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Post by andrewteale on Nov 2, 2017 23:30:11 GMT
By-elections on 9th November 2017:
LIMESTONE PEAK
High Peak council, Derbyshire; caused by the resignation of Conservative councillor Daren Robins.
Peter Crook (Grn)
Alistair Forbes (LD)
Jim Lambert (Lab)
Peter Roberts (C)
May 2015 result C 575 Lab 306 UKIP 263
BUCKLEY BISTRE WEST
Flintshire council; caused by the death of Labour councillor Ron Hampson.
Louis Fox (C)
Edith Hutchinson (Ind)
Gren James (LD)
Martyn Teire (Ind)
Andy Williams (Lab)
May 2017 result Lab 750/445 LD 527 Ind 250
STUBBINGTON
Fareham council, Hampshire; caused by the resignation of Conservative councillor Chris Wood who was originally elected as UKIP.
Andy Annear (UKIP)
Jim Forrest (LD)
Pal Hayre (C)
Matthew Randall (Lab)
May 2016 result UKIP 899 LD 772 C 772 Lab 123
May 2014 result UKIP 1227 C 841 LD 646 Lab 114
GOSPEL OAK
Camden council, North London; caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Theo Blackwell who is taking a politically-restricted post as Chief Digital Officer for London.
Marx de Morais (C)
Jill Fraser (LD)
Jenny Mulholland (Lab)
Max Spencer (EDP)
May 2017 by-election Lab 1468 LD 587 C 523 Grn 273 UKIP 75
May 2014 result Lab 1687/1590/1534 C 634/551/456 Grn 549/527/429 UKIP 361 LD 248/245/158 TUSC 110
THAMESFIELD
Wandsworth council, South London; caused by the death of the Mayor of Wandsworth, Conservative councillor Jim Madden.
John Locker (C)
Di McCann (Grn)
Ryan Mercer (LD)
Sally Warren (Lab)
May 2014 result C 2579/2466/2437 Lab 953/880/790 Grn 846 LD 554/479/399 UKIP 298
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Nov 3, 2017 0:00:42 GMT
Pleasing to see a Conservative candidate with "Marx" as a first name in Gospel Oak.
Perhaps his parents were big fans of Duck Soup.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 3, 2017 0:28:26 GMT
Pleasing to see a Conservative candidate with "Marx" as a first name in Gospel Oak. Perhaps his parents were big fans of Duck Soup. There's a lovely profile of him on page 25 of this week's Ham & High. He stood in the byelection in the same ward in May. |
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Post by Robert Waller on Nov 3, 2017 0:38:20 GMT
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Post by andrewteale on Nov 5, 2017 23:02:52 GMT
On the subject of Marx, I've been sent this by a correspondent:  |
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Nov 5, 2017 23:10:22 GMT
On the subject of Marx, I've been sent this by a correspondent: I have to say, I like the bloke's style. |
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Post by maxque on Nov 5, 2017 23:17:58 GMT
Sadly, he can't spell the ward name.
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Post by Foggy on Nov 6, 2017 0:59:53 GMT
Sadly, he can't spell the ward name. I thought that at first when I read the front of the leaflet, then I asked myself if he was going for some kind of pun on 'okay'... but that wouldn't really make sense unless locals routinely refer to the area simply as 'Gospel'. |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Nov 6, 2017 8:27:51 GMT
Sadly, he can't spell the ward name. I thought that at first when I read the front of the leaflet, then I asked myself if he was going for some kind of pun on 'okay'... but that wouldn't really make sense unless locals routinely refer to the area simply as 'Gospel'. I usually refer to the area as the Post Office. The three letter code for Gospel Oak station is GPO. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 8:29:08 GMT
Labour will be hoping to gain the seats in Battersea and High Peak given the GE results.
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Post by maxque on Nov 6, 2017 8:52:25 GMT
Labour will be hoping to gain the seats in Battersea and High Peak given the GE results. Unlikely. Last time Thamesfield voted Labour was 1974 and Limestone Peak voted for Labour only once, in 1995 (always Independent or Conservative on other years). |
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Post by beastofbedfordshire on Nov 6, 2017 9:38:43 GMT
Labour will be hoping to gain the seats in Battersea and High Peak given the GE results. I think they'll miss out on both. We won't be taken by surprise again in these places. |
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Post by Adrian on Nov 6, 2017 9:49:52 GMT
"Together we build Gospel OK" appears to be his (naff) slogan.
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Post by Merseymike on Nov 6, 2017 9:53:56 GMT
Labour will be hoping to gain the seats in Battersea and High Peak given the GE results. I really don't think so. It's doubtful we would have won either of these wards in the General. In both parliamentary seats our vote rose but the Tories didn't do badly. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 6, 2017 10:05:05 GMT
Pleasing to see a Conservative candidate with "Marx" as a first name in Gospel Oak. Perhaps his parents were big fans of Duck Soup. I assumed that must be a typo, but obviously it isn't! He was born in the DDR, so it was either that or Erich. |
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Post by Foggy on Nov 6, 2017 17:14:23 GMT
I assumed that must be a typo, but obviously it isn't! He was born in the DDR, so it was either that or Erich. Actually in the GDR lots of people found that one of the few ways they could stage a micro-rebellion against the SED administration was by giving their children modern, English-sounding names... such as Peggy and Roy. |
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Post by Robert Waller on Nov 6, 2017 18:03:22 GMT
Labour will be hoping to gain the seats in Battersea and High Peak given the GE results. As it's my original district, I'd venture that Labour will not win Limestone Peak. You might think it's a decent possibility if you take a Google street view tour round, say, Peak Dale and Dove Holes. But in the case of limestone quarrying (look at the satellite view while you're at it - you'll see why the Peak District National Park boundaries are drawn as they are!), the mineral extraction industry does not seem to have anything like the same effect as, historically, with coal. In High Peak, the Labour vote is very much concentrated in the urban areas. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 18:08:33 GMT
Labour will be hoping to gain the seats in Battersea and High Peak given the GE results. As it's my original district, I'd venture that Labour will not win Limestone Peak. You might think it's a decent possibility if you take a Google street view tour round, say, Peak Dale and Dove Holes. But in the case of limestone quarrying (look at the satellite view while you're at it - you'll see why the Peak District National Park boundaries are drawn as they are!), the mineral extraction industry does not seem to have anything like the same effect as, historically, with coal. In High Peak, the Labour vote is very much concentrated in the urban areas. Yes. You'd know more than me. Isn't it the case that a fair bit of the Labour voting area of High Peak was once in Cheshire - in Stalybridge & Hyde constituency? And those towns at the northern edge of the High Peak seat are closer to Manchester. It definitely behaved more like a Greater Manchester seat than a Derbyshire seat in the GE. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 6, 2017 18:11:08 GMT
Labour will be hoping to gain the seats in Battersea and High Peak given the GE results. There aren't any seats in Battersea |
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Post by beastofbedfordshire on Nov 6, 2017 18:17:19 GMT
Labour will be hoping to gain the seats in Battersea and High Peak given the GE results. There aren't any seats in Battersea I think he's mixed up Fairfield (in Battersea) with Thamesfield. I believe the former is stronger for Labour than the by-election here. |
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