WJ
Non-Aligned
Posts: 3,274
|
Post by WJ on May 25, 2020 15:47:25 GMT
Well I was at school with a boy from the shop in Knockin |
|
|
|
Post by Lord Twaddleford on May 25, 2020 22:51:31 GMT
I have actually sometimes thought I'd make a good Rabbi, certainly better than my cousin. Unfortunately, a lack of belief in God makes that pretty difficult. Perfect for the Church of England then.  |
|
|
|
Post by 🏴☠️ Neath West 🏴☠️ on Jun 12, 2020 13:31:32 GMT
Would you really be that likely to hear Welsh spoken at the livestock market? The area of Wales across the border is strongly English-speaking surely. We attend the Oswestry Show most years. There is a lot of Welsh spoken there. I wouldn't go so far as saying 50-50, but maybe 75-25 in the livestock rings. And very soon, when the pubs reopen in England, Oswestry is going to become a majority Welsh-speaking town. |
|
|
|
Post by Robert Waller on May 6, 2021 10:58:39 GMT
2011 Census
Age 65+ 19.5% 154/650
Owner-occupied 70.1% 215/650
Private rented 14.5% 305/650
Social rented 13.2% 428/650
White 98.2% 95/650
Black 0.2% 502/650
Asian 0.8% 560/650
Born in Wales 9.6% 41/650 (1 in England)
Managerial & professional 29.8%
Routine & Semi-routine 27.5%
Degree level 24.9% 347/650
No qualifications 23.8% 298/650
Students 6.4% 386/650
2021 Census
Owner occupied 70.4% 164/573
Private rented 16.9% 349/573
Social rented 12.8% 395/573
White 97.2%
Black 0.4%
Asian 1.0%
Managerial & professional 31.5% 299/573
Routine & Semi-routine 26.0% 213/573
Degree level 30.0% 334/573
No qualifications 17.8% 289/573
General Election 2019: North Shropshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 35,444 62.7 +2.2
Labour Graeme Currie 12,495 22.1 -9.0
Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 5,643 10.0 +4.7
Green John Adams 1,790 3.2 +0.1
Shropshire Party Robert Jones 1,141 2.0 New
C Majority 22,949 40.6 +11.2
Turnout 56,513 67.9 -1.1
Conservative hold
Swing 5.6 Lab to C
16 December 2021 North Shropshire by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 17,957 47.2 +37.2
Conservative Neil Shastri-Hurst 12,032 31.6 -31.1
Labour Ben Wood 3,686 9.7 -12.4
Green Duncan Kerr 1,738 4.6 +1.4
Reform UK Kirsty Walmsley 1,427 3.8 N/A
UKIP Andrea Allen 378 1.0 N/A
Reclaim Party Martin Daubney 375 1.0 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Alan "Howling Laud" Hope 118 0.3 N/A
Independent Suzie Akers-Smith 95 0.2 N/A
Heritage James Elliot 79 0.2 N/A
Rejoin EU Boris Been Bunged 58 0.2 N/A
Freedom Alliance Earl Jesse 57 0.1 N/A
Party Party Russell Dean 19 0.1 N/A
No description Yolande Kenward 3 0.0 N/A
LD Majority 5,925 15.6
Turnout 38,022 46.3 - 21.6
Registered electors 82,314
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative
Swing 34.2 C to LD
|
|
WJ
Non-Aligned
Posts: 3,274
|
Post by WJ on May 6, 2021 12:01:44 GMT
2011 Census
Age 65+ 19.5% 154/650 Owner-occupied 70.1% 215/650 Private rented 14.5% 305/650 Social rented 13.2% 428/650 White 98.2% 95/650 Black 0.2% 502/650 Asian 0.8% 560/650 Born in Wales 9.6% 41/650 (1 in England) Managerial & professional 29.8% Routine & Semi-routine 27.5% Degree level 24.9% 347/650 No qualifications 23.8% 298/650 Students 6.4% 386/650
General Election 2019: North ShropshireParty Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 35,444 62.7 +2.2Labour Graeme Currie 12,495 22.1 -9.0 Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 5,643 10.0 +4.7 Green John Adams 1,790 3.2 +0.1 Shropshire Party Robert Jones 1,141 2.0 New C Majority 22,949 40.6 +11.2Turnout 56,513 67.9 -1.1 Conservative hold Swing 5.6 Lab to C That born in Wales figure is interesting, although not surprising. I haven't noticed you give that statistic on other English constituencies, do you have a list of them? |
|
|
|
Post by gwynthegriff on May 6, 2021 12:04:23 GMT
2011 Census
Age 65+ 19.5% 154/650 Owner-occupied 70.1% 215/650 Private rented 14.5% 305/650 Social rented 13.2% 428/650 White 98.2% 95/650 Black 0.2% 502/650 Asian 0.8% 560/650 Born in Wales 9.6% 41/650 (1 in England) Managerial & professional 29.8% Routine & Semi-routine 27.5% Degree level 24.9% 347/650 No qualifications 23.8% 298/650 Students 6.4% 386/650
General Election 2019: North ShropshireParty Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 35,444 62.7 +2.2Labour Graeme Currie 12,495 22.1 -9.0 Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 5,643 10.0 +4.7 Green John Adams 1,790 3.2 +0.1 Shropshire Party Robert Jones 1,141 2.0 New C Majority 22,949 40.6 +11.2Turnout 56,513 67.9 -1.1 Conservative hold Swing 5.6 Lab to C That born in Wales figure is interesting, although not surprising. I haven't noticed you give that statistic on other English constituencies, do you have a list of them? Oswestry area residents using Wrexham Maelor hospital? |
