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Post by John Chanin on Nov 15, 2018 9:17:36 GMT
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Post by froome on Nov 15, 2018 9:54:33 GMT
East Retford West is a wonderful oddity. I wonder how many other wards have two opposite compass points within their names.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 15, 2018 9:55:32 GMT
West Bromwich East is a Parliamentary constituency.
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Post by andrewteale on Nov 15, 2018 10:11:35 GMT
East Kilbride West (South Lanarkshire)
East Retford West (Bassetlaw)
Northallerton South (Hambleton)
Northfleet South (Gravesham)
Southam North (Stratford-on-Avon)
Southborough North (Tunbridge Wells)
Southwater North (Horsham)
West Lancashire East (Lancashire CC)
Westbury East (Wiltshire)
Westham East (Weymouth and Portland)
There are a few others of the form Beccles North and Beccles South. I suppose Oswestry East might also count.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 10:19:01 GMT
East Kilbride West (South Lanarkshire) East Retford West (Bassetlaw) Northallerton South (Hambleton) Northfleet South (Gravesham) Southam North (Stratford-on-Avon) Southborough North (Tunbridge Wells) Southwater North (Horsham) West Lancashire East (Lancashire CC) Westbury East (Wiltshire) Westham East (Weymouth and Portland) There are a few others of the form Beccles North and Beccles South. I suppose Oswestry East might also count. Not quite the same, but the Purbeck wards of Lytchett Minster & Upton East and Lytchett Minster & Upton West have always annoyed me. As far as I can tell they are bracketed as (Lytchett Minster & Upton) East and (Lytchett Minster & Upton) West respectively. |
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 15, 2018 10:29:25 GMT
Though quite a lot of the votes in these contests will have been cast beforehand, lets not forget. |
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Post by ColinJ on Nov 15, 2018 14:03:42 GMT
East Kilbride West (South Lanarkshire) East Retford West (Bassetlaw) Northallerton South (Hambleton) Northfleet South (Gravesham) Southam North (Stratford-on-Avon) Southborough North (Tunbridge Wells) Southwater North (Horsham) West Lancashire East (Lancashire CC) Westbury East (Wiltshire) Westham East (Weymouth and Portland) There are a few others of the form Beccles North and Beccles South. I suppose Oswestry East might also count. Not forgetting the pre-1974 constituencies of West Ham North, West Ham South, East Ham North and East Ham South! |
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 15, 2018 14:10:39 GMT
East Kilbride West (South Lanarkshire) East Retford West (Bassetlaw) Northallerton South (Hambleton) Northfleet South (Gravesham) Southam North (Stratford-on-Avon) Southborough North (Tunbridge Wells) Southwater North (Horsham) West Lancashire East (Lancashire CC) Westbury East (Wiltshire) Westham East (Weymouth and Portland) There are a few others of the form Beccles North and Beccles South. I suppose Oswestry East might also count. Oh, for Westward Ho! East! |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Nov 15, 2018 14:29:57 GMT
I suppose Oswestry East might also count. Ha ha, nice try, but it was originally "Oswald's Tree". According to WP, "The Battle of Maserfield is thought to have been fought there in 642, between the Anglo-Saxon kings Penda of Mercia and Oswald of Northumbria. Oswald was killed in this battle and was dismembered; according to legend, one of his arms was carried to an ash tree by a raven, and miracles were subsequently attributed to the tree (as Oswald was considered a saint). Thus it is believed that the name of the site is derived from a reference to "Oswald's Tree". In Welsh it's Croesoswallt, or "Oswald's Cross", and the main parish church is dedicated to St Oswald. |
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Post by Adrian on Nov 15, 2018 15:01:11 GMT
I thought that East Retford was now called Retford?
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Post by froome on Nov 15, 2018 15:23:32 GMT
East Kilbride West (South Lanarkshire) East Retford West (Bassetlaw) Northallerton South (Hambleton) Northfleet South (Gravesham) Southam North (Stratford-on-Avon) Southborough North (Tunbridge Wells) Southwater North (Horsham) West Lancashire East (Lancashire CC) Westbury East (Wiltshire) Westham East (Weymouth and Portland) There are a few others of the form Beccles North and Beccles South. I suppose Oswestry East might also count. Oh, for Westward Ho! East! Westward Ho! East is actually Northam, and directly east from there is Westleigh. While Bideford's east is rather wonderfully called East-the-Water. |
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Post by andrewp on Nov 15, 2018 18:22:53 GMT
Will today’s ‘events’ affect these Local by elections or not?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 18:26:13 GMT
Will today’s ‘events’ affect these Local by elections or not? maybe |
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Post by andrew111 on Nov 15, 2018 18:53:11 GMT
Will today’s ‘events’ affect these Local by elections or not? Doubt it, but whatever the results they will be interpreted that way... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 19:02:08 GMT
The Tories were handing out leaflets offering a choice of "action with Loraine" (their candidate) or "chaos with Labour". This caused much hilarity at Labour HQ given the day's events.
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Post by timrollpickering on Nov 15, 2018 20:11:25 GMT
Something to add about Canterbury North is that the 2017 local election was, again, in the University of Kent's vacation. If it's anything like my day nearly all undergraduates in college halls will have been booted out for the holidays with a small handful relocated to other rooms on campus, though those in the self-contained self-catering blocks will probably still have been around. The net result is that the campus will have had a limited impact on the local election but a bigger one in the termtime general. Also which register will the by-election be on? How many students newly on campus from mid September will in theory be able to vote? |
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Post by rocketman17 on Nov 15, 2018 20:23:16 GMT
Students are very definitely on campus. When the election was called precisely none were registered. About 1200 have come on to the register in time to vote. A couple of hundred at least have done so. Incidentally, CN is counting tomorrow morning.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 15, 2018 21:04:33 GMT
Not quite the same, but the Purbeck wards of Lytchett Minster & Upton East and Lytchett Minster & Upton West have always annoyed me. As far as I can tell they are bracketed as (Lytchett Minster & Upton) East and (Lytchett Minster & Upton) West respectively. The constituency names usually rendered Paisley & Renfrewshire North & Paisley & Renfrewshire South are annoying too, as they imply that all of Paisley is in both constituencies. I think (bearing in mind that they're County Constituencies) that the correct names are North Paisley & North Renfrewshire, and South Paisley & South Renfrewshire. The official names are those given in the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 2005 (SI 2005 No. 250) at page 19 - and are "Paisley and Renfrewshire North County Constituency" and "Paisley and Renfrewshire South County Constituency". |
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Post by myth11 on Nov 15, 2018 21:05:05 GMT
I thought that East Retford was now called Retford? Most locals call it Retford . |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 15, 2018 23:05:26 GMT
that breaks the rules about compass points then. The Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland are the rogue cousins of the family, who have some strange ideas about naming generally. |
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