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Post by andrew111 on Oct 22, 2021 12:36:49 GMT
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). You managed to reply before Tony deleted his post! |
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Post by Tony Otim on Oct 22, 2021 12:37:18 GMT
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). Yeah - brain fart moment - i'd looked at the opening thread but didn't register the second line of the result, then did realise and deleted my post but you were just too quick for me 😉 |
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Post by matureleft on Oct 22, 2021 12:38:18 GMT
As far as I can see Horsham has been Labour-free since reorganization in 1973, the party failing even to win anything in the 1995 landslide year when some unlikely spots gained Labour councillors. In that context a creditable effort.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Oct 22, 2021 12:45:36 GMT
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. Keele students might not feel the distinction any more strongly than a Yorkshireman like me anyway.. That is definitely pitchforks territory. |
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Post by middleenglander on Oct 22, 2021 13:39:28 GMT
Birmingham: Yardley East - Liberal Democrat hold | Party | 2021 votes | 2021 share | since 2018 | | Liberal Democrat | 1,312 | 65.3% | +0.4% | | Labour | 609 | 30.3% | +0.1% | | Conservative | 89 | 4.4% | -0.5% | | Total votes | 2,010 |
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Swing: little movement from 2018 Council now: 65 Labour, 27 Conservative, 8 Liberal Democrat, 1 Green Horsham: Forest - Liberal Democrat hold | Party | 2021 votes | 2021 share | since 2019 "top" | since 2019 "average" | | Liberal Democrat | 921 | 47.4% | +7.9% | +8.1% | | Labour | 517 | 26.6% | +4.1% | +4.2% | | Conservative | 410 | 21.1% | -0.2% | +0.7% | | Green | 97 | 5.0% | from nowhere | from nowhere | | Peace |
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| -7.3% | -7.8% | | Total votes | 1,945 |
| 59% | 63% |
Swing: Labour to Liberal Democrat 2% since 2019 Council now: 31 Conservative, 13 Liberal Democrat, 2 Green, 1 Independent, 1 vacancy Newark & Sherwood: Rainworth South & Blidworth - Independent gain from Labour| Party | 2021 votes | 2021 share | since 2019 "top" | since 2019 "average" | since 2015 "top" | since 2019 "average" | | Independent | 650 | 66.2% | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | | Conservative | 168 | 17.1% | -12.9% | -12.2% | -14.6% | -14.0% | | Labour | 164 | 16.7% | -22.9% | -22.6% | -39.4% | -39.7% | | Previous Independents |
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| -30.4% | -31.4% | -12.2% | -12.4% | | Total votes | 982 |
| 86% | 91% | 39% | 40% |
Swing: not meaningful Council now: 29 Conservative, 6 Labour, 2 Liberal Democrat, 2 Independent
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Post by timmullen1 on Oct 22, 2021 13:42:33 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. Theoretically not, The Potteries just applies to Stoke as N-u-L wasn’t really a manufacturing centre, remaining more of an archetypal market town, with the North Staffordshire coalfield overlapping with Stoke and parts of Staffs Moorlands, although obviously a large number of N-u-L residents crossed the border to work on the pots. |
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Post by maxque on Oct 22, 2021 13:43:49 GMT
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 . Voted Independent in 2003 and 2007 and Conservative in 1976 (but the ward then included Ravenshead, who was transfered to Gedling in the mid 80's). |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Oct 22, 2021 13:55:05 GMT
middleenglander, there's 1 Green councillor in Birmingham, with 101 councillors in total.
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Post by middleenglander on Oct 22, 2021 14:07:49 GMT
middleenglander, there's 1 Green councillor in Birmingham, with 101 councillors in total. Thanks, now corrected. |
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Post by listener on Oct 22, 2021 21:20:13 GMT
Maxque - re your e-mail above - Blidworth was never uncontested and the only Independent success was Geoff Merry winning one seat out of two in 2003, 2007 and 2011. The Conservatives took 3 out of 5 seats in 1976, but they only fielded 3 candidates.
Newark and Sherwood (Blidworth, Fishpool and Rainworth) (5 seats) results
June 1973 - Lab 1490/1467/1441/1343/1305, Con 711/702/678/658/657
May 1976 - Con 1350/1335/1326, Lab 1293/1293/1280/1252/1223 - 3 Con and 2 Lab elected
Newark and Sherwood (Blidworth) (3 seats) results
May 1979 - Lab 1694/1332/1292, Con 685
May 1983 - Lab 784/693/674, Ind Lab 440
May 1987 - Lab 923/866/801, Ind 611/433/310, Con 285
May 1991 - Lab 967/928/855, Ind 590/405/391, Con 240
May 1995 - Lab 803/789/658, Ind 404/385
May 1999 - Lab 478/474/407, Ind 273/236/202/148/143, Con 99
Newark and Sherwood (Blidworth) (2 seats) results
May 2003 - Ind 386/199/192, Lab 319/315 - first election of Independent, Geoff Merry
May 2007 - Ind 507/325, Lab 404/318 - Geoff Merry re-elected
May 2011 - Lab 652/562, Ind 595 - Geoff Merry re-elected
Newark and Sherwood (Rainworth South and Blidworth) (2 seats) results
May 2015 - Lab 1401/1361, Con 792/732, Ind 304
May 2019 - Lab 450/401, Ind 345/334, Con 341/292
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