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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2020 10:49:18 GMT
The combined Labour majority in the two Reading seats was 1,807 in 2019. Removing the non-Reading parts of both would give a Labour majority of 5-6000 max in Reading itself. If you squeeze three seats into Reading, two of them will be safe Tory because there simply aren't the numbers there for anything else Impossible to have 2 seats based on Reading wards entirely. The electorate of the borough is too small and, even if you minimised the number of WB and Wokingham wards in the 2 Reading seats, that resultant Reading West seat would be not necessarily safe Labour - Norcot,Tilehurst and Kentwood wards are quite strongly Tory at the general election currently. You'd also create a Reading Outer type seat, which would be safe Tory for eternity, no chance of any Liberal or Labour or Green winning a seat with the West Berks wards currently in Reading West. Excellent points, none of which have anything to do with my original comment. By moving Theale and Pangbourne into Newbury and Katesgrove from east to west you can create two Labour-leaning marginals, both of which I suspect would have gone to Labour at the last election |
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Post by Delighted Of Tunbridge Wells on Dec 29, 2020 15:53:09 GMT
Impossible to have 2 seats based on Reading wards entirely. The electorate of the borough is too small and, even if you minimised the number of WB and Wokingham wards in the 2 Reading seats, that resultant Reading West seat would be not necessarily safe Labour - Norcot,Tilehurst and Kentwood wards are quite strongly Tory at the general election currently. You'd also create a Reading Outer type seat, which would be safe Tory for eternity, no chance of any Liberal or Labour or Green winning a seat with the West Berks wards currently in Reading West. Excellent points, none of which have anything to do with my original comment. By moving Theale and Pangbourne into Newbury and Katesgrove from east to west you can create two Labour-leaning marginals, both of which I suspect would have gone to Labour at the last election Newbury is oversized as it is - unless you want to add more wards to Wokingham to create a de facto Reading Outer, that won't work. |
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Post by john07 on Dec 29, 2020 17:06:06 GMT
I hope that suitable coverage of the Sherwood elections will be provided on the Reading thread?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2020 17:21:09 GMT
Can't see the wood for the trees here
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Dec 29, 2020 17:22:03 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Dec 29, 2020 17:32:36 GMT
Can't see the wood for the trees here It makes for interesting Reading at least (even if it has sweet Huck nall to do with Sherwood) |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2020 18:21:15 GMT
Can't see the wood for the trees here It makes for interesting Reading at least (even if it has sweet Huck nall to do with Sherwood) I'm Sher you're right |
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