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Post by stb12 on Mar 14, 2024 1:08:06 GMT
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
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Post by John Chanin on Mar 15, 2024 12:15:13 GMT
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Post by notabrummie on Apr 5, 2024 23:55:09 GMT
This has to be one of the most idiotic creations of all time.
And we will probably still end up with Gavin Williamson as MP.
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Even some local tories can't work out why he got a knighthood after being sacked from just about every political job he has ever had.
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Post by greenhert on Apr 6, 2024 7:18:58 GMT
This has to be one of the most idiotic creations of all time. And we will probably still end up with Gavin Williamson as MP. . Even some local tories can't work out why he got a knighthood after being sacked from just about every political job he has ever had. Unfortunately there were few remotely plausible alternatives especially with the 5% maximum deviance rule and the knock on effects of having to breach county boundaries to accommodate it. |
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Post by eastmidlandsright on Apr 6, 2024 8:30:48 GMT
This has to be one of the most idiotic creations of all time. It is awful but it allowed the rest of Staffordshire to de drawn reasonably well. A slightly better seat here, and there was no really good option, would have caused worse seats elsewhere. |
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Post by therealriga on Apr 6, 2024 9:47:00 GMT
The Boundary Commission seems to have "form" in creating dubious seats in this geographic area. The 1983-1997 Mid Staffordshire, stretching from Barlaston, on the fringes of Stoke, to Lichfield was just moderately less terrible.
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Post by bsjmcr on Apr 13, 2024 13:22:52 GMT
This has to be one of the most idiotic creations of all time. And we will probably still end up with Gavin Williamson as MP. . Even some local tories can't work out why he got a knighthood after being sacked from just about every political job he has ever had. And why was the perfectly reasonable name Mid Staffordshire not suggested or chosen? Instead we end up with three Little Dribbling names, which are borderline fictional sounding, perhaps appropriate for the almost ‘fictional villain’ candidate they are most likely to elect… |
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Post by Sibboleth on Apr 13, 2024 13:46:32 GMT
And why was the perfectly reasonable name Mid Staffordshire not suggested or chosen? Well, it isn't in the middle of the county however defined. But it could easily have been West Staffs. |
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Post by batman on Apr 13, 2024 16:28:36 GMT
The Bits Left Over when we carved up Staffordshire constituency
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Post by Ports on Apr 19, 2024 19:37:50 GMT
Mid Staffordshire immediately reminds me of the scandal-ridden NHS trust of the same name (and for what it's worth none of the affected major hospitals would be in this constituency). But I agree that most of the constituencies with Mid in the name do basically give off 'the leftovers' of their respective counties.
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