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Post by gwynthegriff on May 8, 2024 21:22:56 GMT
However what I was wondering, and failed to make clear, was whether any PCC has made a sufficient mark in that office to overcome a universal national swing against his party or to significantly outperform a UNS in favour of his party I very much doubt it.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 8, 2024 11:36:31 GMT
Well, there is greater joy in heaven for every sinner.... Well, you would say that wouldn't you ...
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 7, 2024 22:21:11 GMT
I thought it was a metro borough, with 3 seats per ward… You know what I’m trying to say… copy the system that Liverpool have basically, or so many other places that draw natural rather than made up ward boundaries and allocate seats to suit. Tory/Independent voters in places like Wrenthorpe, Stanley, Walton… and the like aren’t going to have much chance of getting what they vote for under the current system, likewise in a normal year Labour voters in Agbrigg, for instance. I think you mean moving to all up elections, which allows wards with different numbers of councillors, like Liverpool, Doncaster, Rotherham and Birmingham have done, but all of those are still otherwise Metropolitan Districts, just like Wakefield is. (In fact the LGBCE is allowed to draw one or two member wards in a thirds council, but there is a strong presumption against them doing so and mostly they don't.) thejedi: www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/wakefieldFrom 1974 to 2009 we had election by thirds in Crewe & Nantwich with single, two and three member wards (generally reflecting density of population). It worked well. And there were 19 seats up each time, just not the same 19!
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 5, 2024 22:12:24 GMT
Yes, what we had until this election were quasi ward results for the Mayor and Assembly elections as the postal votes received from across each borough?/assembly constituency? were allocated to random polling stations within that borough?/assembly constituency? Unless you are a political nerd you like some of us then you wouldn’t know that as the spreadsheets on the London Elects spreadsheet certainly don’t show that. Better something than nothing but if you are going to do it then do it properly with all postal votes counted by ward and kept separate the on the day votes in each ward. Forgive a perhaps silly question. Why can votes not be counted in each polling station? This (I think) happens in France, is completed much faster, allows for consistent granular data, and is surely less of an administrative hassle? Given the lack of knowledge of correct practice all too often at centralised counts God knows what might go on at polling stations!
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 5, 2024 18:30:19 GMT
Forgive me, but who is he?
(Yes, I know google will tell me.)
EDIT: And google has, confirming that if I even noticed his previous activities they had left my memory bank.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 5, 2024 17:03:16 GMT
Splitteresses? Spliterettes?? No, no - such suffixes are now frowned upon.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 5, 2024 12:14:38 GMT
I have aggregated the votes across Stockport borough as follows - Party of Women 139 WEP 94 Splitters !
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 4, 2024 21:20:16 GMT
Street's speech was also respectful & dignified. Also been graceful towards Sunak, even though he probably more than maybe anyone can blame the national party for losing out considering how close he came against the tide In politics (as in much else) you learn more about people in defeat than in victory.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 4, 2024 19:24:43 GMT
Beth Rigby has just described it as a massive upset, for Labour to win a contest in the West Midlands when they are 20% ahead nationally……. I refer the Hon Member to my earlier remark on the quality of British political journalism.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 4, 2024 18:39:23 GMT
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 4, 2024 18:36:40 GMT
I hate that clenched fist count cliche photo ...
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 4, 2024 16:56:25 GMT
Saint Chad has, I believe, strong links to the West Midlands. And a cathedral named in his honour in Birmingham And a very nice, very small church in the centre of Stafford.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 4, 2024 16:48:05 GMT
I blame the hanging chads! Saint Chad has, I believe, strong links to the West Midlands.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 4, 2024 16:04:14 GMT
Well, the BBC website says Labour gain (unsurprising if correct).
The Halton website says "not started"!
EDIT: Labour gain 20k majority; 85 65
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 4, 2024 15:41:39 GMT
John Curtice mentions that the Cons asked for the recount. BBC journalist asks why is that significant. He explains that the party in second place normally asks for it. Ah, the quality of political journalism in this great democracy of ours ......
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 4, 2024 12:27:55 GMT
PCCs should refer to themselves as Commissioner from now on Some do.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 3, 2024 12:01:02 GMT
Brinsworth: 2 Lib Dem holds Railway enthusiasts of a certain age will immediately think 'Three Magpies'.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 3, 2024 11:58:35 GMT
Turnout figures: Ceredigion - 21.7% Carmarthenshire - 20.5% Powys - 18.1% Pembrokeshire - 17.2% Plaid will win Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. Powys and Pembrokeshire will either be marginal Con wins or Lib Dem / Lab wins. Pembrokeshire could be a Lib Dem win? Er, what?
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 3, 2024 10:39:39 GMT
Finally, they're counting: Why is so much of this incompetently and amazingly slow? I think there are a number of factors. In quite a few areas we have moved from annual elections to 4-yearly which has resulted in a loss of experience. General local government destaffing and the loss of specialist staff. Decline in the number and quality of local party staffing/ volunteers who kept the council on its toes. Greater concern about box ticking rather than how to get the job to work.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 3, 2024 10:27:12 GMT
A former Parish Clerk writes: I do not believe there is any restriction on the number of parish councils one can serve on if appropriately qualified. Which makes me wonder where in the country you would have to live to maximise the number of parish councils you are eligible to serve on. For the qualification under the "three mile rule" (a Forfarshire conservative and Mr Carlton will be horrified to learn it is now the 5km rule) somewhere with lots of small parishes e.g. round here in S Cheshire. I think I'm within 5km of 7 parishes - though some have joint councils - in Cheshire plus one in Staffordshire. Of course, by using the land ownership/tenancy provision the sky's the limit!
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