stb12
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Post by stb12 on Mar 13, 2024 22:24:41 GMT
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
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Post by ClevelandYorks on Mar 14, 2024 10:11:22 GMT
Candidates so far:
Simon Clarke (Conservative, incumbent)
Luke Myer (Labour, Longbeck cllr)
Jemma Joy (Lib Dem, Hutton cllr)
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Post by lackeroftalent on Apr 29, 2024 10:12:16 GMT
Rod Liddle standing here for the SDP apparently.
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Post by Sg1 on Apr 29, 2024 14:26:26 GMT
The SDP seem to have quite a lot of prospective candidates this time around. What's the betting that they won't stand even half of them?
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Post by markgoodair on Apr 29, 2024 14:30:44 GMT
The SDP seem to have quite a lot of prospective candidates this time around. What's the betting that they won't stand even half of them? I suppose It all depends if they can afford to pay the necessary deposits. |
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Post by michaelarden on May 14, 2024 12:02:31 GMT
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Post by Chris from Brum on May 23, 2024 15:56:01 GMT
Rod Liddle standing here for the SDP apparently. It's the area where he grew up and went to school. |
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Post by Raddy on May 25, 2024 11:18:17 GMT
Rod Liddle standing here for the SDP apparently. It's the area where he grew up and went to school. [br It's also the area where he lives. |
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Post by carolus on Jun 7, 2024 15:08:36 GMT
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Post by iain on Jun 7, 2024 15:20:41 GMT
Well, the idea of a Reform UK full slate died quickly
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Post by ClevelandYorks on Jun 7, 2024 15:23:32 GMT
Well, the idea of a Reform UK full slate died quickly There was a rumour locally that Simon Clarke had “done a deal” with Reform which I hadn’t taken very seriously until now. They could have found a candidate easily had they wanted one. |
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Post by The Bishop on Jun 7, 2024 15:25:23 GMT
Isn't this where Rod Liddle is standing for the SDP? Maybe that is who the "deal" is actually with.
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Post by ClevelandYorks on Jun 7, 2024 15:26:08 GMT
Isn't this where Rod Liddle is standing for the SDP? Maybe that is who the "deal" is actually with. Yes but there’s been absolutely no sign of a campaign from him so far. |
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Post by ClevelandYorks on Jun 19, 2024 20:16:58 GMT
Rod Liddle repeatedly told the audience at the hustings in Guisborough tonight to vote Labour. Probably not what Reform hoped for when they endorsed his candidacy…
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Post by ClevelandYorks on Jun 19, 2024 20:17:45 GMT
Isn't this where Rod Liddle is standing for the SDP? Maybe that is who the "deal" is actually with. Yes, you turned out to be right. Amusingly they rebuffed Simon Clarke’s claims that they were tacitly supporting him and got into a spat on Facebook. |
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Post by jamie on Jun 19, 2024 20:33:32 GMT
Rod Liddle repeatedly told the audience at the hustings in Guisborough tonight to vote Labour. Probably not what Reform hoped for when they endorsed his candidacy… Like, a serious endorsement? |
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Post by ClevelandYorks on Jun 20, 2024 0:53:49 GMT
Rod Liddle repeatedly told the audience at the hustings in Guisborough tonight to vote Labour. Probably not what Reform hoped for when they endorsed his candidacy… Like, a serious endorsement? Yup. www.facebook.com/share/p/5SpmaniMxJHnqtHe/ |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Jul 7, 2024 7:39:58 GMT
He lost his deposit.
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Post by greenhert on Jul 7, 2024 10:35:10 GMT
More importantly the lack of a Reform UK candidate was not enough for Sir Simon Clarke to hold the seat although the pro-Labour swing was considerably below the national average. |
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Post by batman on Jul 8, 2024 11:40:15 GMT
People do seem to be getting a little overexcited about this seat. Labour did require a double-digit swing to win here and it shouldn't be regarded as some sort of shock that they only narrowly achieved it. Has there been a medium-term demographic drift to the Tories on Teesside? Yes, it does seem so, but it was still only one short of electing a full Labour slate and it required a very favourable boundary change to enable them to hold their sole seat. Labour's underperformance is only relative, it was still a very clear improvement (in terms of Lab v Con) on 2019. The Hartlepool by-election result looks very strange looking at it 3 years later. EDIT : in fact the result here was very close to the national swing, so I really can't see it as a shock. It's only a shock in the same way that Labour "only" getting a 10% swing in Battersea in 1997 was a shock, i.e. it really wasn't.
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