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Post by middleenglander on Jan 18, 2013 16:00:25 GMT
Here is some background to the by-election in the Abbeygate ward of Bury St. Edmunds Town Council in the Borough of St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. Bury St. Edmunds Town Council comprises 17 members, elected from nine wards as follows – Abbeygate (2), Eastgate (1), Minden (2), Moreton Hall (3), Northgate (1), Risbygate (2), St. Olaves (2), Southgate (2) and Westgate (2). Abbeygate town ward is coterminous with the St. Edmundsbury borough ward of the same name. The council strengths were as follows: Elections on 1 May 2007: Abolish Bury Town Council 10, Con 5, Lab 2 Elections on 5 May 2011: Lab 9, Con 7, Ind 1 7 Labour candidates in 4 wards were elected unopposed 13 January 2013: Lab 9, Con 7, Vacant 1 On 20 September 2012, Pete Thompson (Con) was elected unopposed in Eastgate ward, following the resignation of David Nettleton (Independent). The current town mayor and the deputy mayor are Labour. The result in Abbeygate ward on 3 May 2007 was: Abolish Bury Town Council 724/640, Con 641 Elected – Abolish Bury Town Council 1, Con 1 The result in Abbeygate ward on 5 May 2011 was: Con 1182/700, Lab 391/389, Green Party 327 Elected – Con 2 The by-election on 17 January is caused by the resignation of Richard Rout (Con). He continues to represent Abbeygate ward on St. Edmundsbury Borough Council. The candidates are Con and Lab. The result in the Abbeygate ward of St. Edmundsbury Borough Council on 3 May 2007 was Con 819/582, Independent 519, Lib Dem 348, Green Party 309 Elected – Con 2 The result in the Abbeygate ward of St. Edmundsbury Borough Council on 5 May 2011 was Con 1007/744, Green Party 448, Lib Dem 317, Lab 282/259 Elected – Con 2 Result: Conservative 308 - 72.1% Labour 119 - 27.9% |
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Post by froome on Jan 20, 2013 18:42:40 GMT
First Conservative by-election gain in a Met council since Nov 2008. Could be the last for some time to come, as well  TBH I was surprised nobody took a punt on a Tory win in the competition, given how staggeringly different the 2012 result - with yesterday's successful candidate - was to both '11 and '10 (there can't be many other places like this in the whole country) Factor in a lower turnout in the middle of winter, together with the obviously polarised nature of the ward, and....... I'm surprised that nobody went for a Tory win either, but then I learnt a long time ago not to do predictions  Can I just add my congratulations to Ian on his result. |
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Post by middleenglander on Jan 22, 2013 23:52:17 GMT
FENLAND - Hill (Conservative died)
2011 - Con 797/677, Lab 366, LD 202
2007 - Con x2 unopposed
2003 - Con 621/574, Lab 258
Samantha HOY (The Conservative Party Candidate) - 319 ELECTED
Dean REEVES (The Labour Party Candidate) - 110
John WHITE (Independent) - 105
LAMBETH - Brixton Hill (Labour resigned)
2010 - Lab 2805/2699/2648, LD 2100/1873/1560, Grn 1108/1023/850, Con 873/768/688
2006 - Lab 1354/1213/1206, Grn 714/596/559, LD 534/469/406, Con 389/351/329
2002 - Lab 1067/1017/1015, Grn 459/393, LD 377/312/312, SocAll 292, Con 272/251/249
Timothy BRIGGS (Conservative Party Candidate) - 164
Andrew CHILD (Green Party) - 344
Elizabeth JONES (UK Independence Party) - 63
Daniel LAMBERT (The Socialist Party (GB)) - 34
Liz MAFFEI (Liberal Democrats) - 274
Steve NALLY (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) - 72
Martin TIEDEMANN (Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate) - 1,593 ELECTED
WIRRAL - Heswall (Conservative died)
2012 - Con 2766, Lab 785, UKIP 413, Grn 261, LD 186
2011 - Con 3745, Lab 1065, LD 392, UKIP 290, Grn 281
2010 - Con 5000, LD 1534, Lab 1465, Grn 251, UKIP 213
2008 - Con 3599, LD 513, Lab 453, Grn 219, UKIP 101
2007 - Con 3385, LD 618, Lab 589, Grn 292
2006 - Con 3412, LD 600, Lab 544, Grn 348
Barbara BURTON (The Green Party) - 110
Kathryn HODSON (Conservative Party) - 1,254 ELECTED
Michael HOLLIDAY (Labour Party Candidate) - 289
Gregory NORTH (Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts) - 19
David SCOTT (UK Independence Party) - 460
WIRRAL - Leasowe and Moreton East (Labour died)
