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Post by thirdchill on Sept 10, 2013 12:12:24 GMT
Liberal Democrat (2004 local elections in liverpool, 2005 General Election). Derwentside Independents (2007 local elections in Derwentside - before council abolition and merger into unitary authority). Conservative in 2008 local elections in liverpool, 2009 European Elections, General Election 2010, All local elections since then. Independent (PCC election 2012). Which constituency were you in in 2005? Liverpool Wavertree. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2013 12:44:49 GMT
My first ever vote was in the 83 General Election. As the son of a serving naval officer, living in one of the most RN-intensive constituencies (Gosport), of course I voted Conservative.
I've never voted Con since, but there was a mixture of LibDem and Labour votes until I moved to Worthing, after which it was solid LibDem until May 2012, when I voted Green for the first time - as I've never lived anywhere where I could vote for multiple candidates on one ballot paper, I've never had the luxury of splitting my ticket, but over the past 20 years I would certainly have given at least one vote of three to Green or Labour.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Sept 10, 2013 13:06:58 GMT
I think I've always voted Labour when I had the chance, except in 2006 when I genuinely can't remember who I voted for (I suspect it was Labour, but can't rule out LD) and in 2007 when my hangover was bad enough that I couldn't be bothered to stagger to the polling station in my safe ward.
Much like Bish, I also briefly considered voting for another party in 2009, but in my case it was No2EU. I decided against not because I thought Bob Crow might be elected (although that would also have been a good reason) but because they were obviously going to bomb, so it was pointless as a protest vote.
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Post by tricky on Sept 10, 2013 13:20:54 GMT
Which constituency were you in in 2005? Liverpool Wavertree. I thought I was going to get to thank someone for their vote then but you were one constituency away. Hold on though, which ward were you in in 2004? |
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Post by thirdchill on Sept 11, 2013 10:20:27 GMT
I thought I was going to get to thank someone for their vote then but you were one constituency away. Hold on though, which ward were you in in 2004? Lol, never mind  I was in the wavertree ward in 2004. It was the first and last time I voted for Warren Bradley (oh the shame!) |
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Post by greenchristian on Sept 11, 2013 17:40:07 GMT
Labour (1996 local election)
1 Lib Dem / 2 Labour (2004 local election - all-out, due to boundary changes)
Spoilt paper (2002 council election)
Lib Dem (1997, 2001, 2005 Westminster elections; 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007 local elections)
Green (2010 Westminster elections; 1999, 2004, 2009 European elections; 2008, 2010, 2012 local elections)
Independent (both votes in the police commissioner elections)
Yes (AV referendum)
Didn't vote: 2000 local elections (due to not being on the electoral roll)
Looking at those, it turns out that I have never voted for a winning candidate (though if I'd been organised enough to vote at "home" rather than at Uni in 1997, I would have done).
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Post by Andrew_S on Sept 11, 2013 18:09:21 GMT
My first ever vote was in the 83 General Election. As the son of a serving naval officer, living in one of the most RN-intensive constituencies (Gosport), of course I voted Conservative. I've never voted Con since, but there was a mixture of LibDem and Labour votes until I moved to Worthing, after which it was solid LibDem until May 2012, when I voted Green for the first time - as I've never lived anywhere where I could vote for multiple candidates on one ballot paper, I've never had the luxury of splitting my ticket, but over the past 20 years I would certainly have given at least one vote of three to Green or Labour. Do you regret voting Conservative in 1983? |
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Post by erlend on Sept 11, 2013 18:29:53 GMT
I have to say that if I had lived in a con lab marginal in 83 I would have only just voted Alliance. Labour was an impossible option.
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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 27, 2013 12:20:28 GMT
Mid Staffordshire (1983-1997), wards:
Lichfield District Council:
Armitage with Handsacre
Central (Lichfield)
Chadsmead (Lichfield)
Colton & Ridwares
Curborough (Lichfield)
King’s Bromley
Longdon
Leomansley (Lichfield)
St John’s (Lichfield)
Stowe (Lichfield)
Cannock Chase District Council:
Brereton & Ravenhill (Rugeley)
Brindley Heath
Etching Hill (Rugeley)
Hagley (Rugeley)
Western Springs (Rugeley)
Stafford Borough Council:
Barlaston
Chartley
Fulford
Haywoods
Milwich
Oulton
St Michael’s (Stone)
Stonefield & Christchurch (Stone)
Walton (Stone)
Words in brackets are not part of the official ward name.
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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 27, 2013 15:21:47 GMT
Another interestingly drawn seat from 1983-97, Shoreham:
District of Adur
District of Arun:
Angmering
East Preston & Kingston
Ferring
Findon
Rustington East
Rustington North
Rustington South
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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 30, 2013 4:09:07 GMT
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Post by Philip Davies on Oct 31, 2013 0:30:46 GMT
The parliament of Northern Ireland (1921-1969) had a constituency called Central Armagh and another called Mid Armagh. This map on David Boothroyd's site shows all the boundaries.  |
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Post by Andrew_S on Nov 6, 2013 19:33:01 GMT
There are 173 Labour seats where the LD vote was at least 15% in 2010. It would be interesting to calculate what would happen to the national shares if there were to be a 10% swing from LD to Lab in all of those seats.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Nov 7, 2013 10:38:49 GMT
In the seats where they only just scraped 15%, that strikes me as somewhat unrealistic.
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Post by neilm on Nov 9, 2013 12:50:44 GMT
Where was it that we had a councillor serving in two separate districts a few years back? Actually there were two (I'm not counting the Harrow case). Was it Adur and somewhere else?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 9, 2013 16:02:02 GMT
Sort of electoral:
Gordon Brown's participation rate in House of Commons divisions is higher in this Parliament than it was in each of the two previous Parliaments.
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Post by erlend on Nov 9, 2013 17:39:11 GMT
Interesting. My query would be to compare with Major in 97-01. I actually have no idea how he compares.
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Post by Andrew_S on Nov 13, 2013 3:17:14 GMT
With the 1983-97 boundaries did South Derbyshire share a boundary with Amber Valley?
If it did it would mean that four neighbouring constituencies had MPs from a Jewish background: Michael Fabricant in Mid Staffs, Ivan Lawrence in Burton, Edwina Currie in South Derbyshire, and Phillip Oppenheim in Amber Valley.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 13, 2013 11:08:27 GMT
No it didn't, but Peter Rost was jewish so that might help you (he retired i 1992 so that precludes Fabricant, but you have your four contiguous seats and in one of the least Jewish imaginable parts of the UK
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 13, 2013 11:12:04 GMT
I should say that he has a Jewish background, through his father. I don't know if he self identifies as Jewish or is practising or whatever
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