Tony Otim
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Post by Tony Otim on Aug 20, 2018 20:11:44 GMT
Just the one this week:
SEVENOAKS DC; Farningham, Horton Kirby & South Darenth (Con disqualified for non-attendance)
Candidates:
AISHER, Emily Hannah (Labour)
CARROLL, Brian (Conservative)
SHANMUGANATHAN, Krish (Liberal Democrat)
2015: Con 1408, 1321; Lab 568, 375; Grn 478
2011: Con 918, 876; Lab 533
2007: LD 559, 481; Con 544, 529; Lab 220
2003: LD 604, 588; Con 393, 375
Philip McGarvey has topped the poll here in every election since 2003 – twice as a Lib Dem and twice as a Conservative. It is his ward colleague who has been disqualified.
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timmullen1
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Post by timmullen1 on Aug 30, 2018 22:01:40 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 30, 2018 22:14:48 GMT
SEVENOAKS Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth
CARROLL, Brian (Conservative) 542
SHANMUGANATHAN, Krish (Liberal Democrat) 260
AISHER, Emily Hannah (Labour) 171
C 55.7%
L Dem 26.7%
Lab 17.6%
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Post by middleenglander on Aug 30, 2018 22:16:22 GMT
Sevenoaks, Farningham, Horton Kirby & South Darenth - Conservative hold | Party | 2018 votes | 2018 share | since 2015 "top" | since 2015 "average" | since 2011 "top" | since 2011 "average" | Conservative | 542 | 55.7% | -1.7% | -3.3% | -7.6% | -7.0% | Liberal Democrat | 260 | 26.7% | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | Labour | 171 | 17.6% | -5.6% | -2.8% | -19.2% | -19.7% | Green |
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| -19.5% | -20.7% |
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| Total votes | 973 |
| 40% | 42% | 67% | 68% |
Swing not meaningful Council now 48 Conservative, 2 Liberal Democrat, 2 UKIP, 1 Labour, 1 Independent
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mboy
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Post by mboy on Aug 30, 2018 23:33:44 GMT
SHANMUGANATHAN, Krish (Liberal Democrat) Fortunately there's no requirement to be able to say the name you're voting for!  |
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sirbenjamin
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Post by sirbenjamin on Aug 30, 2018 23:55:59 GMT
SHANMUGANATHAN, Krish (Liberal Democrat) Fortunately there's no requirement to be able to say the name you're voting for!
I hear that back in Sri Lanka, people used to make fun of Krish Shanmuganathan for having such a short and concise name.
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Tony Otim
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Post by Tony Otim on Aug 31, 2018 7:44:51 GMT
Fortunately there's no requirement to be able to say the name you're voting for! I hear that back in Sri Lanka, people used to make fun of Krish Shanmuganathan for having such a short and concise name.
That's only because they don't know what Krish is short for... |
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Aug 31, 2018 9:56:18 GMT
Well, not much to say about the actual result is there?
A better outcome for the Tories than last week's vacancies on the whole, maybe having a local candidate helped.
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Tony Otim
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Post by Tony Otim on Aug 31, 2018 10:08:50 GMT
Well, not much to say about the actual result is there? A better outcome for the Tories than last week's vacancies on the whole, maybe having a local candidate helped. This might be the shortest by-election thread ever 😉 |
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Post by yellowperil on Aug 31, 2018 13:00:38 GMT
A one-off August by-election triggered by non-attendance of sitting Conservative councillor, held reasonably comfortably by the Tories on a very low turnout. Lib Dems a fairly remote second from a standing start, with previous Lib Dem councillors having defected to the Tories some time ago- difficult to make much of story out of that for anyone, I would think.
