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Post by heslingtonian on Apr 29, 2021 14:19:17 GMT
Sorry to be pedantic but the Conservative candidate was Peter Goldman not Gold. Does anyone know what happened to him after the Orpington by-election as he obviously never became an MP and it appears never stood for elected office again. Peter Goldman was a protegé of Iain McLeod. He left Conservative Central Office after the 1964 election to be director of the Consumer's Association and in 1970 was elected President of the International Organization of Consumers Unions. He was a member of the Annan Committee looking at the future of broadcasting in 1974-77, and a member of the Royal Commission on Legal Services from 1976. He left the Consumer's Association in 1987 on being appointed Director of the International Organization of Consumers Unions, but fell ill soon after and died on 29 September 1987 at the age of 62. So if he had been elected in 1962, there's a good chance there would have been an Orpington by-election in late 1987 or early 1988 which would have been the first by-election of the 1987-1992 Parliament. Oh well, back on thread, perhaps if it had happened Cheryl Gillan would have stood for the Conservatives. |
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Post by andrew111 on Apr 30, 2021 7:13:26 GMT
Let's add "and under a Tory govt" Since the merger of the Liberals and the SDP, either Kincardine and Deeside (11.4% Con to LD) or Richmond (9.6% Con to SLD, with both parties dropping in vote share and the continuity SDP taking second), depending on whether or not you count the second one. So the Tories holding this seat would actually be the outlier result. I concede the govt is unusually popular right now for a ruling party, but the local election doorstep where we are hoping to defeat an active Tory incumbent is showing a very soft Tory GE vote. (which is normal in the seat where there are 2 Lib Dem and one Tory Councillor) |
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Post by sirbenjamin on Apr 30, 2021 13:10:09 GMT
Perhaps they will wait to move the writ until after this year's local elections have concluded. The funeral didnt take place until yesterday. I thought the 'Winning Here' floral tribute on the hearse was in particularly poor taste. |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on May 2, 2021 8:55:37 GMT
Expect a Lib Dem candidate announcement today.
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Post by neilm on May 2, 2021 22:01:27 GMT
Expect a Lib Dem candidate announcement today. Has there been one? |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on May 3, 2021 12:51:34 GMT
No. I've seen a name and had it confirmed.
I don't know what the hold up is.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 3, 2021 12:55:27 GMT
No. I've seen a name and had it confirmed. I don't know what the hold up is. Why don't you tell us then? |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2021 11:32:37 GMT
I’ve been out of the loop for a couple of weeks with this. Do we know anything of the Conservative candidate selection timetable? Or any of the potential runners & riders?
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Post by andrew111 on May 4, 2021 18:43:44 GMT
No. I've seen a name and had it confirmed. I don't know what the hold up is. Why don't you tell us then? Because that would be a "leak" and as we know they are the work of the Devil... |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 4, 2021 18:48:22 GMT
Why don't you tell us then? Because that would be a "leak" and as we know they are the work of the Devil... Leave me out of this, please. |
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Post by andrew111 on May 4, 2021 18:56:58 GMT
Because that would be a "leak" and as we know they are the work of the Devil... Leave me out of this, please. Your choice Mr Wincarnate! |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on May 4, 2021 19:12:09 GMT
Why don't you tell us then? that would be a "leak" Way to make the Welshman feel included guys :lol: No idea why there’s a hold up, my guess is it won’t be announced now for a few days because of the election and results. |
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Post by k9 on May 4, 2021 21:32:47 GMT
Way to make the Welshman feel included guys :lol: No idea why there’s a hold up, my guess is it won’t be announced now for a few days because of the election and results. It has been announced as Sarah Green. |
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Post by heslingtonian on May 5, 2021 9:00:39 GMT
The Conservative selection is tonight. All the finalists are locals.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 5, 2021 9:47:37 GMT
The Conservative selection is tonight. All the finalists are locals. I wonder if Carl Jackson is going for it. |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on May 5, 2021 14:43:00 GMT
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Post by Merseymike on May 5, 2021 15:49:23 GMT
Well, you click on the name and there's nothing else related to her at all Anyone have any other information? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 5, 2021 15:56:11 GMT
If I've got the right one, she's Sarah Louise Green, from Acton and chair of Ealing Liberal Democrats. She's a former Executive Director of the Social Liberal Forum which is sort-of a left faction within the party, and a member of the Liberator editorial collective (also placing her on the party's left). Currently running Green and Ginger, a training consultancy. She stood in East Acton ward at the 2018 Ealing council election. uk.linkedin.com/in/sarah-green-uk |
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Post by andrewp on May 5, 2021 16:37:50 GMT
Conservative shortlist
Olivia Seccombe
Peter Fleet
Nikki Da Costa
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Post by LDCaerdydd on May 5, 2021 17:18:27 GMT
If I've got the right one, she's Sarah Louise Green, from Acton and chair of Ealing Liberal Democrats. She's a former Executive Director of the Social Liberal Forum which is sort-of a left faction within the party, and a member of the Liberator editorial collective (also placing her on the party's left). Currently running Green and Ginger, a training consultancy. She stood in East Acton ward at the 2018 Ealing council election. uk.linkedin.com/in/sarah-green-ukYes. Graduate of Aberystwyth University, contested Ynys Mon in 2005 snd Arfon in 2010. |
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