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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 26, 2018 16:18:52 GMT
It is quite fun, though.
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Post by AdminSTB on Feb 27, 2018 12:56:31 GMT
Like until the early 90s it there were always a few random Tory councillors in extremely unlikely wards scattered across the Valleys. Did the wards they were elected from show unusual Tory strength in GEs as well? hahahaha. I did spot a Valleys district ward which went in the 70's/80's/early 90's from uncontested Labour to uncontested Tory to uncontested Labour. My reaction was to look at the map and go "ah, there". |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Feb 27, 2018 13:01:36 GMT
I did spot a Valleys district ward which went in the 70's/80's/early 90's from uncontested Labour to uncontested Tory to uncontested Labour. My reaction was to look at the map and go "ah, there". Blaengarw? One road in and the same road out, it's a bit isolated there and news travels slowly. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 19:21:50 GMT
There must be a ward in Bassetlaw that's almost always voted Tory while the seat hasn't done since the 1920s.
I would say Workington would win the record for the seat having voted Labour for the longest while a single ward has voted Tory (but the seat voted Conservative in the 1976 by-election).
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 1, 2018 19:48:22 GMT
There must be a ward in Bassetlaw that's almost always voted Tory while the seat hasn't done since the 1920s. I would say Workington would win the record for the seat having voted Labour for the longest while a single ward has voted Tory (but the seat voted Conservative in the 1976 by-election). There are safe Conservative wards in Newcastle-under-Lyme (Westlands for example) (Bassetlaw voted Conservative in 1931) |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Mar 1, 2018 20:12:35 GMT
I think Rainford in St Helens North deserves a mention. It's consistently Tory in a consistently safe Labour seat, and from what I hear it thoroughly looks the part of a safe Tory ward - someone I know described it as a bit of rural Cheshire transplanted into Merseyside, though maybe they were slightly exaggerating. They were not. A truly weird outlier. |
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Post by warofdreams on Mar 1, 2018 21:22:18 GMT
St Enoder in Cornwall, where the Conservatives took 10.9% in 2017 while increasing their majority in St Austell and Newquay to over 20%?
Though the council seat being held by the leader of Mebyon Kernow seems more atypical than anything about the make-up of the ward.
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Post by cibwr on Mar 2, 2018 17:18:25 GMT
St Enoder in Cornwall, where the Conservatives took 10.9% in 2017 while increasing their majority in St Austell and Newquay to over 20%? Though the council seat being held by the leader of Mebyon Kernow seems more atypical than anything about the make-up of the ward. And held by MK by a thumping big majority |
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Post by Eastwood on Mar 9, 2018 15:59:13 GMT
That Cramlington ward is defitnely a contender. I wonder if it is demographically different or just hard work/ 1 very popular councillor or a bit of both. , who is from thereabouts, reckoned in a post last year that Wayne Daley (the Conservative incumbent) "must be one of the most popular councillors in the country". Though not quite so popular within his local party anymore. Guy Opperman MP is not a fan of the proposed school closures in Tynedale: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/i-cannot-support-this-mp-14335692 |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 16:17:48 GMT
There must be a ward in Bassetlaw that's almost always voted Tory while the seat hasn't done since the 1920s. I would say Workington would win the record for the seat having voted Labour for the longest while a single ward has voted Tory (but the seat voted Conservative in the 1976 by-election). There are safe Conservative wards in Newcastle-under-Lyme (Westlands for example) (Bassetlaw voted Conservative in 1931) Bassetlaw Conservative in 1931? I thought it voted National Labour. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2018 16:19:38 GMT
But yes.
There must be parts of Bishop Auckland or Newcastle-under-Lyme that have consistently voted Tory while these seats or their predecessors haven’t done since the 19th century.
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Post by Merseymike on Mar 9, 2018 16:27:07 GMT
The Daresbury ward in Halton is the only ward which to my knowledge Labour have never won - @trident may be able to confirm
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Post by bjornhattan on Mar 16, 2018 20:45:34 GMT
Not neccessarily politically, but demographically Thornton and Allerton (especially the former) doesn't really fit with Bradford West. It would affect some politics though; in the by election, I can't imagine Respect got a lot of votes there.
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Post by Joseph Bevan on Apr 19, 2018 20:34:24 GMT
Not just one ward, but Watford always surprises me! The council hasn't got a single Conservative councillor, yet the parliamentary constituency is represented by the Conservatives?!
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Apr 19, 2018 20:47:03 GMT
Not just one ward, but Watford always surprises me! The council hasn't got a single Conservative councillor, yet the parliamentary constituency is represented by the Conservatives?! Watford constituency is more than just Watford Borough. Additionally, the use of FPTP for local elections does somewhat distort impressions of Conservative support in the town itself. |
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Post by greenhert on Apr 20, 2018 0:05:47 GMT
Hove Park in Hove-a remnant of old money Conservative support that once existed across the majority of Hove (except Portslade).
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Post by greenhert on Apr 20, 2018 0:15:47 GMT
Twerton in Bath-the only ward in the city of Bath with a Labour councillor, and the most Labour-friendly part of Bath, a city where Labour have not even finished second at Westminster level since 1970.
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Apr 21, 2018 10:32:03 GMT
Might have already been mentioned, but Roby in Knowsley stands out like a sore thumb in how 'well' (i.e. regularly getting more than about 5% of the vote) the Tories do there.
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Post by jacoblamsden on Jun 16, 2018 19:25:18 GMT
I visited Hall Green in Birmingham for the first time today - which made me wonder if a case could be made for Hall Green South ward (a creation of the new Birmingham local boundaries) - it seemed a very wealthy residential area, poles apart demographically from the rest of the seat and voted 60% Conservative in last month's local elections.
It was also somewhat surprising to see a Waitrose in the ward (or just over the border into Hall Green North ward) - could this be the seat with the largest Labour majority to contain a Waitrose (unless there's one in one of the Hackney or Islington seats?)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 20:01:53 GMT
The constituency it's within isn't ultra-safe (but if the last election is anything to go by, it's definitely safe) for Labour, but Bevois ward in Southampton has a Waitrose and went 73% to Labour in the locals in May.
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