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Post by owainsutton on Apr 7, 2024 10:38:18 GMT
It's hardly a target ward. I had presumed as much, but one of them may still want bragging rights That's earned by putting in the most footsteps in the target wards!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2024 10:45:47 GMT
I had presumed as much, but one of them may still want bragging rights There is the risk that one is ‘endorsed’ as the proper candidate yet still comes behind the other (especially if they were alphabetically challenged). Will be interesting to see the number of ballots rejected for "voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to" (or whatever the actual wording is)
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Post by owainsutton on Apr 9, 2024 18:11:42 GMT
There is the risk that one is ‘endorsed’ as the proper candidate yet still comes behind the other (especially if they were alphabetically challenged). Will be interesting to see the number of ballots rejected for "voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to" (or whatever the actual wording is) Have to admit, I'd already had that thought.
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Post by owainsutton on Apr 18, 2024 9:41:24 GMT
My opponent in Hale has been disowned by the Conservatives due to Islamophobic tweets.
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Post by owainsutton on May 3, 2024 17:58:44 GMT
Two seats changed hands: Labour took a first seat in Manor by 30 votes, and unseated the one Conservative in Broadheath by just 6 votes. We ran it really close in Bowdon, the Tory majority reduced to 21. The Lib Dems only made small gains in Hale Barns and Timperley South, remaining over 300 behind. Also, we had a surge in Old Trafford, with an entirely non-target candidate coming in with over 1000 votes. Gaza influence, presumably?
Edit: oh, also, I was re-elected with a 400 majority.
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Post by batman on May 3, 2024 19:38:05 GMT
I have just messaged my friend Stéphane who so narrowly won in Broadheath. He really worked incredibly hard for it.
Congratulations are due to you too Owain.
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Post by owainsutton on May 4, 2024 9:56:04 GMT
Overall vote share:
Labour: 42% Conservative: 25% Green: 18% Lib Dem: 11% Other: 4%
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 4, 2024 16:41:17 GMT
Overall vote share: Labour: 42% Conservative: 25% Green: 18% Lib Dem: 11% Other: 4% If that's not proof of how much Trafford has changed in 20 years, nothing is. George Carnall or Frank Eadie would not have accepted that low a Tory vote. Heads would have rolled.
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Post by owainsutton on May 4, 2024 16:49:57 GMT
Overall vote share: Labour: 42% Conservative: 25% Green: 18% Lib Dem: 11% Other: 4% If that's not proof of how much Trafford has changed in 20 years, nothing is. George Carnall or Frank Eadie would not have accepted that low a Tory vote. Heads would have rolled. What would they have done about this, then?!... Trafford vote in the GM Mayoral: Labour: 64% Conservative: 16% Green: 7% Reform: 6% Independent: 3% Lib Dem: 3%
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 4, 2024 22:05:17 GMT
If that's not proof of how much Trafford has changed in 20 years, nothing is. George Carnall or Frank Eadie would not have accepted that low a Tory vote. Heads would have rolled. What would they have done about this, then?!... Trafford vote in the GM Mayoral: Labour: 64% Conservative: 16% Green: 7% Reform: 6% Independent: 3% Lib Dem: 3%
Not a lot, they've both been dead for 20 years! They'd have been very angry at how the Conservatives failed to bring in new blood - that was how it worked for decades and it worked well. But as I've said before and was getting at, Trafford is unbelievably demographically different to even a decade ago. There can't be a GM borough that has changed so much, surely. Those house prices!
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Post by maxque on May 15, 2024 14:09:28 GMT
Two seats changed hands: Labour took a first seat in Manor by 30 votes, and unseated the one Conservative in Broadheath by just 6 votes. We ran it really close in Bowdon, the Tory majority reduced to 21. The Lib Dems only made small gains in Hale Barns and Timperley South, remaining over 300 behind. Also, we had a surge in Old Trafford, with an entirely non-target candidate coming in with over 1000 votes. Gaza influence, presumably?
Edit: oh, also, I was re-elected with a 400 majority. Third: Lab 15 (+2), Con 2 (-2), LD 2, Grn 2 Council: Lab 43, Con 8, LD 6, Grn 6
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