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Post by LDCaerdydd on May 22, 2019 21:43:47 GMT
When I’ve attended Euro counts 2004 and 2009 counting started early evening, 6pm is probably about right, definitely didn’t wait until 9pm.
I assume The Western Isles will wait until Monday morning again?
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Post by Toylyyev on May 22, 2019 22:17:25 GMT
When I’ve attended Euro counts 2004 and 2009 counting started early evening, 6pm is probably about right, definitely didn’t wait until 9pm. I assume The Western Isles will wait until Monday morning again? I saw the info about the counts in Andrew Teale's previews for this week: britainelects.com/2019/05/22/previews-23-may-2019/ (6th paragraph of the St Mary's chapter)
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Post by carlton43 on May 22, 2019 22:41:58 GMT
I think we are counting at 6 as well. presumably they feel that even if something leaks out before close of polls in central Europe it is unlikely that anyone will be hanging on to see how the Jewel voted Surely that undermines the whole principle of waiting until Sunday! I suggest we count tomorrow night and declare our results straight away. There is nothing the EU can do about it other than frown and tut. We are leaving anyway so stuff them and their poxy rules.
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Post by johnloony on May 23, 2019 4:48:03 GMT
Croydon starts counting at 9am.
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Post by LDCaerdydd on May 23, 2019 7:26:21 GMT
Croydon starts counting at 9am. But the big question is when do Tower Hamlets finish?
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Post by pl on May 23, 2019 7:34:49 GMT
Croydon starts counting at 9am. But the big question is when do Tower Hamlets finish? I think they will have the 2014 election results available by Sunday... They should be done by then, they've been hard at it for 5 years!
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Post by LDCaerdydd on May 23, 2019 11:45:11 GMT
Can anyone work out what’s gone wrong here:
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 23, 2019 16:45:27 GMT
EU nationals living in the UK have to apply specifically to vote at European Parliament elections in the UK (rather than the member state of which they are a citizen) on form UC1. And the application has to be made by 7 May.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 23, 2019 16:50:53 GMT
Surely they wouldn't have got a polling card if they had not applied specifically to vote in the UK ?
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Post by jm on May 23, 2019 19:50:40 GMT
Does anyone know where I can find results of the 2014 Euro elections by council area?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 23, 2019 20:33:02 GMT
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Post by jamie on May 25, 2019 14:35:21 GMT
Has anybody got the turnout figures for the 1999 local elections? Preferably with a credible (ish) source.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 25, 2019 14:52:27 GMT
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Post by jamie on May 25, 2019 16:57:07 GMT
Another turnout related request. Does anybody have the British Election Study turnout data by age group for the last few elections? I found a table at researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8060%23fullreport but a quick Google shows the BES claim that 18-24 year old turnout was only around 45% in 2017 so the data seems to be from a different source. I am specifically looking for 18-24 year old turnout vs the population as a whole.
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Post by timrollpickering on May 26, 2019 0:56:48 GMT
EU nationals living in the UK have to apply specifically to vote at European Parliament elections in the UK (rather than the member state of which they are a citizen) on form UC1. And the application has to be made by 7 May. For those interested, this is the UC1 form. Just to add to all the mess, in Northern Ireland it's a different form, EC6, though the basics are much the same. On an electoral register, EU citizens who have completed this form are marked with a "K"; those who haven't (or outside European election time) are marked with a "G". Given all the coverage in the media, some further questions: When exactly was this system introduced? I've seen some saying 2014 online, others saying 2001 (and there are regulations dated to then). Is the form entirely a local affair or does it get passed onto the K voter's citizenship country's equivalent of the Electoral Commission? Which EU law requires this system, and is this requirement operated in all EU member states or is it one of those things that countries can opt into at their leisure but can't subsequently back out of?
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Post by J.G.Harston on May 26, 2019 1:07:37 GMT
EU nationals living in the UK have to apply specifically to vote at European Parliament elections in the UK (rather than the member state of which they are a citizen) on form UC1. And the application has to be made by 7 May. For those interested, this is the UC1 form. Just to add to all the mess, in Northern Ireland it's a different form, EC6, though the basics are much the same. On an electoral register, EU citizens who have completed this form are marked with a "K"; those who haven't (or outside European election time) are marked with a "G". Given all the coverage in the media, some further questions: When exactly was this system introduced? I've seen some saying 2014 online, others saying 2001 (and there are regulations dated to then). Is the form entirely a local affair or does it get passed onto the K voter's citizenship country's equivalent of the Electoral Commission? Which EU law requires this system, and is this requirement operated in all EU member states or is it one of those things that countries can opt into at their leisure but can't subsequently back out of?
And being British couldn't we have just left it to good old British trust the voter not to vote twice, like in every other election?
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 26, 2019 6:24:46 GMT
For those interested, this is the UC1 form. Just to add to all the mess, in Northern Ireland it's a different form, EC6, though the basics are much the same. On an electoral register, EU citizens who have completed this form are marked with a "K"; those who haven't (or outside European election time) are marked with a "G". Given all the coverage in the media, some further questions: When exactly was this system introduced? I've seen some saying 2014 online, others saying 2001 (and there are regulations dated to then). Is the form entirely a local affair or does it get passed onto the K voter's citizenship country's equivalent of the Electoral Commission? Which EU law requires this system, and is this requirement operated in all EU member states or is it one of those things that countries can opt into at their leisure but can't subsequently back out of? And being British couldn't we have just left it to good old British trust the voter not to vote twice, like in every other election? No we can't trust people not to vote twice - the rules need tightening up for general elections, not slackened here
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Post by offshore on May 27, 2019 8:54:49 GMT
A few years ago, I was talking to a friend who had become active in the LibDems, who told me they had an officer in the local party who had to sign election forms for candidates to certify they could stand as a LibDem candidate, and that this applied to parliamentary as well as council elections. Do Labour and the Cons work the same? Or are parliamentary candidates certified/validated at national level?
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Post by greenchristian on May 27, 2019 8:58:35 GMT
A few years ago, I was talking to a friend who had become active in the LibDems, who told me they had an officer in the local party who had to sign election forms for candidates to certify they could stand as a LibDem candidate, and that this applied to parliamentary as well as council elections. Do Labour and the Cons work the same? Or are parliamentary candidates certified/validated at national level? In the Greens the authority for Westminster elections is delegated separately to the one for locals. But the forms handed in to the council are still signed by a local party officer.
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Post by timmullen1 on May 27, 2019 9:12:52 GMT
A few years ago, I was talking to a friend who had become active in the LibDems, who told me they had an officer in the local party whhad to sign election forms for candidates to certify they could stand as a LibDem candidate, and that this applied to parliamentary as well as council elections. Do Labour and the Cons work the same? Or are parliamentary candidates certified/validated at national level? It applies I presume to all parties registered with the Electoral Commission; under the PPERA a registered unit as they describe Party’s has to inform each Returning Officer of the authorised signatory/signatories who have to submit a form with each nomination confirming that the candidate in question is authorised to use the official Party descriptions and logo on the ballot paper. My experience as an Agent in the locals was that in Labour’s case the signatory was the Regional Director.
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