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Post by manchesterman on Jul 13, 2023 22:10:20 GMT
Lawrencia Durojaiye has been misgendered. She is a she. thought so, I thought it was weird for a bloke to be called Lawrencia. Not that it's a common name for a woman either. May have been simply a contraction of "Lawrence of Arabia"  |
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Jul 13, 2023 22:17:36 GMT
Lawrencia Durojaiye has been misgendered. She is a she. thought so, I thought it was weird for a bloke to be called Lawrencia. Not that it's a common name for a woman either. The wife of former Stroud MP Neil Carmichael (and formerly a District Councillor herself) is called Laurence (French, and pronounced accordingly.) |
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Post by timmullen1 on Jul 13, 2023 22:33:17 GMT
From Rotherham council’s Twitter:
The verification of ballot papers for today's Dinnington by-election is now complete and is as follows:
Electorate: 9,117
Ballot Papers Issued: 2,496
Turnout: 27.38%
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Post by greatkingrat on Jul 13, 2023 23:10:15 GMT
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Post by manchesterman on Jul 13, 2023 23:27:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2023 23:32:39 GMT
Ah I must have remembered "Rainham" and picked the wrong one, thank you for digging that out |
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Post by jamie on Jul 13, 2023 23:35:01 GMT
That’s a pretty awful Labour result. I guess Rotherham council isn’t the most popular, but there was a large Conservative to Labour swing in previous by-elections so Labour should have got the same this time given the national picture (being up by basically the same amount as the Conservatives compared to 2021 is not a normal occurrence).
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Post by timrollpickering on Jul 13, 2023 23:35:55 GMT
Labour hold Wall End.
Independent gain Boleyn.
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Post by johnloony on Jul 13, 2023 23:55:36 GMT
Newham, Boleyn
Ind 1153
Lab 871
Green 572
Con 69
Ref UK 23
Lib Dem 22
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Post by Robert Waller on Jul 13, 2023 23:56:13 GMT
Boleyn (Newham) Council By-Election Result:
IND: 42.5% (New)
LAB: 32.1% (-27.0)
GRN: 21.1% (+3.5)
CON: 2.5% (-15.6)
RFM: 0.8% (New)
LDM: 0.8% (New)
Independent GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2022.
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Post by Sibboleth on Jul 13, 2023 23:59:15 GMT
That’s a pretty awful Labour result. I guess Rotherham council isn’t the most popular, but there was a large Conservative to Labour swing in previous by-elections so Labour should have got the same this time given the national picture (being up by basically the same amount as the Conservatives compared to 2021 is not a normal occurrence). A quick google suggests - oh dear God not again - a local dispute about a new housing development... |
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Post by johnloony on Jul 14, 2023 0:00:30 GMT
Newham, Wall End
Labour: 1659 (61.1%) (+12.5)
Conservative : 739 (27.2%) (+12.3)
Lib Dem 138 (5.1%) ()
Green: 123 (4.5%) (-4.5)
Reform UK 58 (2.1%) (-0.2)
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Post by borisminor on Jul 14, 2023 0:14:24 GMT
That’s a pretty awful Labour result. I guess Rotherham council isn’t the most popular, but there was a large Conservative to Labour swing in previous by-elections so Labour should have got the same this time given the national picture (being up by basically the same amount as the Conservatives compared to 2021 is not a normal occurrence). I think it might just be Lab unpopularity in the seat. In the other by elections in Rotherham had a strong swing to Lab where they were challenging the LDs or already had a Lab councillor. I think the Independent Smith's collapse split evenly between the two main parties with the old UKIP vote remaining Conservative from 2016. |
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Post by casualobserver on Jul 14, 2023 0:15:51 GMT
Boleyn (Newham) Council By-Election Result: IND: 42.5% (New) LAB: 32.1% (-27.0) GRN: 21.1% (+3.5) CON: 2.5% (-15.6) RFM: 0.8% (New) LDM: 0.8% (New) Independent GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2022. The successful Independent former Mayoral candidate Mehmood Mirza is a larger than life character in more ways than one. A former Labour Party activist, he now stands on an unambiguously socialist platform. He tends not to mention his history as a significant private landlord (through his company) in Newham. The anti-Labour vote has coalesced around Mirza, and with the Conservatives putting up a North London resident as their candidate, it’s very likely that many Conservatives voted for the avowedly left-wing socialist as a means to oppose Labour most effectively. |
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Post by johnloony on Jul 14, 2023 0:18:11 GMT
Rotherham, Dinnington
Conservative 1064
Labour 820
Lib Dem 262
Independent 196
Reform UK 61
Green 59
Yorkshire 28
I saw footage of the declaration on Twitter and I was concerned that the Returning Officer referred to the Labour candidate as “John Vadžestika” even though his name is John Vjestica. I hope that the explanation is that Mr Vjestica pronounces his own name in that peculiar and illogical way (as is his prerogative, if he wishes) rather than that the R.O. was too dim to read his name properly.
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Post by r34t on Jul 14, 2023 4:43:25 GMT
thought so, I thought it was weird for a bloke to be called Lawrencia. Not that it's a common name for a woman either. May have been simply a contraction of "Lawrence of Arabia" “We wanted a boy” |
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Post by robert1 on Jul 14, 2023 5:32:50 GMT
This is a ward where the Conservatives could hardly muster 20% of the vote a decade ago and virtually everyone on here predicted a Lab gain. Any local explanation? I am aware that boundaries may have changed. I am looking previous figures for 'Dinnington' ward |
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Post by tonyhill on Jul 14, 2023 5:35:53 GMT
I know that all the caveats about local elections, and especially by-elections, apply, but it cannot be encouraging for Labour to have lost three out of four seats on significant local authorities in two weeks with the Conservatives gaining two of them.
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Post by tonyhill on Jul 14, 2023 5:38:14 GMT
Apologies - I got Rotheram wrong. Still a poor result for Labour though.
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Post by jamesdoyle on Jul 14, 2023 6:37:51 GMT
Labour just aren't very good at by elections, are they?
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