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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 19, 2018 23:06:16 GMT
Merthyr Tydfil has had only four MPs since 1934.
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 19, 2018 23:10:14 GMT
Merthyr Tydfil has had only four MPs since 1934. And Kingston Upon Hull East has only had four since 1935. Had Labour's George Muff (no, really) not managed to lose the seat in the debacle of 1931, it would have only had four since 1929. Muff lost the seat to a Tory called Brigadier General Nation.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 19, 2018 23:12:06 GMT
Dagenham has also had only four MPs since 1935 (it was within South East Essex 1935-45, and part of Dagenham and Rainham since 2010).
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 19, 2018 23:13:21 GMT
Now I think, Stone has had only four MPs since 1918 (and three since 1922).
EDIT: Checking on that, no - Stone was in Mid Staffordshire in 1983-97. But the western part of the county of Staffordshire, including Eccleshall, was in Stone constituency 1918-50, in Stafford and Stone 1950-83, in Stafford 1983-97, and in Stone since 1997. So I'd put Eccleshall Staffs forward as the town with the fewest MPs in the last century.
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Post by Andrew_S on Jul 20, 2018 0:05:45 GMT
Now I think, Stone has had only four MPs since 1918 (and three since 1922). EDIT: Checking on that, no - Stone was in Mid Staffordshire in 1983-97. But the western part of the county of Staffordshire, including Eccleshall, was in Stone constituency 1918-50, in Stafford and Stone 1950-83, in Stafford 1983-97, and in Stone since 1997. So I'd put Eccleshall Staffs forward as the town with the fewest MPs in the last century. The Mid Staffs seat was a rather silly creation by the Boundary Commission, putting three towns that don't have a lot in common with each other in the same constituency, namely Stone, Rugeley and Lichfield. They've been in different seats since 1997 and probably always before 1983.
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Post by warofdreams on Jul 20, 2018 0:38:37 GMT
Now I think, Stone has had only four MPs since 1918 (and three since 1922). EDIT: Checking on that, no - Stone was in Mid Staffordshire in 1983-97. But the western part of the county of Staffordshire, including Eccleshall, was in Stone constituency 1918-50, in Stafford and Stone 1950-83, in Stafford 1983-97, and in Stone since 1997. So I'd put Eccleshall Staffs forward as the town with the fewest MPs in the last century. Lambeth North/Vauxhall equals it: Frank Briant (1918-1929; 1931-1934) George Strauss (1929-1931; 1934-1979) Stuart Holland (1979-1989) Kate Hoey (1989-present) As do both of the current Worthing seats: Earl Winterton (1918-1945) Otho Prior-Palmer (1945-1964) Terrence Higgins (1964-1997) Tim Loughton (East)/Peter Bottomley (West) (1997-present) Winterton was MP for Horsham from 1904, but I'm not clear whether that included Worthing.
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Post by greenchristian on Jul 20, 2018 10:27:30 GMT
Now I think, Stone has had only four MPs since 1918 (and three since 1922). EDIT: Checking on that, no - Stone was in Mid Staffordshire in 1983-97. But the western part of the county of Staffordshire, including Eccleshall, was in Stone constituency 1918-50, in Stafford and Stone 1950-83, in Stafford 1983-97, and in Stone since 1997. So I'd put Eccleshall Staffs forward as the town with the fewest MPs in the last century. The Mid Staffs seat was a rather silly creation by the Boundary Commission, putting three towns that don't have a lot in common with each other in the same constituency, namely Stone, Rugeley and Lichfield. They've been in different seats since 1997 and probably always before 1983. To be fair, that's true for pretty much all of the "Mid-county name" seats, which pretty much always consist of the leftover bits in whichever boundary review they were originally created.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 20, 2018 10:42:21 GMT
The Mid Staffs seat was a rather silly creation by the Boundary Commission, putting three towns that don't have a lot in common with each other in the same constituency, namely Stone, Rugeley and Lichfield. They've been in different seats since 1997 and probably always before 1983. To be fair, that's true for pretty much all of the "Mid-county name" seats, which pretty much always consist of the leftover bits in whichever boundary review they were originally created. Not to the same extent. Mid Sussex for example is a reasonably longstanding seat now and is perfectly coherent being based largely on the local government of the same name and all three towns are well connected. Mid Bedfordshire, Mid Worcestershire and even Mid Norfolk hold together reasonably well. Certainly the Mid Kent seat which existed from 1983 to 1997 was a complete dogs breakfast
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Post by greatkingrat on Jul 20, 2018 11:00:15 GMT
Hornsey and Wood Green has had three consecutive female MPs (two Labour, one Lib Dem). Hornsey and Erewash both go back to 1992. Peckham goes back to 1982 which may be in second place in terms of time. Barking - Feb 1974 (Jo Richardson / Margaret Hodge) Wallasey - Feb 1974 (Lynda Chalker / Angela Eagle) Some of Congleton (Sandbach/Alsager area) - Feb 1974 (Gwyneth Dunwoody / Ann Winterton / Fiona Bruce) Mitcham & Morden - Jun 1982 (Angela Rumbold / Siobhain McDonagh) Peckham - Oct 1982 (Harriet Harman)
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Jul 20, 2018 16:24:27 GMT
Now I think, Stone has had only four MPs since 1918 (and three since 1922). EDIT: Checking on that, no - Stone was in Mid Staffordshire in 1983-97. But the western part of the county of Staffordshire, including Eccleshall, was in Stone constituency 1918-50, in Stafford and Stone 1950-83, in Stafford 1983-97, and in Stone since 1997. So I'd put Eccleshall Staffs forward as the town with the fewest MPs in the last century. An interesting thing about Stone is that in some ways Bill Cash effectively succeeded Hugh Fraser twice- the first and most obvious being the 1984 Stafford by-election, but also when he got elected to the newly re-created Stone constituency, which was last held by one Hugh Fraser.
