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Post by stb12 on Mar 14, 2024 2:18:21 GMT
Bangor Aberconwy
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Mar 28, 2024 0:13:40 GMT
A while back I got a leaflet from the Plaid Cymru candidate and the other day I heard that the Labour candidate has been doing the rounds near where I live.
The candidates that I know of standing here are:
Robin Millar - Conservative (incumbent)
Claire Hughes - Labour
Catrin Wager - Plaid Cymru
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Post by dp1811 on Apr 1, 2024 8:59:48 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 1, 2024 11:39:19 GMT
Any relation to Roger Roberts? |
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 1, 2024 14:39:31 GMT
Any relation to Roger Roberts? His children are Gareth, Rhian and Sian. Gareth was the Lib Dem candidate in Conwy in 2005. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 1, 2024 15:06:14 GMT
Any relation to Roger Roberts? His children are Gareth, Rhian and Sian. Gareth was the Lib Dem candidate in Conwy in 2005. Could be a granddaughter given his age. I accept Roberts may not be an uncommon surname |
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Post by maxque on Apr 1, 2024 15:20:53 GMT
She is from Llandudno, after all.
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 1, 2024 15:32:16 GMT
His children are Gareth, Rhian and Sian. Gareth was the Lib Dem candidate in Conwy in 2005. Could be a granddaughter given his age. I accept Roberts may not be an uncommon surname Indeed so, but you think she'd mention it in her bio if she was. |
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Post by Foggy on Apr 1, 2024 20:02:55 GMT
Not that I made a beeline for her social media or anything, but there's a picture on there of her posing with Roger and referring to 'passing the torch' but she doesn't directly call him Taid or the like so I'm presuming there's no (close) relation.
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Apr 10, 2024 18:24:04 GMT
Two more candidates identified:
Petra Haig - Green (was also candidate for the party at the 2015 General and 2016 Welsh Assembly elections)
Thomas John Clark - Reform
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Post by prv on May 3, 2024 17:13:56 GMT
Any relation to Roger Roberts? Given that I know both of them, I can confirm that she is not related to him. |
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Jun 2, 2024 23:36:36 GMT
Another candidate enters the fray:
John Humberstone - Workers Party
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Post by iain on Jun 8, 2024 13:05:37 GMT
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Post by Penddu on Jun 14, 2024 4:26:31 GMT
Hmm- I don't know why people are underrating Plaid here... They previously held former Aberconwy in Senedd, there are plenty of Plaid voters in Bangor - as well as the inland areas of Conwy (previously in Clwyd West). I think Plaid will come second here this time - and reasonably close.
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Post by stb12 on Jun 14, 2024 7:22:04 GMT
Hmm- I don't know why people are underrating Plaid here... They previously held former Aberconwy in Senedd, there are plenty of Plaid voters in Bangor - as well as the inland areas of Conwy (previously in Clwyd West). I think Plaid will come second here this time - and reasonably close. I’m not great with my Welsh seat knowledge, when checking the notional results Labour were the clear challengers. But I can see Plaid have a decent third spot vote so I’ll re-add the poll with them as an option |
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Post by johng on Jun 14, 2024 10:39:10 GMT
Hmm- I don't know why people are underrating Plaid here... They previously held former Aberconwy in Senedd, there are plenty of Plaid voters in Bangor - as well as the inland areas of Conwy (previously in Clwyd West). I think Plaid will come second here this time - and reasonably close. Given this is, under 2019 numbers, a Labour - Con marginal, I think there are lots of votes to squeeze in places like Bangor.
I have no inside info, but I imagine Plaid will be in third just behind the Tories and a long way behind Labour. There's just not enough Costa Geriatrica for Reform to do really well.
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Post by nyx on Jun 14, 2024 22:09:44 GMT
Hmm- I don't know why people are underrating Plaid here... They previously held former Aberconwy in Senedd, there are plenty of Plaid voters in Bangor - as well as the inland areas of Conwy (previously in Clwyd West). I think Plaid will come second here this time - and reasonably close. I'm not sure why Hywel Williams didn't run for reelection here. Having the incumbency bonus might have given them a better chance. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jun 14, 2024 22:21:09 GMT
Hmm- I don't know why people are underrating Plaid here... They previously held former Aberconwy in Senedd, there are plenty of Plaid voters in Bangor - as well as the inland areas of Conwy (previously in Clwyd West). I think Plaid will come second here this time - and reasonably close. Plaid usually do better in Senedd elections (see certain South Wales seats for example) and they also had a strong candidate who - I suspect - picked up a personal vote. |
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Post by greenhert on Jun 15, 2024 11:51:58 GMT
Hmm- I don't know why people are underrating Plaid here... They previously held former Aberconwy in Senedd, there are plenty of Plaid voters in Bangor - as well as the inland areas of Conwy (previously in Clwyd West). I think Plaid will come second here this time - and reasonably close. I'm not sure why Hywel Williams didn't run for reelection here. Having the incumbency bonus might have given them a better chance. Hywel Williams is 73 years of age now and when he stepped down he had been an MP for 23 years anyway. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Jun 15, 2024 12:04:51 GMT
Williams was a very low profile MP, even locally, so I doubt there would have been any incumbency bonus for him. He was going to retire even if an election had been called prior to the boundary changes going through.
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