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Post by The Bishop on Sept 14, 2024 9:51:14 GMT
Labour needed that too, didn’t they? So the boundaries are basically fair. Except that they didn't really "need" it at all, as some of us pointed out all along. The same will likely be true for the Tories when (if?) they return to power. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2024 4:19:22 GMT
From July 2016 to January 2017, the UK Prime Minister was older than the US President. Theresa May was born in 1956, and Barack Obama was born in 1961.
Prior to that, the last time the UK PM was older than the US President was Gordon Brown (born in the 1950s) when Obama was President. John Major was born in 1943, while Bill Clinton was born in 1946. Before that, you have to go back to Douglas-Home (born in 1903) when Kennedy was President (he was born in 1917).
If Harris wins, the US President be younger, since Vice President Kamala Harris was born in 1964 and Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KC was born in 1962.
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 15, 2024 9:16:19 GMT
SFL makes an excellent point here It is a good point actually. Shame that isn't the case with most of their recent output. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2024 11:57:11 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Sept 23, 2024 12:54:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2024 15:43:25 GMT
All 2024 independents are bearded men. Specifically, those elected as independent MPs. Adam, Corbyn, Khan, Hussain and Mohamed. Of those, Mohamed's beard is best. That's just my opinion, of course.
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Post by batman on Sept 29, 2024 16:16:02 GMT
yes I don't think that Becky Long-Bailey, Zarah Sultana, Rosie Duffield or Apsana Begum have beards. Some mussels do though
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Post by batman on Sept 29, 2024 16:17:09 GMT
Perhaps the most impressive beard belongs not to any of the Independent Alliance MPs but to Jeevun Sandher (Loughborough, Lab) who is Sikh but does not wear a turban.
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Post by johnloony on Sept 29, 2024 17:41:49 GMT
Perhaps the most impressive beard belongs not to any of the Independent Alliance MPs but to Jeevun Sandher (Loughborough, Lab) who is Sikh but does not wear a turban. Google images doesn't suggest that it's particularly "impressive". Is it the sort that is very long, but tightly rolled up? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2024 18:28:41 GMT
Perhaps the most impressive beard belongs not to any of the Independent Alliance MPs but to Jeevun Sandher (Loughborough, Lab) who is Sikh but does not wear a turban. Jas Athwal has a decent beard. Credit where credit’s due, just saying. |
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Post by michaelarden on Sept 29, 2024 19:12:33 GMT
All 2024 independents are bearded men. Specifically, those elected as independent MPs. Adam, Corbyn, Khan, Hussain and Mohamed. Of those, Mohamed's beard is best. That's just my opinion, of course. Shockat Adam is clean shaven. |
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Post by johnloony on Sept 29, 2024 20:15:22 GMT
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Post by michaelarden on Sept 29, 2024 22:42:55 GMT
Woops though it's not much of a beard. |
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Post by andrewp on Sept 30, 2024 14:45:16 GMT
I have been looking at the number of councillors each party has in each of the 650 parliamentary constituencies on the new boundaries. This is the position as at 30/9/24 and incorporates by election and changes through defection up to that date.
*In this analysis i have included District, London borough, Met borough and Unitary councillors in England ( all except county Councillors) and Unitary councillors in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Where wards cross parliamentary constituency boundaries, for single member wards i have allocated the councillor to the constituency where the majority of the ward sits. Where a multi member ward crosses parliamentary boundaries i have allocated the councillors in proportion to the population in each constituency.
Labour
Have an overall majority of councillors in 220 parliamentary constituencies.
And have a plurality, but not a majority, in a further 72 parliamentary constituencies
Total: Labour has the most councillors in 292 constituencies.
Conservatives
Overall majority of councillors in 77
Plurality, not a majority, in a further 66
Total: 143 constituencies.
Lib Dems
Overall majority of councillors in 65
Plurality, not a majority, in a further 34
Total: 99 constituencies.
Greens
Overall majority in 3 ( Bristol Central, Bristol E, Sheffield Central)
Plurality, not a majority, in a further 7
Total: 10
SNP
Overall majority in 2
Plurality, not a majority, in a further 29
Total 31
Other parties/ groups
Independents have a majority in 6 constituencies and a plurality in a further 13
Plaid Cymru have a majority in 3 constituencies and a plurality in a further 2
Residents have a majority in 2 constituencies and a plurality in a further 5
Aspire have a majority in 2 constituencies
There are then 24 constituencies in England, Wales or Scotland where 2 or more parties have equal numbers of councillors and are thus not included above.
