgess also remarked that it was obvious that the people wanted change and made it clear in his constituency, Hamilton West.

The former Labour and Home Affairs Minister said he was looking forward to getting on with his private life.

Running mate Wayne Furbert remembered the hard work they had put in but said he would stand by the voice of the people.

Mrs. Cartwright-DeCouto was a little taken aback by the night.

She said: "I have been a politician for 18 years, I was a bit surprised by the result, but we will be back.'' Dr. Swan lamented that her hard work, in the end, got her nowhere.

"I did a lot of work, I did the work for two candidates, I did the door stepping,'' she said. "I worked hard, I got programmes going but it wasn't enough.

"If I learned one thing, it is not to listen to what people tell me.'' WHAT NEXT? -- Defeated Hamilton West candidate Maxwell Burgess ponders his future after coming in last in the polls in his constituency.

ELECTION REPRINT SPECIAL ISSUED 13th NOVEMBER 1998