john07
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Post by john07 on Mar 15, 2023 10:17:52 GMT
Labour's win in 1929 in Edinburgh West is pretty counter-intuitive (and unique for the foreseeable future) and perhaps some of the posher areas were in other constituencies at that time? It was certainly made possible by an almost exact split in the anti-Labour vote between the Tories & the Liberals. I thought that (virtually) all of the current Edinburgh West was not in any Edinburgh Constituency in those days. Edinburgh West Constituency, back then, was centred on Gorgie and Dalry if I recall correctly. |
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Post by maxque on Mar 15, 2023 22:40:23 GMT
Labour's win in 1929 in Edinburgh West is pretty counter-intuitive (and unique for the foreseeable future) and perhaps some of the posher areas were in other constituencies at that time? It was certainly made possible by an almost exact split in the anti-Labour vote between the Tories & the Liberals. I thought that (virtually) all of the current Edinburgh West was not in any Edinburgh Constituency in those days. Edinburgh West Constituency, back then, was centred on Gorgie and Dalry if I recall correctly. Gorgie, Dalry, Haymarket and St. Bernard. Murrayfield was in Haymarket. |
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Post by No Offence Alan on Mar 17, 2023 9:20:52 GMT
so, unrecognisable as the same seat. Would the area to the west have been in the Linlithgow seat then? or perhaps some of it North Midlothian which was a pretty safe Tory seat? Most of it was in North Midlothian, but South Queensferry and Kirkliston were in Linlithgow. Back in the 1990s, South Queensferry and Kirkliston were the only 2 wards the SNP held in Edinburgh. Now they are part of Almond ward, where the LD vote is even stronger than in Corstorphine/Murrayfield. |
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Post by john07 on Mar 17, 2023 16:29:04 GMT
Back in the 1990s, South Queensferry and Kirkliston were the only 2 wards the SNP held in Edinburgh. Now they are part of Almond ward, where the LD vote is even stronger than in Corstorphine/Murrayfield. I think the strong SNP vote in Linlithgow and Kirkliston was a hang over from their history in West Lothian Constituency with the titanic duels between Tam o’ the Binns and Willie Wolfe? |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Mar 18, 2023 1:20:44 GMT
Back in the 1990s, South Queensferry and Kirkliston were the only 2 wards the SNP held in Edinburgh. Now they are part of Almond ward, where the LD vote is even stronger than in Corstorphine/Murrayfield. I think the strong SNP vote in Linlithgow and Kirkliston was a hang over from their history in West Lothian Constituency with the titanic duels between Tam o’ the Binns and Willie Wolfe? Ah Willie Wolfe The aim of the RC Church was and is world domination in the belief that the Pope is destined to rule over all nations and all men. Who will benefit from a state visit to these countries by the Pope? From a Protestant point of view, certainly not the non-RC majorities in them.
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