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Post by greenchristian on Apr 9, 2017 20:09:12 GMT
Question: In wards where two members are elected should a minor party stand one or two candidates? Under FPTP, you will almost always do better when standing two candidates in such a ward than when standing one, with the exceptions being rare cases such as having two Conservative candidates and precisely two non-Conservative ones. Having said that, if the ward is not a target ward then it is generally considered more important to have a candidate in every ward than to cover all the seats in any particular non-target ward. Under STV, the opposite advice applies, standing more candidates than you could realistically win will split your first preference votes, making it more likely that you will be eliminated in the early rounds of the count.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 11, 2017 17:26:14 GMT
What is the position I wonder with a parish council, controlled by party A, sending out a newsletter to all households in the parish during an election to a higher authority? Is it legal to do so and to include prominent coverage and photographs of a parish councillor who also happens to be party A's candidate for the county council division including that parish, with reference to what they have done for the parish in the face of 'government cuts' etc. In other words is there not some kind of purdah in these situations?
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Post by middleenglander on Apr 12, 2017 16:52:20 GMT
Does anyone have a considered view about the resignation of a Parish Councillor who puts an intention to resign via an e-mail giving a date several weeks in advance. The law appears to state that the resignation is operative immediately on receipt of this e-mail by the Chairman of the Parish Council even though this was contrary to the expressed intention of the Councillor.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Apr 16, 2017 20:08:19 GMT
Can anybody tell me what were the differences between Rural District Councils, Urban District Councils and Municipal Borough Councils? (Other than the obvious Rural Districts were rural). The most I've found is that RDCs tended to cover a collection of parishes, UDCs and MBCs tended to cover single parish area - but not universally, eg the Cleveland UDCs all covered mutiple parish areas.
They all seem to have have the same county/district split of responsibilities. There is mention that "being called a Municipal Borough was seen to have more prestige than being an Urban District".
Browsing Vision of Britain maps doesn't seen to give any hints. In many cases I can't see how some of the UDCs could claim to be urban enough to be *Urban* councils compared to neighbouring MBCs and others UDCs - eg Scalby UDC doesn't seem at all urban enough to be an UDC compared with Whitby UDC and Scarborough MBC. Some of the Cleveland UDCs only had enough urbanness in them if you scraped it all together into one of their component parishes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 20:27:44 GMT
Can anybody tell me what were the differences between Rural District Councils, Urban District Councils and Municipal Borough Councils? (Other than the obvious Rural Districts were rural). The most I've found is that RDCs tended to cover a collection of parishes, UDCs and MBCs tended to cover single parish area - but not universally, eg the Cleveland UDCs all covered mutiple parish areas. They all seem to have have the same county/district split of responsibilities. There is mention that "being called a Municipal Borough was seen to have more prestige than being an Urban District". Browsing Vision of Britain maps doesn't seen to give any hints. In many cases I can't see how some of the UDCs could claim to be urban enough to be *Urban* councils compared to neighbouring MBCs and others UDCs - eg Scalby UDC doesn't seem at all urban enough to be an UDC compared with Whitby UDC and Scarborough MBC. Some of the Cleveland UDCs only had enough urbanness in them if you scraped it all together into one of their component parishes. These links might help
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_borough
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_borough
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 16, 2017 20:48:16 GMT
Can anybody tell me what were the differences between Rural District Councils, Urban District Councils and Municipal Borough Councils? (Other than the obvious Rural Districts were rural). The most I've found is that RDCs tended to cover a collection of parishes, UDCs and MBCs tended to cover single parish area - but not universally, eg the Cleveland UDCs all covered mutiple parish areas. They all seem to have have the same county/district split of responsibilities. There is mention that "being called a Municipal Borough was seen to have more prestige than being an Urban District". Browsing Vision of Britain maps doesn't seen to give any hints. In many cases I can't see how some of the UDCs could claim to be urban enough to be *Urban* councils compared to neighbouring MBCs and others UDCs - eg Scalby UDC doesn't seem at all urban enough to be an UDC compared with Whitby UDC and Scarborough MBC. Some of the Cleveland UDCs only had enough urbanness in them if you scraped it all together into one of their component parishes. The Fabian Society had a pamphlet about it... 1920, updated 1936 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/objects/lse:pop239giy
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Post by peterl on Apr 16, 2017 21:28:18 GMT
Does anyone have a considered view about the resignation of a Parish Councillor who puts an intention to resign via an e-mail giving a date several weeks in advance. The law appears to state that the resignation is operative immediately on receipt of this e-mail by the Chairman of the Parish Council even though this was contrary to the expressed intention of the Councillor. If someone says they will resign at the end of the month say, arguably they have not resigned, they have merely given notice that they intend to resign at a certain time. Technically, they would then at that point need to actually resign.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 30, 2017 19:34:19 GMT
Who is 'dejected Tory from 1997'?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 19:40:23 GMT
Anna Soubry?