|
WJ
Non-Aligned
Posts: 3,274
|
Post by WJ on May 6, 2021 12:14:19 GMT
That born in Wales figure is interesting, although not surprising. I haven't noticed you give that statistic on other English constituencies, do you have a list of them? Oswestry area residents using Wrexham Maelor hospital? I think it is easier to get to Shrewsbury for most Oswestry area people, apart from maybe some villages around Gobowen. I don't really know what sort of purview an orthopaedic hospital has, but maybe births happen at the Oswestry hospital too? On the flipside, I would be interested to see the proportion of English born in Montgomeryshire. Shrewsbury is the go-to hospital for the Welshpool area. |
|
|
|
Post by Robert Waller on May 6, 2021 12:40:49 GMT
"That born in Wales figure is interesting, although not surprising. I haven't noticed you give that statistic on other English constituencies, do you have a list of them?"- WJI think I have only quoted it on one other, City of Chester if I remember correctly. It comes into the category of 'variables occasionally referenced at extreme end'! I don't have a list as such, it's taken from the 2011 Census for constituencies. Someone with more skills than I with an Excel file might be able to extract and generate such a list.
|
|
|
|
Post by gwynthegriff on May 6, 2021 15:58:16 GMT
Oswestry area residents using Wrexham Maelor hospital? I think it is easier to get to Shrewsbury for most Oswestry area people, apart from maybe some villages around Gobowen. I don't really know what sort of purview an orthopaedic hospital has, but maybe births happen at the Oswestry hospital too? On the flipside, I would be interested to see the proportion of English born in Montgomeryshire. Shrewsbury is the go-to hospital for the Welshpool area. Orthopaedics will not do births - unless the mother has complex bone fractures! Has there been a recent stramash about maternity services at Shrewsbury? That might explain people opting for Wrexham. EDIT. There has. The Ockendon Review. Quotes at least 12 women and 40 babies who died in what has been described as "the largest maternity scandal in NHS history". Googling Shrewsbury Maternity Scandal produces 156,000 results. Said to have lasted "decades". |
|
WJ
Non-Aligned
Posts: 3,274
|
Post by WJ on May 6, 2021 16:08:31 GMT
I think it is easier to get to Shrewsbury for most Oswestry area people, apart from maybe some villages around Gobowen. I don't really know what sort of purview an orthopaedic hospital has, but maybe births happen at the Oswestry hospital too? On the flipside, I would be interested to see the proportion of English born in Montgomeryshire. Shrewsbury is the go-to hospital for the Welshpool area. Orthopaedics will not do births - unless the mother has complex bone fractures! Has there been a recent stramash about maternity services at Shrewsbury? That might explain people opting for Wrexham. EDIT. There has. The Ockendon Review. Quotes at least 12 women and 40 babies who died in what has been described as "the largest maternity scandal in NHS history". Googling Shrewsbury Maternity Scandal produces 156,000 results. Said to have lasted "decades". Yes, but I think those revelations have only come to light in the past couple of years. Not enough time to have any major impact on the stats I would have thought. |
|
|
|
Post by gwynthegriff on May 6, 2021 16:26:10 GMT
Orthopaedics will not do births - unless the mother has complex bone fractures! Has there been a recent stramash about maternity services at Shrewsbury? That might explain people opting for Wrexham. EDIT. There has. The Ockendon Review. Quotes at least 12 women and 40 babies who died in what has been described as "the largest maternity scandal in NHS history". Googling Shrewsbury Maternity Scandal produces 156,000 results. Said to have lasted "decades". Yes, but I think those revelations have only come to light in the past couple of years. Not enough time to have any major impact on the stats I would have thought. That was my initial thought, but knowing the power of "word of mouth". "Our Sandra went to Shrewsbury; wouldn't go again. They say Wrexham's much better."Just a thought. Or maybe it's just a lot of cross-border house moves. |
|
