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Post by andrew111 on Oct 22, 2021 9:18:55 GMT
I kind of expected the Lib Dems to hold on to Yardley East and congratulations to their winning candidate. Judging from social media, Labour did a good campaign and we did well there. No improvement on last time, I'm afraid. 0.1%? Worth a triumphal arch I would think? |
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Post by matureleft on Oct 22, 2021 9:19:26 GMT
NEWARK AND SHERWOOD Rainworth South and Blidworth THOMPSON, Tina (Independent) 650 JACKSON, Sheila Mary (Conservative) 168 WALSH, Callum (Labour) 164 Electorate 4,440 Turnout 22.2% wow! I visited Blidworth a couple of times during the miners' strike. Cambridge CLP collected for striking miners in that area. A pretty silent, divided place then. I'd assume that before then that the Labour vote was weighed or the ward was uncontested. The profile for this ward also shows a strong liking for locally rooted candidates (often the case in wards like this in my experience). I would assume that the Labour candidate lacked those. Unsurprised by the result . |
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Post by andrew111 on Oct 22, 2021 9:20:26 GMT
There are presumably plenty of people in Yardley who are currently voting Lib Dem locally and Conservative nationally. And Labour nationally. |
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Post by The Bishop on Oct 22, 2021 9:44:19 GMT
There are presumably plenty of people in Yardley who are currently voting Lib Dem locally and Conservative nationally. And Labour nationally. In fact, almost certainly more of the latter. |
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Post by liverpoolliberal on Oct 22, 2021 9:47:36 GMT
I kind of expected the Lib Dems to hold on to Yardley East and congratulations to their winning candidate. Judging from social media, Labour did a good campaign and we did well there. Judging by social media would be the problem here. For Birmingham Labour it was a tiny campaign, compared to what they are capable of. |
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Post by The Bishop on Oct 22, 2021 9:49:58 GMT
I kind of expected the Lib Dems to hold on to Yardley East and congratulations to their winning candidate. Judging from social media, Labour did a good campaign and we did well there. No improvement on last time, I'm afraid. Labour may not be too disappointed at holding their 2018 position, given how the Brum byelections earlier in the year went. |
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Post by timmullen1 on Oct 22, 2021 9:53:33 GMT
I kind of expected the Lib Dems to hold on to Yardley East and congratulations to their winning candidate. Judging from social media, Labour did a good campaign and we did well there. Judging by social media would be the problem here. For Birmingham Labour it was a tiny campaign, compared to what they are capable of. I was quite surprised to see on Twitter that Potteries Young Labour had been out canvassing on Wednesday - partly because I didn’t know there was a Potteries Young Labour, and partly because it’s always been a challenge to get people to campaign outside their own Ward no matter venturing 50 miles into another universe! |
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Post by yellowperil on Oct 22, 2021 10:07:20 GMT
Judging by social media would be the problem here. For Birmingham Labour it was a tiny campaign, compared to what they are capable of. I was quite surprised to see on Twitter that Potteries Young Labour had been out canvassing on Wednesday - partly because I didn’t know there was a Potteries Young Labour, and partly because it’s always been a challenge to get people to campaign outside their own Ward no matter venturing 50 miles into another universe! or were they just pottering? |
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Post by timmullen1 on Oct 22, 2021 10:25:27 GMT
I was quite surprised to see on Twitter that Potteries Young Labour had been out canvassing on Wednesday - partly because I didn’t know there was a Potteries Young Labour, and partly because it’s always been a challenge to get people to campaign outside their own Ward no matter venturing 50 miles into another universe! or were they just pottering? Only oldies like myself potter, these young un’s have far too much energy. |
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Post by andrew111 on Oct 22, 2021 10:29:44 GMT
Judging by social media would be the problem here. For Birmingham Labour it was a tiny campaign, compared to what they are capable of. I was quite surprised to see on Twitter that Potteries Young Labour had been out canvassing on Wednesday - partly because I didn’t know there was a Potteries Young Labour, and partly because it’s always been a challenge to get people to campaign outside their own Ward no matter venturing 50 miles into another universe! Perhaps some of them are Keele students with home address in Yardley? |
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Post by timmullen1 on Oct 22, 2021 10:32:13 GMT
I was quite surprised to see on Twitter that Potteries Young Labour had been out canvassing on Wednesday - partly because I didn’t know there was a Potteries Young Labour, and partly because it’s always been a challenge to get people to campaign outside their own Ward no matter venturing 50 miles into another universe! Perhaps some of them are Keele students with home address in Yardley? On that basis probably more likely to be Staffordshire Uni as Keele’s Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the good folk of Newcastle don’t take kindly to being lumped with we Stokies. |
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Post by andrew111 on Oct 22, 2021 10:40:42 GMT
Perhaps some of them are Keele students with home address in Yardley? On that basis probably more likely to be Staffordshire Uni as Keele’s Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the good folk of Newcastle don’t take kindly to being lumped with we Stokies. I had not really clocked that distinction. Is Newcastle U-L not at all in "the Potteries"? Keele students might not feel the distinction any more strongly than a Yorkshireman like me anyway.. |
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Post by yellowperil on Oct 22, 2021 10:55:37 GMT
We are presumably all going over yesterday's news because there's no white smoke from Horsham?
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Post by andrew111 on Oct 22, 2021 11:03:35 GMT
We are presumably all going over yesterday's news because there's no white smoke from Horsham? Supply problems have affected match deliveries in Sussex.. |
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Post by middleenglander on Oct 22, 2021 11:04:19 GMT
We are presumably all going over yesterday's news because there's no white smoke from Horsham? Do they burn the ballot papers in Horsham after the count? |
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Post by middleenglander on Oct 22, 2021 11:41:02 GMT
We are presumably all going over yesterday's news because there's no white smoke from Horsham? Are they counting after lunch? |
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Post by robert1 on Oct 22, 2021 11:59:18 GMT
The Forest result is
LD 921
Lab 517
Con 410
Grn 97
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Post by cogload on Oct 22, 2021 12:02:13 GMT
The Forest result is LD 921 Lab 517 Con 410 Grn 97 And the ALDC concur: |
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Post by andrewp on Oct 22, 2021 12:09:50 GMT
Horsham Forest
LD 47.4% (+7.9)
Lab 26.6% (+4.2)
Con 21.1% (-0.2)
Green 5%
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Post by Khunanup on Oct 22, 2021 12:33:52 GMT
Horsham Forest LD 47.4% (+7.9) Lan 26.6% (+4.2) Con 21.1% (-0.2) Green 5% Ummm.... there was no Green or other candidate last time, so those changes really don't add up There were Peace and UKIP candidates (see first page of the thread). |
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