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 20, 2018 16:33:02 GMT
What % of seats have had female MPs Katy some point? Aside from Chesham & Amersham, I don't think any others in Buckinghamshire have. She wasn't called Katy but Phyllis Starkey was MP for Milton Keynes South (1997-2010).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 16:36:55 GMT
What % of seats have had female MPs Katy some point? Aside from Chesham & Amersham, I don't think any others in Buckinghamshire have. She wasn't called Katy but Phyllis Starkey was MP for Milton Keynes South (1997-2010). Oh bugger, forgot about her.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 16:38:24 GMT
Prior to 2005 Wandsworth's 3 seats all had male MPs - since 2016 they've all been female.
Since 2018, Lewisham has also had only female MPs and in the same year Labour won every council seat for the first time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2018 13:24:19 GMT
Won by under 1,000 votes in 2015; won by under 500 votes in 2017:
Barrow & Furness Newcastle-under-Lyme
Won by under 100 votes in 2010; won by under 1000 votes in 2015 and under 500 votes in 2017:
Thurrock
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jul 30, 2018 13:32:41 GMT
Now I think, Stone has had only four MPs since 1918 (and three since 1922). EDIT: Checking on that, no - Stone was in Mid Staffordshire in 1983-97. But the western part of the county of Staffordshire, including Eccleshall, was in Stone constituency 1918-50, in Stafford and Stone 1950-83, in Stafford 1983-97, and in Stone since 1997. So I'd put Eccleshall Staffs forward as the town with the fewest MPs in the last century. Lambeth North/Vauxhall equals it: Frank Briant (1918-1929; 1931-1934) George Strauss (1929-1931; 1934-1979) Stuart Holland (1979-1989) Kate Hoey (1989-present) As do both of the current Worthing seats: Earl Winterton (1918-1945) Otho Prior-Palmer (1945-1964) Terrence Higgins (1964-1997) Tim Loughton (East)/Peter Bottomley (West) (1997-present) Winterton was MP for Horsham from 1904, but I'm not clear whether that included Worthing. Cardiff/Cardiff South/South & Penarth comes close with six since 1915: James Cory (1915-1923) Arthur Henderson (1923-1924 & 29-31) Arthur Evans (1924-1929 & 31-45) James Callaghan (1945-1987) Alun Michael (1987-2012) Stephen Doughty (2012-date)
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 18, 2018 21:28:39 GMT
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Post by greatkingrat on Aug 19, 2018 13:03:07 GMT
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Post by islington on Aug 23, 2018 13:05:03 GMT
Now I think, Stone has had only four MPs since 1918 (and three since 1922). EDIT: Checking on that, no - Stone was in Mid Staffordshire in 1983-97. But the western part of the county of Staffordshire, including Eccleshall, was in Stone constituency 1918-50, in Stafford and Stone 1950-83, in Stafford 1983-97, and in Stone since 1997. So I'd put Eccleshall Staffs forward as the town with the fewest MPs in the last century. Lambeth North/Vauxhall equals it: Frank Briant (1918-1929; 1931-1934) George Strauss (1929-1931; 1934-1979) Stuart Holland (1979-1989) Kate Hoey (1989-present) As do both of the current Worthing seats: Earl Winterton (1918-1945) Otho Prior-Palmer (1945-1964) Terrence Higgins (1964-1997) Tim Loughton (East)/Peter Bottomley (West) (1997-present) Winterton was MP for Horsham from 1904, but I'm not clear whether that included Worthing. Sadly not. From 1885 to 1918 Worthing was in the Lewes seat, which straddled the boundary between East and West Sussex. The Horsham seat between these years was basically the northern half of West Sussex and came nowhere near the coast.
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Post by greenhert on Sept 17, 2018 10:38:16 GMT
In the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, Mid and West Wales managed a first in those elections by not electing a single Labour AM at constituency level (only at list level). It is also the only Welsh region where Labour have never topped the poll (in fact they have finished third behind Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives in the last three Welsh Assembly elections).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 6:03:17 GMT
In the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, Mid and West Wales managed a first in those elections by not electing a single Labour AM at constituency level (only at list level). It is also the only Welsh region where Labour have never topped the poll (in fact they have finished third behind Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives in the last three Welsh Assembly elections). Hardly that surprising. Brecon & Radnor and Ceredigion haven’t voted Labour since the 70s, and Montgomeryshire hasn’t ever done so.
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