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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2024 14:17:02 GMT
1997 / 2024
LAB 67.6% / 38.5%
CON 16.7% / 36.1%
The Battle of Orgreave was 40 years ago.
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Sibboleth
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Post by Sibboleth on Jul 8, 2024 14:52:38 GMT
Orgreave is no longer in the constituency, which also has very different boundaries to 1997.
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YL
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Post by YL on Jul 8, 2024 19:23:09 GMT
Orgreave is no longer in the constituency, which also has very different boundaries to 1997. That depends what you mean by Orgreave, though as far as the site of the Battle of Orgreave is concerned you are correct. |
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YL
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Post by YL on Jul 8, 2024 19:46:46 GMT
It's also the case that the site of the Battle of Orgreave is completely unrecognisable and is now in many ways the most middle class part of Rotherham borough. But the people living there are young, relatively well educated and have mortgages, the ward has two Labour councillors, and the Tories did not want it in this constituency. (The initial proposals kept it in, but the BCE agreed with the Tory proposal to move it to Rotherham.)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2024 1:29:21 GMT
It's also the case that the site of the Battle of Orgreave is completely unrecognisable and is now in many ways the most middle class part of Rotherham borough. But the people living there are young, relatively well educated and have mortgages, the ward has two Labour councillors, and the Tories did not want it in this constituency. (The initial proposals kept it in, but the BCE agreed with the Tory proposal to move it to Rotherham.) Fair enough. I guess there's more to this seat than Maltby and I (I'm not the only one) forget that this is effectively a county constituency, and not a borough one. |
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