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Post by froome on Aug 31, 2018 13:12:40 GMT
A one-off August by-election triggered by non-attendance of sitting Conservative councillor, held reasonably comfortably by the Tories on a very low turnout. Lib Dems a fairly remote second from a standing start, with previous Lib Dem councillors having defected to the Tories some time ago- difficult to make much of story out of that for anyone, I would think. Was there a story behind the defections of the Lib Dem councillors? Just from the previous results, it looks like they may have been the only Lib Dem activists in the ward. The ward covers an area that I knew fairly well as a child, as it was some of the closest countryside to where we grew up, but I know nothing about the politics of Sevenoaks council apart from its true blue nature. |
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Post by yellowperil on Aug 31, 2018 13:31:56 GMT
A one-off August by-election triggered by non-attendance of sitting Conservative councillor, held reasonably comfortably by the Tories on a very low turnout. Lib Dems a fairly remote second from a standing start, with previous Lib Dem councillors having defected to the Tories some time ago- difficult to make much of story out of that for anyone, I would think. Was there a story behind the defections of the Lib Dem councillors? Just from the previous results, it looks like they may have been the only Lib Dem activists in the ward. The ward covers an area that I knew fairly well as a child, as it was some of the closest countryside to where we grew up, but I know nothing about the politics of Sevenoaks council apart from its true blue nature. (Managing to spoil Tony's claim for shortest by-election thread!) I don't know much about Sevenoaks Lib Dems and this Darenth Valley extension is a bit detached anyway- as Andrew said in his preview, it looks more to Dartford if anything. Certainly don't know the story of the defections (does anyone else?). Sevenoaks town is another question and in my time LD's were firmly in control of Sevenoaks TC. I used to go regularly for some years to the Sevenoaks TC building for meetings of the LD South East Regional Executive, which were always held there. Now I think the two remaining LD district councillors are in the town area. Though I seem to remember an interesting by-election a year or so ago down in the rural south of the district -was it Penshurst? |
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sirbenjamin
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Post by sirbenjamin on Aug 31, 2018 16:25:04 GMT
I once had to sack someone whose surname was something like Srimaragadasrasaratrum.
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Post by andrew111 on Aug 31, 2018 16:59:34 GMT
A one-off August by-election triggered by non-attendance of sitting Conservative councillor, held reasonably comfortably by the Tories on a very low turnout. Lib Dems a fairly remote second from a standing start, with previous Lib Dem councillors having defected to the Tories some time ago- difficult to make much of story out of that for anyone, I would think. Was there a story behind the defections of the Lib Dem councillors? Just from the previous results, it looks like they may have been the only Lib Dem activists in the ward. The ward covers an area that I knew fairly well as a child, as it was some of the closest countryside to where we grew up, but I know nothing about the politics of Sevenoaks council apart from its true blue nature. I am sure there were grand reasons of high principal. It being so much less work to get elected as a Tory was nought to do with it! |
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Post by andrew111 on Aug 31, 2018 17:00:31 GMT
Was there a story behind the defections of the Lib Dem councillors? Just from the previous results, it looks like they may have been the only Lib Dem activists in the ward. The ward covers an area that I knew fairly well as a child, as it was some of the closest countryside to where we grew up, but I know nothing about the politics of Sevenoaks council apart from its true blue nature. I am sure there were grand reasons of high principal. It being so much less work to get elected as a Tory was nought to do with it! Apologies for any spelling errors there! |
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Khunanup
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Post by Khunanup on Aug 31, 2018 19:40:19 GMT
I once had to sack someone whose surname was something like Srimaragadasrasaratrum. Tamil then. Sinhalese names are less long... |
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 1, 2018 9:24:37 GMT
Yes those long names tend to be Tamil. Portuguese names can also be very long, but are composed of more separate but shorter words, in many cases. Sinhalese names are generally shorter, but this is often compensated for by the number of initials (the former Test cricketer W P U J C Vaas being a notable example) |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Sept 1, 2018 10:14:41 GMT
I once had to sack someone whose surname was something like Srimaragadasrasaratrum. Tamil then. Sinhalese names are less long... Not necessarily. I went to school with a Sinhalese bloke whose surname was Sithamparanathan. WPUJC Vaas was something of an exception. Cray Wanderers signed a player of Sri Lankan background a few seasons ago. I was looking forward to our tannoy announcer’s attempts at his name. Sadly he was injured or suspended when we hosted them. |
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Post by lbarnes on Sept 1, 2018 11:12:02 GMT
Worth it for the punchline.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 1, 2018 11:34:25 GMT
Worth it for the punchline. Mulally and Vaas? |
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