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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 0:42:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 0:43:00 GMT
And I'm doing really badly in the prediction contest....
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Post by thetop on Feb 16, 2018 0:43:15 GMT
Armthorpe's the one keeping me up.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 16, 2018 0:43:52 GMT
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Gary Day (Lab) 557
Suzanna Marie Austin (L Dem) 336
Bill Cross (UKIP) 109
Simon Andrew Turner (GP) 81
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 16, 2018 0:44:05 GMT
Doncaster is the big one with around 10,000 eligible voters, assuming they're counting it tonight.
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Post by finsobruce on Feb 16, 2018 0:44:44 GMT
i'm pretty certain that we've seen results like this go the other way. Well, the union is important to people and the nationalist/unionist dichotomy has been set up as the big thing. Maybe this will recede now it looks less likely that there will be a second referendum and that it would be won even if it was. True, I'm not denying we have seen unionist tactical voting in the past - I'm just saying I don't find it surprising that a unionist majority hasn't imposed itself since it's pretty irrelevant at council level. Not in Scotland it isn't. All fascinating stuff anyway. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 16, 2018 0:45:09 GMT
No mentions of Armthorpe on Twitter makes me suspect it's counting tomorrow.
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 16, 2018 0:45:39 GMT
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Higham Ferrers Jason Smithers (C) 1,414 Gary Day (Lab) 557 Suzanna Marie Austin (L Dem) 336 Bill Cross (UKIP) 109 Simon Andrew Turner (GP) 81 Con 56.6% Lab 22.3% LD 13.5% UKIP 4.4% Green 3.2% |
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 16, 2018 0:55:38 GMT
Falkirk is surprising because there was a unionist majority but Labour voters probably didn't want a Tory elected. A 58-42 unionist-nationalist split was never going to yield a Tory councillor on transfers. What's more interesting is that we put on 8.1% of the vote and that the swing was towards us over the SNP. Solid result for the Conservatives more than anyone else. Actually, Labour put on 8.5%, so a solid advance for them. |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 16, 2018 1:15:30 GMT
Across the country, with this great variety of seats which was the real characteristic of this Super Thursday rather than the sheer numbers, I call this a really good night for the Lib Dems, not just the 3 gains which might have been expected but a strong showing in a number of seats where there was limited expectation. The Tories had a poor night on the whole, and Labour no better.The Greens made no breakthrough and will also be disappointed,and UKIP almost vanished completely. The only other party who may consider the night satisfactory were the Nats , and then only because they held on.
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Post by obsie on Feb 16, 2018 1:47:31 GMT
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Post by andrew on Feb 16, 2018 2:04:48 GMT
I’d say a good night for all parties in Falkirk. From what I understand, the independent who got 20% last time round is on the unionist side so it’s not surprising his vote went to Labour and the tories more. Not much we can gauge in terms of a national Scottish picture due to the independent.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 5:46:30 GMT
Tonight was exceptionally good for the Lib Dems particularly at the expense of the Tories. But there were sone good results gor them too in Tendering and some big swings in the North. Labour have done as well as expected holding all the seats they held. I wasnt expecting any gains
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 16, 2018 6:04:32 GMT
Tonight was exceptionally good for the Lib Dems particularly at the expense of the Tories. But there were sone good results gor them too in Tendering and some big swings in the North. Labour have done as well as expected holding all the seats they held. I wasnt expecting any gains Are you confident of holding the seat in Doncaster? |
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Post by andrew111 on Feb 16, 2018 6:21:36 GMT
In the strictly limited arena of local by-elections, it looks like the Lib Dems are back to where they were a year ago before May called her ill-fated election.
At that time people were predicting good results for them in the local elections which did not materialise in the heat of a GE campaign, so it will be interesting to see what happens this time.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 16, 2018 7:43:47 GMT
I've just seen a banner claiming that there was a referendum in part of Nantwich yesterday around housing. gwynthegriff, any idea? |
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Post by andrewp on Feb 16, 2018 8:23:04 GMT
Across the country, with this great variety of seats which was the real characteristic of this Super Thursday rather than the sheer numbers, I call this a really good night for the Lib Dems, not just the 3 gains which might have been expected but a strong showing in a number of seats where there was limited expectation. The Tories had a poor night on the whole, and Labour no better.The Greens made no breakthrough and will also be disappointed,and UKIP almost vanished completely. The only other party who may consider the night satisfactory were the Nats , and then only because they held on. It was a very good night for the Lib Dems- as discussed before on here I think you are reverting back to being the natural protest vote party. A couple of decent second places were more unexpected than the 3 gains. A gain is a gain, but given the circumstances of the election I’m surprised Chudleigh was so close and would say that was one of the less impressive performances of the night. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 8:34:41 GMT
They performed pretty well in the previous parliament in local by-elections yet still lost further ground to the Tories and Labour in the general
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 8:35:18 GMT
Well I've predicted a Labour hold. I note that a couple of contributors have gone for an Ind gain. Maybe they know something I don't. If thats the case then that would be disappointing.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Feb 16, 2018 8:35:28 GMT
Across the country, with this great variety of seats which was the real characteristic of this Super Thursday rather than the sheer numbers, I call this a really good night for the Lib Dems, not just the 3 gains which might have been expected but a strong showing in a number of seats where there was limited expectation. The Tories had a poor night on the whole, and Labour no better.The Greens made no breakthrough and will also be disappointed,and UKIP almost vanished completely. The only other party who may consider the night satisfactory were the Nats , and then only because they held on. It was a very good night for the Lib Dems- as discussed before on here I think you are reverting back to being the natural protest vote party. A couple of decent second places were more unexpected than the 3 gains. A gain is a gain, but given the circumstances of the election I’m surprised Chudleigh was so close and would say that was one of the less impressive performances of the night. The previous poll in Chudleigh featured a couple of independents. There's no telling where their vote will go when they're not standing. Another factor may be that our candidate - who was one of the independents last time - had been a Tory councillor previously, so the local Tories may have put special effort in to stop her. |
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