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Post by stb12 on Mar 14, 2024 0:44:11 GMT
South Devon
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Post by Old Fashioned Leftie on Mar 16, 2024 21:01:28 GMT
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Post by evergreenadam on May 18, 2024 12:24:00 GMT
The water situation in Brixham might make this contest more interesting than usual, particularly as the Brixham part of the seat has probably helped the Tories to hold on by their finger tips in the past.
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Post by iainbhx on May 18, 2024 18:09:35 GMT
The water situation in Brixham might make this contest more interesting than usual, particularly as the Brixham part of the seat has probably helped the Tories to hold on by their finger tips in the past. I am reasonably familiar with Brixham, a popular retirement destination (I might be heading there in a few years) and I doubt it will affect it that much to be honest. If it was a fingertip election, it might be, but I don't think it will be. |
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Post by WestCountryRadical on Jun 7, 2024 16:33:08 GMT
SOPNMichael Bagley (Ref) Robert Bagnall (Grn) Becca Collings (Heritage) Anthony Mangnall (Con) Daniel Steel (Lab) Caroline Voaden (LD)
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Post by binky on Jul 6, 2024 16:53:50 GMT
Wonder if Wollaston regrets not seeking the Liberal nomination here now.
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Post by cogload on Jul 6, 2024 17:31:13 GMT
Wonder if Wollaston regrets not seeking the Liberal nomination here now. She had a job as a HA chair before resigning on the eve of the election. I imagine she probably would like to enjoy the world for a bit now. (That is the implication of her twatter feed). |
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Post by nyx on Sept 8, 2024 3:19:39 GMT
Caroline Voaden said in her maiden speech that her father "came quite close to sitting on these benches" in 1983. Does anyone know which seat/party her father stood in in 1983?
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Post by Khunanup on Sept 8, 2024 3:46:18 GMT
Caroline Voaden said in her maiden speech that her father "came quite close to sitting on these benches" in 1983. Does anyone know which seat/party her father stood in in 1983? She was living in Scotland at the time (she was 15) so likely a seat up there somewhere. |
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Post by swanarcadian on Sept 8, 2024 5:18:31 GMT
Caroline Voaden said in her maiden speech that her father "came quite close to sitting on these benches" in 1983. Does anyone know which seat/party her father stood in in 1983? We’d need to know her maiden surname. She’s married twice; her first husband passed away when she was 34. |
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Post by nyx on Sept 8, 2024 7:15:44 GMT
Caroline Voaden said in her maiden speech that her father "came quite close to sitting on these benches" in 1983. Does anyone know which seat/party her father stood in in 1983? We’d need to know her maiden surname. She’s married twice; her first husband passed away when she was 34. Did a bit of digging and found her father's identity... plus a news story that's probably about him and which it would be a bit embarrassing for Voaden to be linked to. So I shall refrain from discussing further. |
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Post by jamie on Sept 8, 2024 11:30:05 GMT
Did a bit of digging and found her father's identity... plus a news story that's probably about him and which it would be a bit embarrassing for Voaden to be linked to. So I shall refrain from discussing further. Well she’s the one who brought it up so presumably isn’t too embarrassed? |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 8, 2024 13:13:51 GMT
Caroline Voaden said in her maiden speech that her father "came quite close to sitting on these benches" in 1983. Does anyone know which seat/party her father stood in in 1983? She was living in Scotland at the time (she was 15) so likely a seat up there somewhere. She was 14 |
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Post by WestCountryRadical on Sept 8, 2024 13:43:41 GMT
I believe her father is Keith Smith, who stood three times in Edinburgh Pentlands, 1983 and 1987 for the SDP, and 1992 for the Lib Dems.
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Post by nyx on Sept 8, 2024 14:14:32 GMT
I believe her father is Keith Smith, who stood three times in Edinburgh Pentlands, 1983 and 1987 for the SDP, and 1992 for the Lib Dems. Well, I didn't want to say it myself but yes- I was surprised at the results for googling "Keith Smith South Devon" |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 8, 2024 14:25:15 GMT
They weren't very close to winning Pentlands in 1983
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Post by nyx on Sept 8, 2024 14:29:50 GMT
They weren't very close to winning Pentlands in 1983 In terms of percentage margin not exceptionally close, but I'm sure it would have been a winnable seat in the event of the SDP doing a bit better nationally. |
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Post by jamie on Sept 8, 2024 15:02:32 GMT
Did a bit of digging and found her father's identity... plus a news story that's probably about him and which it would be a bit embarrassing for Voaden to be linked to. So I shall refrain from discussing further. Well she’s the one who brought it up so presumably isn’t too embarrassed? On that note, he was her proposer at the most recent general election. |
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Post by sonofkrautrock on Sept 8, 2024 15:12:38 GMT
The Keith Smith of the embarrassing story isn’t the Keith Smith who fought Edinburgh Pentlands.
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Post by No Offence Alan on Sept 8, 2024 15:16:50 GMT
The Keith Smith of the embarrassing story isn’t the Keith Smith who fought Edinburgh Pentlands. Yes, even allowing for 30 years passing, the South Devon Keith Smith doesn't look like the Edinburgh Keith Smith I remember. |
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