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Post by stb12 on Mar 14, 2024 0:39:50 GMT
North Cotswolds
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peterl
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Post by peterl on Jun 7, 2024 21:55:24 GMT
Jean Annlyne Misseys Blackbeard Independent
Geoffrey Clinton-Brown Conservative Party Candidate
Paul Richard Hodgkinson Liberal Democrats
Anna Mainwaring Labour Party
Jason Preece Reform UK
Chloe Isobel Turner Green Party
Reform candidate lives in Gloucester, otherwise all local addresses.
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Post by greenhert on Jun 8, 2024 10:04:08 GMT
Jean Annlyne Misseys Blackbeard Independent Geoffrey Clinton-Brown Conservative Party Candidate Paul Richard Hodgkinson Liberal Democrats Anna Mainwaring Labour Party Jason Preece Reform UK Chloe Isobel Turner Green Party Reform candidate lives in Gloucester, otherwise all local addresses. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown actually. He is well known for having many previous relatives who served as MPs in the distant past. |
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Post by alderman on Jun 8, 2024 13:35:32 GMT
Clifton-Brown is related to seven other previous members of Parliament, including his grandfather Geoffrey Benedict Clifton-Brown, and his great-uncle Douglas Clifton Brown and his son-in-law[30] Harry Hylton-Foster (married to Audrey Clifton-Brown) who both became Speaker of the House of Commons. His great-uncle Howard Clifton Brown was elected as member of Parliament on several occasions.[31] He is also a descendant of the Army officer and MP James Clifton Brown.[32]
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Post by matureleft on Jun 8, 2024 13:43:00 GMT
Clifton-Brown is related to seven other previous members of Parliament, including his grandfather Geoffrey Benedict Clifton-Brown, and his great-uncle Douglas Clifton Brown and his son-in-law[30] Harry Hylton-Foster (married to Audrey Clifton-Brown) who both became Speaker of the House of Commons. His great-uncle Howard Clifton Brown was elected as member of Parliament on several occasions.[31] He is also a descendant of the Army officer and MP James Clifton Brown.[32] Indeed. One wonders why the Tories have continued to trawl that particular gene pool… |
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Post by John Chanin on Jun 8, 2024 13:59:09 GMT
Jean Annlyne Misseys Blackbeard Independent Geoffrey Clinton-Brown Conservative Party Candidate Paul Richard Hodgkinson Liberal Democrats Anna Mainwaring Labour Party Jason Preece Reform UK Chloe Isobel Turner Green Party Reform candidate lives in Gloucester, otherwise all local addresses. I do like the idea of a Blackbeard Independent. With her cutlass at hand she will make Clifton-Brown walk the plank. |
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Post by john07 on Jun 8, 2024 17:26:46 GMT
Jean Annlyne Misseys Blackbeard Independent Geoffrey Clinton-Brown Conservative Party Candidate Paul Richard Hodgkinson Liberal Democrats Anna Mainwaring Labour Party Jason Preece Reform UK Chloe Isobel Turner Green Party Reform candidate lives in Gloucester, otherwise all local addresses. I do like the idea of a Blackbeard Independent. With her cutlass at hand she will make Clifton-Brown walk the plank. And a miniature (not too much of a downscale) Rishi Sunak on his shoulder cheeping: “Stop the boats, stop the boats”. |
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Post by greenhert on Jun 8, 2024 20:32:42 GMT
Clifton-Brown is related to seven other previous members of Parliament, including his grandfather Geoffrey Benedict Clifton-Brown, and his great-uncle Douglas Clifton Brown and his son-in-law[30] Harry Hylton-Foster (married to Audrey Clifton-Brown) who both became Speaker of the House of Commons. His great-uncle Howard Clifton Brown was elected as member of Parliament on several occasions.[31] He is also a descendant of the Army officer and MP James Clifton Brown.[32] Indeed. One wonders why the Tories have continued to trawl that particular gene pool… One of the seat's predecessors did have precedent in that regard. For example, Cirencester & Tewkesbury was for 33 years represented by Nicholas Ridley, from the same line that is heir to long standing viscountcy. |
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Post by steve on Jun 9, 2024 5:28:13 GMT
I do like the idea of a Blackbeard Independent. With her cutlass at hand she will make Clifton-Brown walk the plank. And a miniature (not too much of a downscale) Rishi Sunak on his shoulder cheeping: “Stop the boats, stop the boats”. In this instance he might be asking, "Where's a small boat when you need one?" |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2024 18:59:24 GMT
Does anyone know if the LibDems have been making a serious go of this?
