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Post by carlton43 on Jan 24, 2022 0:49:44 GMT
Ashley Bertie has also been shortlisted for Labour: Is he related to Burlington? |
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Post by woollyliberal on Jan 24, 2022 7:35:54 GMT
Is that her home constituency? Her ward is split between Perry Barr and Ladywood. No, the ward she represents is at the far end of the neighbouring constituency. Not that it's a problem. Jess Phillips represented the far edge of the city when she won Yardley. Is Robert Alden the type who will go searching for a safe Parliamentary seat at some point, or is he only interested in standing for his own area? 5 times in a seat that is only winnable if everything goes absolutely right, is a lot. As has been discussed before, I would have thought he was ‘senior’ to Gary Sambrook in Birmingham circles but Sambrook got the more winnable seat in 2019. Or is he waiting for Sutton Coldfield ( probably like every other Conservative for miles around!) Bobbie is the leader of the Tory group on Birmingham City Council. He represents Erdington ward. Maybe his eye is on the safe seat next door. Northfield was long thought of as a long shot and may well be a 1 time, Brexit fuelled Conservative win. Maybe waiting it out is the wiser choice. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jan 24, 2022 7:40:15 GMT
Northfield had previous Conservative tendencies. Roger King was MP for quite a long time.
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Post by woollyliberal on Jan 24, 2022 8:07:09 GMT
Northfield had previous Conservative tendencies. Roger King was MP for quite a long time. This is true, but for several elections the Tories prioritised Edgbaston, believing Northfield to be less winnable. |
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Post by iainbhx on Jan 24, 2022 8:20:59 GMT
Is that her home constituency? Her ward is split between Perry Barr and Ladywood. No, the ward she represents is at the far end of the neighbouring constituency. Not that it's a problem. Jess Phillips represented the far edge of the city when she won Yardley. Let's not do this, her home is in Erdington, therefore her home ward is Erdington. |
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Post by woollyliberal on Jan 24, 2022 8:26:49 GMT
No, the ward she represents is at the far end of the neighbouring constituency. Not that it's a problem. Jess Phillips represented the far edge of the city when she won Yardley. Let's not do this, her home is in Erdington, therefore her home ward is Erdington. I'm clearly not "doing this". 'Not that it's a problem' was your clue Iain. Andrew asked if her ward crossed the constituency boundary. I gave a very straight answer. |
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Post by andrewp on Jan 24, 2022 8:51:52 GMT
Labour shortlist of 2 apparently
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jan 24, 2022 9:38:24 GMT
Labour shortlist of 2 apparently Interesting that *both* are Black in a seat that is one of the whiter parts of Birmingham. |
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Post by CatholicLeft on Jan 24, 2022 9:50:14 GMT
How many people put themselves forward if only two are shortlisted?
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Post by John Chanin on Jan 24, 2022 10:02:42 GMT
Labour shortlist of 2 apparently Interesting that *both* are Black in a seat that is one of the whiter parts of Birmingham. 10% black and 6% mixed at the last census. Not exactly one of the whitest seats, even by Birmingham standards. |
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Post by elinorhelyn on Jan 24, 2022 10:03:06 GMT
Labour shortlist of 2 apparently Interesting that *both* are Black in a seat that is one of the whiter parts of Birmingham. The Black population is bigger than the Asian population in this seat. They are the largest minority unlike other parts of Birmingham |
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Post by iainbhx on Jan 24, 2022 10:06:56 GMT
How many people put themselves forward if only two are shortlisted? I know of at least three others. |
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Post by mrsir on Jan 24, 2022 10:37:05 GMT
Labour seem to not have many ‘BAME’ male MPs other than those of Pakistani origin so I suspect they’ll try to rectify that here.
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Post by ilerda on Jan 24, 2022 10:38:03 GMT
Does anyone know if Mike O’Brien (former MP for North Warwickshire) was one of them?
He seems to be sniffing around and trying to get back in the game somehow, and was very quick with a profound tribute to Jack Dromey even though they never actually sat in Parliament at the same time. (He did most likely know him through the Labour Party outside of party, obviously).
He also has an intriguing habit of regularly updating his Twitter bio to highlight parts of his CV that are particularly relevant at specific moments in time. When he was running for West Mids PCC it was all about his time as Solicitor General, but more recently he’s very keen to talk about his time as the “last Labour Minister of State for Health”.
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Post by CatholicLeft on Jan 24, 2022 10:38:46 GMT
Labour seem to not have many ‘BAME’ male MPs other than those of Pakistani origin so I suspect they’ll try to rectify that here. Not sure that is, of should be, the purpose of short-listing, if that is indeed what happened here. Maybe there were issues with the other applicants. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jan 24, 2022 10:43:19 GMT
Interesting that *both* are Black in a seat that is one of the whiter parts of Birmingham. 10% black and 6% mixed at the last census. Not exactly one of the whitest seats, even by Birmingham standards. By those figures that's 84% white. Still, it's Labour's choice. |
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Post by bd on Jan 24, 2022 11:01:16 GMT
How many people put themselves forward if only two are shortlisted? I know of at least three others. Without knowing anything about it, I would have thought that others who would have been interested might include Bridget Jones, Majid Mahmood, Sharon Thompson, John Cotton and Ansar Ali Khan. Whether all or any of them did not put their names forward to support someone else I have no idea. Given the new seat if the boundary changes go through loses Kingstanding and gains Aston with an implied 2019 majority of 11,000 (even on a very low turnout), it is an attractive proposition. |
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Post by The Bishop on Jan 24, 2022 11:06:58 GMT
Labour seem to not have many ‘BAME’ male MPs other than those of Pakistani origin so I suspect they’ll try to rectify that here. They also, unlike the Tories, don't have that many minority MPs in mostly white seats. |
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Post by andrewp on Jan 24, 2022 11:19:45 GMT
Labour seem to not have many ‘BAME’ male MPs other than those of Pakistani origin so I suspect they’ll try to rectify that here. Is David Lammy the only black male Labour MP? They have quite a few Black female MPs. |
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Post by timmullen1 on Jan 24, 2022 11:25:31 GMT
Labour seem to not have many ‘BAME’ male MPs other than those of Pakistani origin so I suspect they’ll try to rectify that here. Is David Lammy the only black male Labour MP? They have quite a few Black female MPs. Mark Hendrick - described as Anglo-Somalian. |
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