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Post by gwynthegriff on Oct 23, 2022 22:29:02 GMT
Well, Cheshire is Labour-run and it's not all thanks to Crewe. True, but you'd imagine much of the Labour strength in Congleton even in a bad year would be concentrated in Sandbach and maybe Alsager. Meanwhile in Tatton, Labour often don't run candidates at all. It isn't entirely impossible that Labour could win either seat but I could well imagine places like Wilmslow, Poynton or Disley voting for Tatton to go Lib Dem rather than Labour, as there's a strong demographic continuity from Cheadle and Hazel Grove. Historically there has been Labour strength in both Congleton and Macclesfield. More recently they have also done well in Middlewich. The dreadful Conservative administration running up to 2019 allowed a Labour - Independent administration from 2019. Alsager has been Liberal/ Lib Dem for 40 years. In Cheshire West there's plenty of Labour support in Chester, Northwich and Winsford. |
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Post by maxque on Oct 23, 2022 23:17:27 GMT
Sandbach is currently 3/4 Labour and the council leader is from there (with an independent deputy Leader from Alderley Edge, of all places).
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Post by greenhert on Oct 26, 2022 21:01:05 GMT
When exactly is this by-election going to take place? Since Ms Cooper is not taking up her NHS office until 1st November there will not be enough time to schedule this by-election to coincide with the City of Chester by-election. I am guessing 8 or 15 December 2022.
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Post by YL on Oct 27, 2022 7:24:36 GMT
When exactly is this by-election going to take place? Since Ms Cooper is not taking up her NHS office until 1st November there will not be enough time to schedule this by-election to coincide with the City of Chester by-election. This is not the case, actually: the by-election rules allow for a 21 working day timetable, so it would be possible to move the writ as late as Wednesday 2 November and have polling day on 1 December (notice of election issued Thurs 3 Nov, deadline for nominations Tues 8 Nov) and perhaps that is the plan. However I'm not sure that there's any great benefit, either from the point of view of the Labour Party or that of the councils concerned, of the two being on the same day. |
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Post by clyde1998 on Oct 27, 2022 7:53:58 GMT
When exactly is this by-election going to take place? Since Ms Cooper is not taking up her NHS office until 1st November there will not be enough time to schedule this by-election to coincide with the City of Chester by-election. I am guessing 8 or 15 December 2022. I was wondering why a date hadn't been announced yet; seems the answer is due to the seat not yet being vacated. I'd imagine it will be held on the same day as the Chester by-election. |
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Post by The Bishop on Oct 27, 2022 12:56:01 GMT
Don't think it can be squeezed in to a December 1st poll now even if Chester is held then, maybe a fortnight later?
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Post by YL on Oct 27, 2022 13:43:34 GMT
Don't think it can be squeezed in to a December 1st poll now even if Chester is held then, maybe a fortnight later? Yes it can; see my post above. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2022 22:17:19 GMT
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Post by philvn on Oct 28, 2022 10:42:49 GMT
Quite a force locally, got a number of seats on the council (including all three in Derby, my ward). Set up by disgruntled Tories I believe. Doubt they'll stand in the by-election. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2022 20:38:14 GMT
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Post by philvn on Nov 1, 2022 4:51:36 GMT
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Post by YL on Nov 2, 2022 17:43:54 GMT
When exactly is this by-election going to take place? Since Ms Cooper is not taking up her NHS office until 1st November there will not be enough time to schedule this by-election to coincide with the City of Chester by-election. This is not the case, actually: the by-election rules allow for a 21 working day timetable, so it would be possible to move the writ as late as Wednesday 2 November and have polling day on 1 December (notice of election issued Thurs 3 Nov, deadline for nominations Tues 8 Nov) and perhaps that is the plan. However I'm not sure that there's any great benefit, either from the point of view of the Labour Party or that of the councils concerned, of the two being on the same day. With Cooper's disqualification still not having taken effect and hence the writ not having been moved today, 1 December is no longer a possible date for this by-election. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2022 18:24:37 GMT
No sign of the by-election date still. Here's the coat of arms the council use in their Twitter handle and website while we wait.  |
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Post by andrewteale on Nov 4, 2022 9:15:22 GMT
No sign of the by-election date still. Here's the coat of arms the council use in their Twitter handle and website while we wait. Ormskirk's parish church, there - apparently one of only three churches in the country to have both a tower and a steeple. It's the resting-place of multiple Earls of Derby, including the one who got his head chopped off in Bolton. |
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Post by Crimson King on Nov 4, 2022 9:27:45 GMT
annoyingly that has made me think of a limerick I read many years ago which went something like:
a lady from (insert name of one of presumably 3 towns) said a spire,
is to what every good church should aspire.
her sis with a glower
said a church needs a tower.
so they built one with both, and its dire
I guess it wasn’t Ormskirk as it wouldn’t scan
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Post by Merseymike on Nov 4, 2022 9:47:26 GMT
annoyingly that has made me think of a limerick I read many years ago which went something like: a lady from (insert name of one of presumably 3 towns) said a spire, is to what every good church should aspire. her sis with a glower said a church needs a tower. so they built one with both, and its dire I guess it wasn’t Ormskirk as it wouldn’t scan Could be "Lancs"? |
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Post by batman on Nov 4, 2022 9:58:38 GMT
or "Skem"
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 4, 2022 11:08:36 GMT
No sign of the by-election date still. Rosie Cooper made a speech in the Commons this week, so she might not even have vacated her seat yet. |
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Post by YL on Nov 4, 2022 19:39:29 GMT
No sign of the by-election date still. Rosie Cooper made a speech in the Commons this week, so she might not even have vacated her seat yet. She is still listed as an MP on the Parliament website, and that is normally updated fairly quickly. |
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