Wells and Mendip Hills

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Wells and Mendip Hills

[Clark]

James Heappey standing down.

Not sure if Tessa Munt is having another crack at this new seat - she'll surely fancy her chances this time - although the new boundaries will make it slightly harder than the previous Wells seat.

[andrewp]

Mar 15, 2024 11:20:47 GMT Clark said:

James Heappey standing down.

Not sure if Tessa Munt is having another crack at this new seat - she'll surely fancy her chances this time - although the new boundaries will make it slightly harder than the previous Wells seat.

She is standing again, perhaps slightly surprisingly given her age, and James Heappey not standing will help her.

[bsjmcr]

Mar 15, 2024 11:27:58 GMT andrewp said:

Mar 15, 2024 11:20:47 GMT Clark said:

James Heappey standing down.

Not sure if Tessa Munt is having another crack at this new seat - she'll surely fancy her chances this time - although the new boundaries will make it slightly harder than the previous Wells seat.

She is standing again, perhaps slightly surprisingly given her age, and James Heappey not standing will help her.

The Glastonbury guy is getting on a bit, otherwise I was wondering if he stood again, it would almost certainly scupper the LD’s chances again just like in 1997. 

[batman]

He's more than getting on a bit, he's pretty elderly & infirm. Whether Emily wants a crack, if she is Labour too & a Party member, I don't know though I doubt it.

[andrewp]

Apr 7, 2024 8:35:40 GMT bsjmcr said:

Mar 15, 2024 11:27:58 GMT andrewp said:

She is standing again, perhaps slightly surprisingly given her age, and James Heappey not standing will help her.

The Glastonbury guy is getting on a bit, otherwise I was wondering if he stood again, it would almost certainly scupper the LD’s chances again just like in 1997. 

He’s 88, so pretty unlikely. He does have several children who would have a bit of name recognition if they were interested in following in the same path

[johnloony]

Apr 7, 2024 8:35:40 GMT bsjmcr said:

Mar 15, 2024 11:27:58 GMT andrewp said:

She is standing again, perhaps slightly surprisingly given her age, and James Heappey not standing will help her.

The Glastonbury guy is getting on a bit, otherwise I was wondering if he stood again, it would almost certainly scupper the LD’s chances again just like in 1997. 

I had to look up the result for Wells in 1997 in order to find out who you meant by “the Glastonbury guy”; the Labour candidate Michael Eavis who was born in 1935. But he increased the Labour vote from 10% to 18%, with a swing directly from the Conservative Party (bypassing the Lib Dems). In other words, a fairly normal average (ish) result for what happened in 1997. Is there any particular significance in the fact that he had connections with Glastonbury? Does that make people suddenly want to rush to support Labour?

[greenhert]

Apr 7, 2024 10:09:28 GMT johnloony said:

Apr 7, 2024 8:35:40 GMT bsjmcr said:

The Glastonbury guy is getting on a bit, otherwise I was wondering if he stood again, it would almost certainly scupper the LD’s chances again just like in 1997. 

I had to look up the result for Wells in 1997 in order to find out who you meant by “the Glastonbury guy”; the Labour candidate Michael Eavis who was born in 1935. But he increased the Labour vote from 10% to 18%, with a swing directly from the Conservative Party (bypassing the Lib Dems). In other words, a fairly normal average (ish) result for what happened in 1997. Is there any particular significance in the fact that he had connections with Glastonbury? Does that make people suddenly want to rush to support Labour?

It was clearly a personal vote looking at results for the Wells constituency in which Michael Eavis was not a candidate.

[sonofkrautrock]

It’s often forgotten that in 1997 Michael Eavis’ brother was the Lib Dem agent.

[Ports]

Despite the name of the new Glastonbury and Somerton seat, Worthy Farm is still in this seat.