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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 16, 2019 19:58:17 GMT
Well, standing as Fascists in 1940 was a tad provocative. The story of what happened to Britain's fascists after 1 September 1939 is a fascinating one and not straightforward. It is not the case, for instance, that fascists were immediately unpopular after the outbreak of war - Mosley's peace campaign got considerable support. There was also a massive rise in antisemitism in Britain in the early years of the war. Richard Griffiths is possibly the best historian writing on these subjects. To return to the immediate point, it came as a considerable shock to Mosley when he was physically attacked while speaking for the BUF candidate in Middleton and Prestwich. |
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Post by mrhell on Jun 17, 2019 14:39:11 GMT
I've gone through some election results I have for the Newcastle area from 1967-1973
Gosforth Urban District Council (then in Northumberland)
All Saints
1969
Con 1440 (GD Trice)
Lab 95 (A Jeffrey)
1970
Con 1613
Lab 160
Newcastle 1971
St Anthonys (east riverside area)
Lab 2590 (D Webster)
Con 183 (G Wilkin)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 16:21:34 GMT
Middleton and Prestwich by-election 1940
CON 32,036 (E Gates)
BUF 418 (F Haslam)
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Post by owainsutton on Jun 25, 2019 16:36:33 GMT
Middleton and Prestwich by-election 1940 CON 32,036 (E Gates) BUF 418 (F Haslam) That's got to have some story behind it....an anti-fascist pact? |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 25, 2019 16:38:58 GMT
Middleton and Prestwich by-election 1940 CON 32,036 (E Gates) BUF 418 (F Haslam) The Fascists must have done something to really annoy the electorate at that point in time. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 25, 2019 16:40:07 GMT
Seriously does anyone here read beyond the last post on any thread they are replying to ??
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Jun 25, 2019 17:19:57 GMT
Middleton and Prestwich by-election 1940 CON 32,036 (E Gates) BUF 418 (F Haslam) The Fascists must have done something to really annoy the electorate at that point in time. In all seriousness, the surprising thing is that over 400 people in a run-of-the-mill constituency were willing to vote Fascist less than a week before the battle of Dunkirk started. You can see why people obsessed about 5th Columnists at the time and the BUF were banned and its remaining leaders interned the next day. |
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Post by londonseal80 on Jun 25, 2019 17:20:50 GMT
Sutton - 1971 Carshalton St. Helier North Goodall S. Ms. Lab 1,829 92.3% Smith P. Lab 1,798 - Haunch D. Con 153 7.7% Carshalton St. Helier South Bassett P. Lab 2,216 93.3% Vernon B. Ms. Lab 2,079 - Baggott P. Con 158 6.7% Carshalton St. Helier West Goodall E. Lab 1,781 88.8% Dyson A. Lab 1,750 - Frye C. Con 144 7.2% Kane P. Comm 80 4.0% Court Ward (Epsom and Ewell) By-Election 03.07.1997 Labour 459 80.0 Liberal Democrat 74 12.9 Conservative 44 7.7 Whilst it looks odd to see safe Labour wards in these areas, the wards are deprived by outer SW London and Surrey standards and pretty much wholly council estate wards (the Carshalton St Helier results were pre right to buy days) Though Court has returned to being safe Labour again, The Carshalton St Helier wards are still LD for now. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 18:11:37 GMT
1968 United States Senate election in Vermont
George Aiken 157,197
Other 178
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 25, 2019 21:35:14 GMT
1968 United States Senate election in Vermont George Aiken 157,197 Other 178 Not sure that counts - Aiken was the only name on the ballot and any other votes had to be written in. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2019 6:20:08 GMT
1968 United States Senate election in Vermont George Aiken 157,197 Other 178 Not sure that counts - Aiken was the only name on the ballot and any other votes had to be written in. Bernie got 18,000 write-in votes for President in Vermont in 2016. Do those not count? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 26, 2019 8:05:49 GMT
Not sure that counts - Aiken was the only name on the ballot and any other votes had to be written in. Bernie got 18,000 write-in votes for President in Vermont in 2016. Do those not count? Only one person has ever won a federal position in a write-in campaign and that was Strom Thurmond who had been locked out of the US Senate nomination by the Democratic Party of South Carolina in 1954 and challenged the party's official candidate. In general write-in candidates get handfuls of votes. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2019 8:09:27 GMT
Then we should count write-ins?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 26, 2019 8:12:12 GMT
We should not.
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Post by John Chanin on Jun 26, 2019 8:42:00 GMT
Bernie got 18,000 write-in votes for President in Vermont in 2016. Do those not count? Only one person has ever won a federal position in a write-in campaign and that was Strom Thurmond who had been locked out of the US Senate nomination by the Democratic Party of South Carolina in 1954 and challenged the party's official candidate. In general write-in candidates get handfuls of votes. I thought there was a more recent example in Alaska, where the outgoing senator, defeated in a primary, won on write-in votes (Murkowski?) |
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Post by polaris on Jun 26, 2019 10:38:40 GMT
1968 United States Senate election in Vermont George Aiken 157,197 Other 178 Not sure that counts - Aiken was the only name on the ballot and any other votes had to be written in. It's not a particularly unusual situation either. In recent elections large and increasing numbers of seats in the House of Representatives have been uncontested by one or other of the major parties. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2019 11:21:56 GMT
Only one person has ever won a federal position in a write-in campaign and that was Strom Thurmond who had been locked out of the US Senate nomination by the Democratic Party of South Carolina in 1954 and challenged the party's official candidate. In general write-in candidates get handfuls of votes. I thought there was a more recent example in Alaska, where the outgoing senator, defeated in a primary, won on write-in votes (Murkowski?) Correct, in 2010. On re-election in 2016, Miller, who beat her in the 2010 Republican primary, was the Libertarian candidate and came second. However key figures in the national Libertarian Party generally endorsed Murkowski. |
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