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Post by paulypaul on Mar 7, 2013 11:24:18 GMT
SIR HUMPHREY: Bernard, when you move on from here, where do you plan to go? BERNARD: Well, I... er... I... I don't know. SIR HUMPHREY: Like to be in charge of defence procurement? BERNARD: Oh, gosh... SIR HUMPHREY: In Sunderland or Berwick or Lossiemouth? BERNARD: Is that a place? SIR HUMPHREY: Lossiemouth? What'd you think it was? BERNARD: A dog food. SIR HUMPHREY: If the Employment Secretary has his way, you may get a diet of Lossiemouth. Excellent article. Very sad circumstances to the by-election. |
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Post by paulypaul on Mar 7, 2013 19:42:50 GMT
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Post by Pimpernal on Mar 7, 2013 21:54:08 GMT
True but it is hard to take an interest in a parish council election between a Farmer , a housewife and a local resident for 25 years LOL Of curse it is - because they're only real people and not arsey-politico-careerist-message-followers... |
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Post by paulypaul on Mar 7, 2013 22:55:06 GMT
RESULT: Maltby Town Council
Joe Robinson, TUSC 303 - ELECTED
Jeanette Mallinder, Independent 201
3117 Electors
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Post by slicesofjim on Mar 7, 2013 23:00:32 GMT
I think this calls for a celebration!
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Post by paulypaul on Mar 7, 2013 23:04:33 GMT
I think this calls for a celebration! I thought you might enjoy that result. I knew he'd win. Is that your first TUSC councillor elected? |
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Post by paulypaul on Mar 8, 2013 10:38:34 GMT
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Post by markgoodair on Mar 8, 2013 10:53:39 GMT
I think this calls for a celebration! Has the Revolution started? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 8, 2013 11:10:49 GMT
Moray is tweeting the progress of the count in Heldon and Laich, but without figures. We know Jeff Hamilton (Ind) was eliminated after the first count, and James McKessack-Leitch (SGP) went out after the second count.
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Post by AdminSTB on Mar 8, 2013 11:11:57 GMT
First prefs:
"@themoraycouncil: @davidjfreeland snp crowther833,Con Bloomfield473, Ind Cowe 972, Ind Hamilton 175, Green Mackessack 228, Ind Traynor 418"
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Post by Tony Otim on Mar 8, 2013 11:16:48 GMT
Percentages:
Ind C 31.4
SNP 26.9 (-10.1)
Con 15.3 (-2.0)
Ind T 13.5
Grn 7.4 (+0.8)
Ind H 5.6
I'd guess we're looking at an indy gain here.
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Post by paulypaul on Mar 8, 2013 11:19:43 GMT
I think this calls for a celebration! Has the Revolution started? Apparently so in Maltby!  |
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 8, 2013 11:24:57 GMT
Of course, Maltby elected a BNP councillor to Rotherham MBC not so long ago.....
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Post by La Fontaine on Mar 8, 2013 11:28:35 GMT
Lossiemouth was the home of Ramsay MacDonald, and also of the Moray Golf Club which formally banned him from the links in 1916 because of his opposition to the war. A much improved replacement memorial to Ramsay Mac was opened in Lossie, by his three living grand-daughters, a couple of years ago. I was interested to note that the Council seemed not to be involved at all, everything being done by the chamber of trade with the opening arrangements being conducted by the Lord Lieutenant. Local Labour Party members were invited. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 8, 2013 11:31:29 GMT
Traynor (Ind) now out of the contest in Heldon and Laich. Cowe now the only Independent left in the running. Independent votes tend to transfer to other Independents before the party candidates, so Traynor transfers may well take Cowe over quota.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 8, 2013 11:42:22 GMT
Not quite: after the third stage, the votes were Cowe (Ind) 1,273, Crowther (SNP) 960, Bloomfield (C) 558. Bloomfield now eliminated.
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Tony Otim
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Post by Tony Otim on Mar 8, 2013 11:47:53 GMT
Close to a half of votes not transferred now. The indy leading SNP on transfers close to 3:1. That's a pretty bad result for the SNP, all told.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 8, 2013 12:09:08 GMT
Clear victory for Cowe on the final count:
Cowe (Ind) 1,507
Crowther (SNP) 1,005
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Post by middleenglander on Mar 8, 2013 12:20:27 GMT
Conservative + Green +Ind H+ Ind T = 1,294 votes.
- 535 (41%) ultimately transferred to Ind C
- 172 (13%) to SNP
- 587 (45%) not transferred.
This lack of transfers appears to be getting higher rather than lower as we were assured it would when the system was first introduced.
Ind C was elected with less than half the votes, 48.6% of valid ones.
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Post by slicesofjim on Mar 8, 2013 12:28:41 GMT
Yes it is Paulypaul!
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