2012 - Lab 2094, Con 1776, UKIP 144, Grn 89
2011 - Lab 2442, Con 1564, UKIP 149, Grn 143, LD 111
2010 - Lab 3404, Con 1948, LD 866, UKIP 216, Grn 129
2008 - Con 2025, Lab 1373, LD 222, Grn 171, Ind 147
2007 - Lab 1682, Con 1664, LD 244, Grn 204
2006 - Lab 1426, Con 1050, LD 406, Grn 243
Daniel CLEIN (Liberal Democrats - For A Fairer Britain) - 28
Pauline DANIELS (Labour Party Candidate) - 1,355
Mark HALLIGAN (Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts) - 31
Ian LEWIS (Local Conservatives) - 1,620 ELECTED
James MCGINLEY (The Green Party) - 28
Susan WHITHAM (UK Independence Party) - 148
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Post by andrea on Jan 25, 2013 0:21:15 GMT
On another place, they made me noticed this exchange in the Commons
Leader of the House: blah blah....blah blah...
My final point is that the shadow Leader of the House might have a small problem with democracy. There was a local government by-election in her constituency in the Wirral. In that by-election, sadly occasioned by the death of the sitting member, in Leasowe and Morton East—a ward Labour won last year by a majority of 318—Ian Lewis, the Conservative candidate won by a majority of 265 votes. On the same day, in the neighbouring constituency of Wirral South, in a by-election in Heswall ward, the Conservative Kathryn Hodson overturned a Labour majority and won the seat, pushing the Labour party, which held the seat last year, into third place.
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uhm, is reading previous election results a too much hard task for him or doesn't he pay enough to hire some decent researchers?
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Post by andrewteale on Jan 25, 2013 0:27:40 GMT
These days there's less of an excuse for that kind of nonsense when there are so many good resources around for previous election results.
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Post by Khunanup on Jan 25, 2013 2:10:11 GMT
On another place, they made me noticed this exchange in the Commons Leader of the House: blah blah....blah blah... My final point is that the shadow Leader of the House might have a small problem with democracy. There was a local government by-election in her constituency in the Wirral. In that by-election, sadly occasioned by the death of the sitting member, in Leasowe and Morton East—a ward Labour won last year by a majority of 318—Ian Lewis, the Conservative candidate won by a majority of 265 votes. On the same day, in the neighbouring constituency of Wirral South, in a by-election in Heswall ward, the Conservative Kathryn Hodson overturned a Labour majority and won the seat, pushing the Labour party, which held the seat last year, into third place.... uhm, is reading previous election results a too much hard task for him or doesn't he pay enough to hire some decent researchers? FFS, This is the Leader of the House making schoolboy errors. Labour's about as likely to ever win Heswall at council level as they are of winning Esher and Walton at Westminster. Then again, Lansley's never struck me as the sharpest knife in the drawer... |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jan 25, 2013 10:28:29 GMT
On another place, they made me noticed this exchange in the Commons Leader of the House: blah blah....blah blah... My final point is that the shadow Leader of the House might have a small problem with democracy. There was a local government by-election in her constituency in the Wirral. In that by-election, sadly occasioned by the death of the sitting member, in Leasowe and Morton East—a ward Labour won last year by a majority of 318—Ian Lewis, the Conservative candidate won by a majority of 265 votes. On the same day, in the neighbouring constituency of Wirral South, in a by-election in Heswall ward, the Conservative Kathryn Hodson overturned a Labour majority and won the seat, pushing the Labour party, which held the seat last year, into third place.... uhm, is reading previous election results a too much hard task for him or doesn't he pay enough to hire some decent researchers? Yes, it is too much to expect Lansley not to be a charmless and clueless arsehole. I'm pretty sure he was born that way. |
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