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Post by yellowperil on Feb 17, 2023 11:30:22 GMT
I was thinking that too, looking at the map St Neots is sandwiched between the Lib Dem Mayoralty in Bedford and Lib Dem South Cambridgeshire so perhaps not surprising if some of that influence is beginning to rub off. Perhaps the influence of St Ives Lib Dems?  and no doubt the seven wives. |
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Post by grahammurray on Feb 17, 2023 11:36:58 GMT
Cornwall Con 503 LD 811 Green 244 Lab 230 That must be painful for the Greens and Labour Why, did they also finish behind a micro-party? It's harsh to call the Greens a micro party. |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 17, 2023 11:42:41 GMT
Cornwall Con 503 LD 811 Green 244 Lab 230 That must be painful for the Greens and Labour Why, did they also finish behind a micro-party? Maybe we can't quite yet so describe the Tories as such... |
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Post by mrtoad on Feb 17, 2023 11:47:36 GMT
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Post by YL on Feb 17, 2023 12:34:41 GMT
St Neots The Eatons LDm 1042 Con 746 Ind 360 Lab 250 LDm gain from Ind Structural decline for the Tories in (parts of) Cambridgeshire now? Here's the map of "professional occupations" from the 2021 census I posted in the Cambridge thread:  This is of course just one statistic, but the map does suggest that the "Cambridge effect" hasn't quite reached St Neots yet. In fact, it seems to correspond surprisingly well (though obviously not exactly) to the pre-1965 mini-Cambridgeshire administrative county (i.e. excluding Hunts, the Isle of Ely and the Soke of Peterborough) plus the city of Ely. The Lib Dem and Labour divisions in the 2021 County Council election show a similar pattern; here's andrewteale 's map:  |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Feb 17, 2023 12:40:02 GMT
But wrongly. It has not "passed out of our lives" and remains open and indeed on the Cornish main line with hourly trains to and from Paddington. Not quite hourly trains to Paddington. Junction for the St Ives branch which is a shut in operation by staff. The box will escape the forthcoming cull of signalboxes in Cornwall- three are closing and control is moving to Exeter. Those being Truro (change here for Falmouth), Par (change here for Newquay) and Lostwithiel (change here for a walk to Fowey). Some of us are old enough to have caught the train from Lostwithiel to Fowey. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Feb 17, 2023 12:50:17 GMT
Structural decline for the Tories in (parts of) Cambridgeshire now? Here's the map of "professional occupations" from the 2021 census I posted in the Cambridge thread: This is of course just one statistic, but the map does suggest that the "Cambridge effect" hasn't quite reached St Neots yet. In fact, it seems to correspond surprisingly well (though obviously not exactly) to the pre-1965 mini-Cambridgeshire administrative county (i.e. excluding Hunts, the Isle of Ely and the Soke of Peterborough) plus the city of Ely. The Lib Dem and Labour divisions in the 2021 County Council election show a similar pattern; here's andrewteale 's map: Getting from St Neots to Cambridge is a bit of a sod, as the buses are awful and the A428 is a single carriageway between St Neots and Cambourne, so it's prone to congestion. This means it's not attractive to non-drivers (who are likely to be disproportionately represented amongst young workers in Cambridge, and especially the non-Tory voting proportion thereof) and if you're driving there are pleasanter options in the same price bracket. It has got Cambridge influence, but not as much as some other places and as it's off the A1 it also has people who will be commuting towards London or Peterborough. |
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Post by rockefeller on Feb 17, 2023 12:55:01 GMT
Structural decline for the Tories in (parts of) Cambridgeshire now? Here's the map of "professional occupations" from the 2021 census I posted in the Cambridge thread: This is of course just one statistic, but the map does suggest that the "Cambridge effect" hasn't quite reached St Neots yet. In fact, it seems to correspond surprisingly well (though obviously not exactly) to the pre-1965 mini-Cambridgeshire administrative county (i.e. excluding Hunts, the Isle of Ely and the Soke of Peterborough) plus the city of Ely. The Lib Dem and Labour divisions in the 2021 County Council election show a similar pattern; here's andrewteale 's map: Great maps. |
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Post by jamesdoyle on Feb 20, 2023 10:10:04 GMT
Delayed as I was away, but here are the GWBWI scores for this week:
LDm +134
Lab +41
Grn +0
Con -53
ASV
LDm +2.2
Lab +0.7
Grn +0.0
Con -0.39
For those who were arguing about whether Barnet was more 'painful' for the LibDems, or Cornwall more so for Labour: LibDem score in Barnet was -2, and Labour in Cornwall was +1. FWIW, Labour was -3 in Cambridgeshire...
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