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Post by finsobruce on Aug 23, 2020 12:36:46 GMT
Edith Picton-Turbervill very nearly went along with Ramsay MacDonald and supported National Labour. She liked MacDonald personally, and when Parliament first met after the crisis, she abstained rather than voting for or against the government. There were four others who abstained for policy reasons of whom one went on to become a National Labour MP. Who were the other four? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 23, 2020 13:22:00 GMT
Richard Denman (Leeds Central) was the one who subsequently joined National Labour.
The other three who abstained but did not go over to Narional Labour were:
* Sir Norman Angell (Bradford North) - very loyal to MacDonald personally, who had recently given him the knighthood. He stood down at the general election.
* George Strauss (Lambeth North) who was PPS to Herbert Morrison, who also considered joining National Labour. He wrote to MacDonald privately saying his personal respect and affection had immeasurably increased as a result of the crisis.
* Josiah Wedgwood (Newcastle-under-Lyme) - something of a maverick who had little party loyalty; he ended up standing without unofficial endorsement at the 1931 election, in which he was returned unopposed.
It's worth noting that none of the five were from anything like a working-class background.
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 23, 2020 14:28:27 GMT
Richard Denman (Leeds Central) was the one who subsequently joined National Labour. The other three who abstained but did not go over to Narional Labour were: * Sir Norman Angell (Bradford North) - very loyal to MacDonald personally, who had recently given him the knighthood. He stood down at the general election. * George Strauss (Lambeth North) who was PPS to Herbert Morrison, who also considered joining National Labour. He wrote to MacDonald privately saying his personal respect and affection had immeasurably increased as a result of the crisis. * Josiah Wedgwood (Newcastle-under-Lyme) - something of a maverick who had little party loyalty; he ended up standing without unofficial endorsement at the 1931 election, in which he was returned unopposed. It's worth noting that none of the five were from anything like a working-class background. An interesting group to say the least. |
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Post by John Chanin on Sept 11, 2020 10:42:39 GMT
As I was preparing Telford I also had information for the Wrekin, and here are my usual statistics Census data: owner-occupied 67% (302/573 in England & Wales), private rented 14% (293rd), social rented 17% (241st). :White 93%, Black 1%, South Asian 4%, Mixed 2%, Other 1% : Managerial & professional 36% (270th), Routine & Semi-routine 31% (262nd) : Degree level 25%(322nd), No qualifications 36%(319th) : Students 5% (171st), Over 65: 17% (296th)
| 2010 | % | 2015 | % | 2017 | % | 2019 | % | Conservative | 21,922 | 47.7% | 22,579 | 49.7% | 27,451 | 55.4% | 31,029 | 63.5% | Labour | 12,472 | 27.1% | 11,836 | 26.0% | 17,887 | 36.1% | 12,303 | 25.2% | Liberal Democrat | 8,019 | 17.4% | 1,959 | 4.3% | 1,345 | 2.7% | 4,067 | 8.3% | UKIP | 2,050 | 4.5% | 7,620 | 16.8% | 1,656 | 3.3% | |
| Green |
| | 1,443 | 3.2% | 804 | 1.6% | 1,491 | 3.0% | Others | 1,505 | 3.3% | | | 380 | 0.8% | |
| Majority | 9,450 | 20.6% | 10,743 | 23.6% | 9,564 | 19.3% | 18,726 | 38.3% |
A few additional comments. The main Labour strength in this constituency comes from the new town neighbourhoods of Leegomery and Donnington, which return 5 Labour councillors routinely, although no doubt they deserted Labour in large numbers at the 2019 election like the rest of the new town. These two wards have lots of social housing, routine workers, and few educational qualifications, making them quite different from the rest of the seat. Wellington is mixed. The original poster correctly noted that the south of the town votes Labour, and the north Liberal Democrat at local elections. There is a sizable asian population in south Wellington - over 10% in College and Arleston wards- and plenty of social housing here too. Newport and the rural area is massively Conservative however, so they will have a substantial majority even in the Telford & Wrekin part of the seat despite Labour taking 9 seats to the Conservatives 10 at the 2019 local elections. No doubt north Wellington, which is thoroughly middle-class, votes Conservative at general elections. Overall socioeconomic statistics show this to be a very average seat, but the average comes from polarization rather than uniform averageness. The Wrekin is the right size for a seat, but would be 100 short following realignment to new ward boundaries. However the point is moot, as the neighbouring seats of North Shropshire and Shrewsbury are both oversized. The Boundary Commission is therefore proposing to move in two rural and Conservative wards to the north of the present seat, which will bolster the Conservative position here. |
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Post by Robert Waller on May 2, 2021 21:37:41 GMT
2011 Census
Age 65+ 16.7% 331/650
Owner-occupied 67.1% 318/650
Private rented 14.3% 318/650
Social rented 16.8% 294/650
White 92.6% 379/650
Black 0.9% 276/650
Asian 4.6% 248/650
Managerial & professional 30.2%
Routine & Semi-routine 26.8%
Degree level 24.7% 355/650
No qualifications 21.9% 374/650
Students 8.6% 195/650
2021 Census
Owner occupied 65.5% 300/573
Private rented 19.0% 241/573
Social rented 15.5% 270/573
White 88.2%
Black 2.1%
Asian 6.0%
Managerial & professional 33.0% 270/573
Routine & Semi-routine 25.0% 242/573
Degree level 29.6% 353/573
No qualifications 17.6% 299/573
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