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Post by tonygreaves on Oct 1, 2017 14:14:55 GMT
Just noticed up near the top of this thread that Mark Senior has died. I only recently renewed direct contact with him via Facebook PMs. Very sad - he was a Liberal student in Manchester just after me and while I was still around in Manchester YL circles. RIP to a lifelong friend of British Liberalism and of everyone interested in council election results.
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Post by finsobruce on Oct 4, 2017 17:33:25 GMT
Andrew Many thanks for your tribute to Mark Senior in your preview. I had no idea who he was, but I appreciated his many informative contributions to this website. He was often unrealistic about Lib Dem opportunities; he was also very sensitive and sometimes awkward about recording the sad deaths of councillors. I can confirm that Hundon ward in St. Edmundsbury has been unchanged since 1973, when it constituted as ward no. 16 of St. Edmundsbury, formed from the same 4 parishes of Clare Rural District. Back in the 1970s, there was no internet and it was difficult to collate results from all over the country. The Sampling Branch of the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys published a book called "New Districts for Old" in September 1974, which is a paperback running to over 1000 pages. It sets out the contents of all the new wards contested in 1973, which were aggregated from existing borough and urban district wards and rural parishes under temporary orders issued by the Home Office. It sets out the polling districts and range of elector numbers in each polling district. Sadly it does not cover County Electoral Divisions, many of which were defined in terms of the previous county electoral divisions. I believe it was an OPCS internal document only and my copy is now in a state of collapse - a 1000-page paperback is doomed to disintegrate. It was compiled by R.M. Blunden and Sheila Gray; I believe it was Sheila Gray's final project before she retired. I've just bought "Volume 3" (Scotland) online. Right authors and published by OPCS. I'll let you know what turns up. well, I have now taken delivery and it is definitely part of the whole that listener has. |
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Post by hullenedge on Oct 4, 2017 18:13:14 GMT
I've just bought "Volume 3" (Scotland) online. Right authors and published by OPCS. I'll let you know what turns up. well, I have now taken delivery and it is definitely part of the whole that listener has. Your Volume 3 (Scotland) should contain the make up of the new authorities and constituencies. Volume 1 (England & Wales) covers authorities whereas Volume 2 (parts one & two) covers constituencies. |
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Post by finsobruce on Oct 4, 2017 18:44:17 GMT
well, I have now taken delivery and it is definitely part of the whole that listener has. Your Volume 3 (Scotland) should contain the make up of the new authorities and constituencies. Volume 1 (England & Wales) covers authorities whereas Volume 2 (parts one & two) covers constituencies. it does. anyone wants any details (within reason) just let me know.  |
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