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Post by steve on Jun 11, 2024 19:21:35 GMT
Does anyone know if the LibDems have been making a serious go of this? Not sure. I think South Cotswolds is the priority after Cheltenham but their candidate, a district and county cllr, is well known locally and a good campaigner so I'd imagine there will be some sort of effort on his part. From what I can see they appear to be running campaigns everywhere in Gloucestershire apart ftom Forest of Dean and Stroud. Gloucester seems pretty futile but I guess they've been encouraged by the slightly less than dynamic local Labour party. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2024 19:42:04 GMT
Does anyone know if the LibDems have been making a serious go of this? Not sure. I think South Cotswolds is the priority after Cheltenham but their candidate, a district and county cllr, is well known locally and a good campaigner so I'd imagine there will be some sort of effort on his part. From what I can see they appear to be running campaigns everywhere in Gloucestershire apart ftom Forest of Dean and Stroud. Gloucester seems pretty futile but I guess they've been encouraged by the slightly less than dynamic local Labour party. That would obviously be logical, and I can certainly confirm that they don't appear to be doing anything in Stroud (though incidentally doing some phone canvassing earlier I spoke to my first Stroud LibDem since 2018!) Given the boundary changes and local election results I predict the Greens will get a better vote share here than in at least one of their official targets and wouldn't be surprised if they were third ahead of us, though given what you say second is probably a bridge too far |
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Post by heslingtonian on Jul 5, 2024 17:28:25 GMT
The Clifton-Brown tradition continues into the new Parliament. He increasingly feels like something of a throwback to a bygone political age in style but he's still there unlike many younger former colleagues.
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Post by froome on Jul 5, 2024 17:44:16 GMT
This seems to me like one of the more surprising Conservative holds. Is it due to the incumbent effect?
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Post by andrewp on Jul 5, 2024 17:49:41 GMT
This seems to me like one of the more surprising Conservative holds. Is it due to the incumbent effect? I thought he had a bit of a negative personal vote, but maybe I’m wrong. I certainly thought the Tories were more likely to hold Tewkesbury than N Cotswolds. |
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Post by heslingtonian on Jul 5, 2024 17:51:26 GMT
This seems to me like one of the more surprising Conservative holds. Is it due to the incumbent effect? I suspect it's quite an elderly demographic but yes, it was a noticeably better result for the Conservatives than say Tewkesbury. |
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Post by greenhert on Jul 6, 2024 17:19:17 GMT
This seems to me like one of the more surprising Conservative holds. Is it due to the incumbent effect? No. It is due to the largely rural nature of the seat and the wealth of its inhabitants. |
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Post by steve on Jul 6, 2024 17:48:32 GMT
This seems to me like one of the more surprising Conservative holds. Is it due to the incumbent effect? I thought he had a bit of a negative personal vote, but maybe I’m wrong. I certainly thought the Tories were more likely to hold Tewkesbury than N Cotswolds. My impression was that for the Lib Dems, who were the main challengers here, it fell behind Cheltenham, Cotswolds South and Tewkesbury in terms of priority. I thought Tewkesbury was more likely to fall and they had a driven candidate who had left the army after more than twenty years service to contest the seat. |
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Post by froome on Jul 6, 2024 18:49:21 GMT
This seems to me like one of the more surprising Conservative holds. Is it due to the incumbent effect? No. It is due to the largely rural nature of the seat and the wealth of its inhabitants. It is certainly both very wealthy and rural, but it is also where the Lib Dems (and to a smaller extent ourselves) have some strength, and I had expected the Lib Dems to benefit from this. The Cotswolds generally have moving towards the Lib Dems. |
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Post by heslingtonian on Jul 6, 2024 19:35:20 GMT
No. It is due to the largely rural nature of the seat and the wealth of its inhabitants. It is certainly both very wealthy and rural, but it is also where the Lib Dems (and to a smaller extent ourselves) have some strength, and I had expected the Lib Dems to benefit from this. The Cotswolds generally have moving towards the Lib Dems. Yes, despite having a decent candidate I think this result was a bit disappointing for the Lib Dems. There are rumours that Clifton-Brown may become Chairman of the 1922 Committee. If so I suspect he'll only do this term. |
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