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Post by Ben Walker on Apr 5, 2018 22:25:46 GMT
But wait!
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Post by middleenglander on Apr 5, 2018 22:25:57 GMT
Don’t know whether Wiveliscombe is counting tonight. It's a large and remote ward, and I would doubt it. Greens gain |
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Post by beastofbedfordshire on Apr 5, 2018 22:27:38 GMT
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Post by AdminSTB on Apr 5, 2018 22:28:46 GMT
Bloody Hell.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 5, 2018 22:31:18 GMT
Where did that come from?
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Post by Andrew_S on Apr 5, 2018 22:31:27 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 5, 2018 22:35:49 GMT
Well it was a longstanding Indepdnent ward. Don't know anything about the candidate here, but usually these sort of results suggest they are a de facto 'local residents' candidate - I doubt it portends a Green surge nationally or even indicates much about underlying support for the party locally
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Post by andrew111 on Apr 5, 2018 22:40:09 GMT
Well it was a longstanding Indepdnent ward. Don't know anything about the candidate here, but usually these sort of results suggest they are a de facto 'local residents' candidate - I doubt it portends a Green surge nationally or even indicates much about underlying support for the party locally Quite! The residents here don't like voting for Parties and hence the order of the candidates was the inverse of national effectiveness.. |
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Post by Robert Waller on Apr 5, 2018 22:49:44 GMT
Wiveliscombe & West Deane (Taunton Deane) result:
GRN: 44.7% (+44.7)
LDEM: 29.0% (+17.3)
CON: 26.2% (+2.5)
Green GAIN from Independent.
No Ind(s) (-55.4) and Lab (-9.2) as prev.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 22:56:44 GMT
That is genuinely shocking. Wow! |
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Post by middleenglander on Apr 5, 2018 22:59:22 GMT
Wiveliscombe & West Deane (Taunton Deane) result: GRN: 44.7% (+44.7) LDEM: 29.0% (+17.3) CON: 26.2% (+2.5) Green GAIN from Independent. No Ind(s) (-55.4) and Lab (-9.2) as prev. Don't think these changes are correct. |
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Post by Robert Waller on Apr 5, 2018 23:04:17 GMT
They are not correct, they are Britain Elects.
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Post by Ben Walker on Apr 5, 2018 23:09:51 GMT
Now corrected:
Grn: 44.7% (+36.3)
LDem: 29.0% (+18.3)
Con: 26.2% (+4.5)
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Post by middleenglander on Apr 5, 2018 23:39:44 GMT
Now corrected: Grn: 44.7% (+36.3) LDem: 29.0% (+18.3) Con: 26.2% (+4.5) Still wrong, I think Labour has not stood here in recent years. |
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Post by timmullen1 on Apr 6, 2018 0:04:37 GMT
Now corrected: Grn: 44.7% (+36.3) LDem: 29.0% (+18.3) Con: 26.2% (+4.5) Still wrong, I think Labour has not stood here in recent years. May 1999 was Labour’s last appearance according to Andrew’s Preview. Going from 2015 there’s only the Independent who resigned to trigger the by-election and his running mate (not sure which was the top vote getter of the two) to eliminate when calculating swing as Conservative, LD and Green were the opposition. |
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Post by froome on Apr 6, 2018 3:48:57 GMT
Where did that come from? I understand that the previous Independent councillor was supporting our candidate. I thought we had a chance here, but was by no means certain we would actually win. |
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Post by greenchristian on Apr 6, 2018 6:09:06 GMT
So that's four Green gains in principal authority by-elections over the last year, that has to be a new record high for us.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 6:19:35 GMT
Well it was a longstanding Indepdnent ward. Don't know anything about the candidate here, but usually these sort of results suggest they are a de facto 'local residents' candidate - I doubt it portends a Green surge nationally or even indicates much about underlying support for the party locally While you’re (probably) right, it does still mean that there’s another Green representative in a better position to implement Green policies. So it makes sense for Green supporters to still be very pleased about this result. |
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Post by andrewp on Apr 6, 2018 6:48:26 GMT
Where did that come from? I understand that the previous Independent councillor was supporting our candidate. I thought we had a chance here, but was by no means certain we would actually win. I did notice that the other sitting Independent councillor for the ward was the Green candidates proposer and several of the town council nominated the Green candidate. Had he stood as an Independent rather than Green, I would have expected him to win. As has been said, Wiveliscombe is 8 miles down a rubbish road from Taunton, and has a bit of a ‘ignored by Taunton’ and politicians generally vibe. |
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Post by andrewp on Apr 6, 2018 6:50:40 GMT
Well it was a longstanding Indepdnent ward. Don't know anything about the candidate here, but usually these sort of results suggest they are a de facto 'local residents' candidate - I doubt it portends a Green surge nationally or even indicates much about underlying support for the party locally I live not that far from Wiveliscombe, anyone would be bonkers to draw any sort of national conclusion at all from what happens there! |
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