Full slates
There are 22 constituencies where one party has a full slate of all of the councillors
Labour 19: Birmingham Ladywood, Brent East, Chorley, Coventry East, Dulwich & West Norwood, Ealing North, Ealing Southall, Greenwich and Woolwich, Holborn & St Pancras, Ilford South, Lewisham East, Lewisham W & E Dulwich, Normanton & Hemsworth, Nottingham East, Peckham, Smethwick, Stretford & Urmston, Tottenham, Vauxhall & Camberwell Green
Conservative 2: Croydon S and Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner
Green1: Bristol Central
There are only 6 constituencies which have a majority of Labour councillors and a non Labour MP- Basildon & Billericay ( Con MP), Birmingam Perry Barr, Blackburn, Islington North and Leicester South ( all Ind MPs) and Chorley.
There are 14 constituencies which have a majority of LD councillors but not a LD MP- Aylesbury, Birmingham Yardley, Durham Central, Hull E, Penistone & Stocksbrige, Portsmouth S, Sheffield Hallam, Watford, York Outer( Lab MPs). Godalming & Ash, Hamble Valley, Harborough, Oadby & Wigston, Hinckley & Bosworth, Romsey & Southampton N ( Con MPs)
There are 43 parliamentary constituencies with a Conservative MP AND a majority of Conservative councillors- Aldridge Brownhills, Beaconsfield, Brentwood & Ongar, Bridgwater, Brigg & Immingham, Broxbourne, Buckinghamshire Mid, Cambridgeshire NE, Chester S & Eddisbury, Chingford & Woodford Green, Croydon South, Daventry, Dorset North, Droitwich & Evesham, Fareham, Fylde, Hampshire NW, Harrow East, Herne bay & sandwich, Kingswinford & South Staffs, Leicester E, Leicestershire Mid, Leicestershire South, Meriden, New Forest West, Norfolk Mid, Northamptonshire South, Old Bexley & Sidcup, Orpington, Richmond & Northallerton, Romford, Ruislip Northwood & Pinner, Salisbury, Sevenoaks, Solihull W & Shirley, Stockton West, Stone Great Wyrley & Penkridge, Sutton Coldfield, Weald of Kent, Wetherby & Easingwold, Wiltshire East, Witham and Wyre Forest.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 30, 2024 15:08:14 GMT
That's a lot of work. I've done this myself a couple of times in the past with the intention of keeping it up to date with by-election and defection changes but always failed in that.
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Post by andrewp on Sept 30, 2024 15:14:05 GMT
That's a lot of work. I've done this myself a couple of times in the past with the intention of keeping it up to date with by-election and defection changes but always failed in that. I’ve done it in the past too. I started collating this several weeks ago, and have been going back and updating as I’ve gone along as things changed before I finished. Hemel Hempstead switched from LD plurality to Con plurality with the bunch leaving the LD group last week. I’m going to try and keep it up to date! |
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Post by andrewp on Sept 30, 2024 15:38:16 GMT
Also, these are the constituencies with the fewest number of councillors from the party of the MP
0- Aylesbury, Labour
0- Castle Point- Con
0- Chesham & Amersham-LD
0- Boston & Skegness- REFUK
0- Great Yarmouth- ReFUK
0- Hornchurch & Upminster- Con
0- Nah Eileanan an lar- Labour
0- Orkney & Shetland-LD
0- St Austell & Newquay- Labour
1- Basildon S & Thurrock E- REFUK
1- Shropshire N- LD
2- Cornwall SE- Labour
2- Dorset S- Labour
2- Northampton South- Labour
2- Pendle & Clitheroe- Labour
2- Poole- Labour
2- Portsmouth North- Labour
2- Sheffield Hallam- Labour
2- Somerset North- Labour
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2024 15:44:37 GMT
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Post by iain on Sept 30, 2024 15:50:25 GMT
I believe there is one Lib Dem councillor who represents a division split between Chesham and Mid Bucks, though I guess you are apportioning councillors to the seat mostly covered by their ward / division in cases of splits.
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Post by andrewp on Sept 30, 2024 16:00:23 GMT
I believe there is one Lib Dem councillor who represents a division split between Chesham and Mid Bucks, though I guess you are apportioning councillors to the seat mostly covered by their ward / division in cases of splits. Yes, you are right- Chiltern Ridges division, the majority of which is in Mid Bucks, but a minority is in Chesham, so that councillor was allocated to Mid Bucks. I imagine that it will not be a LD 0 in that constituency after May 2025. |
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