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Post by Foggy on Apr 30, 2017 23:40:43 GMT
I'm not sure she considered herself a Conservative at the time. Besides, as a newsreader, she'd be disinclined towards baring her legs to that extent in public.
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Post by Crimson King on May 1, 2017 7:21:17 GMT
Besides, as a newsreader, she'd be disinclined towards baring her legs to that extent in public. you do remember Angela Ripon?
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Post by finsobruce on May 1, 2017 10:04:58 GMT
Besides, as a newsreader, she'd be disinclined towards baring her legs to that extent in public. you do remember Angela Ripon? not to be confused with Angela Skipton......
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 1, 2017 10:07:41 GMT
I'm not sure she considered herself a Conservative at the time. Besides, as a newsreader, she'd be disinclined towards baring her legs to that extent in public. Somebody needs to tell Emily Maitless
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Post by Foggy on May 1, 2017 17:33:27 GMT
Besides, as a newsreader, she'd be disinclined towards baring her legs to that extent in public. you do remember Angela Ripon? That Morecambe & Wise Christmas special first aired before I was born, but I'm still very much aware of Angela Rippon as she pops up on current TV programmes from time to time. I'm not sure she considered herself a Conservative at the time. Besides, as a newsreader, she'd be disinclined towards baring her legs to that extent in public. Somebody needs to tell Emily Maitless It's Maitlis, but point taken.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 3, 2017 8:56:30 GMT
In terms of total vote share by obviously right-wing and left-wing parties, what are the most left wing and right wing constituencies?
I'm guessing Brighton Pavillion for the Left, Clacton for the Right?
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Post by lennon on May 3, 2017 9:14:58 GMT
In terms of total vote share by obviously right-wing and left-wing parties, what are the most left wing and right wing constituencies? I'm guessing Brighton Pavillion for the Left, Clacton for the Right? If you count the SNP as 'Left' then one of the Scottish seats might well beat Brighton.
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Post by greatkingrat on May 3, 2017 9:36:27 GMT
In terms of total vote share by obviously right-wing and left-wing parties, what are the most left wing and right wing constituencies? I'm guessing Brighton Pavillion for the Left, Clacton for the Right? Brighton Pavilion is nowhere near, the Conservatives got 23% on their own. Guess it is somewhere like Liverpool Walton.
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Post by lennon on May 3, 2017 9:44:01 GMT
From 2015: Glasgow North East has to be in with a shout given that the Tories lost their deposit and UKIP didn't stand.
LEFT: 94% (SNP 58.1%, Lab 33.7%, Grn 1.6%, TUSC 0.6%) RIGHT: 4.7% (Tory) OTHER: 1.4% (Lib 0.8%, CISTA 0.6%)
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 3, 2017 9:47:06 GMT
Outside of Scotland it's Hornsey & Wood Green, which is not incredibly surprising
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 3, 2017 9:49:14 GMT
From 2015: Glasgow North East has to be in with a shout given that the Tories lost their deposit and UKIP didn't stand. LEFT: 94% (SNP 58.1%, Lab 33.7%, Grn 1.6%, TUSC 0.6%) RIGHT: 4.7% (Tory) OTHER: 1.4% (Lib 0.8%, CISTA 0.6%) Yes Glasgow NE is the lowest in Great Britain Hornsey & Wood Green had a total right vote at 11.%%. The highest was Castle Point at 82%
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