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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 7, 2018 13:27:53 GMT
The six councillors (remember, only continuous service counts) are:
1: Tony Belton (Wandsworth, Labour) - since 13 May 1971 2: Jagdish Sharma (Hounslow, Labour) - since 2 May 1974 3=: June Slaughter (Bexley, Conservative), Michael Tickner (Bromley, Conservative), Tony Young (Ealing, Conservative), Norman Adams (Greenwich, Labour) - since 4 May 1978
The six MPs are:
1=: Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe, Conservative) and Dennis Skinner (Bolsover, Labour) - since 18 June 1970 3: Peter Bottomley (Worthing West, Conservative) - since 26 June 1975 4: Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West, Labour) - since 4 March 1976 5=: Frank Field (Birkenhead, Independent) and Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield, Labour) - since 3 May 1979
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Post by Chris from Brum on Oct 8, 2018 8:42:59 GMT
The six councillors (remember, only continuous service counts) are: 1: Tony Belton (Wandsworth, Labour) - since 13 May 1971 2: Jagdish Sharma (Hounslow, Labour) - since 2 May 1974 3=: June Slaughter (Bexley, Conservative), Michael Tickner (Bromley, Conservative), Tony Young (Ealing, Conservative), Norman Adams (Greenwich, Labour) - since 4 May 1978 The six MPs are: 1=: Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe, Conservative) and Dennis Skinner (Bolsover, Labour) - since 18 June 1970 3: Peter Bottomley (Worthing West, Conservative) - since 26 June 1975 4: Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West, Labour) - since 4 March 1976 5=: Frank Field (Birkenhead, Independent) and Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield, Labour) - since 3 May 1979 Peter Bottomley has, of course, moved seats entirely (orig. Woolwich West, later Eltham) during this period. All the others are still in their original seat or a seat that covers some or most of it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2018 15:52:53 GMT
Arkansas voted Democratic in every US Presidential election from 1876 to 1968.
It was also the only state where the Democrats won a majority of the vote in 1992.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2018 16:34:32 GMT
Vermont voted Republican in all but 1 election from 1856 through to 1988 inclusive.
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Post by Izzyeviel on Oct 28, 2018 22:50:41 GMT
Texas only had one Republican in Congress in the 1950's. It was where the southern strategy was really born and developed.
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Post by catking on Oct 29, 2018 10:10:40 GMT
True but the Republicans still won Texas in both the presidential elections of the 1950s in which Adlai Stevenson won only Southern states, with the exception of Missouri in 1956. Largely because Texas isn't really as southern state. Eastern Texas might be but West Texas is very much a South Western state.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2018 13:21:37 GMT
The Democrats won Iowa by a bigger margin in 1988 than 1992.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2018 13:23:16 GMT
The Republicans won the popular vote in the South by 1% in 1992.
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Post by martinwhelton on Oct 29, 2018 15:26:29 GMT
Though Tony Belton served as an alderman between 1974 and 78 when the position was abolished(only sitting councillor to have served as an alderman left?) as he lost his seat in 1974 so there would have been a slight gap between the actual election and the aldermanic elections which took place at the first meeting of the new council. The six councillors (remember, only continuous service counts) are: 1: Tony Belton (Wandsworth, Labour) - since 13 May 1971 2: Jagdish Sharma (Hounslow, Labour) - since 2 May 1974 3=: June Slaughter (Bexley, Conservative), Michael Tickner (Bromley, Conservative), Tony Young (Ealing, Conservative), Norman Adams (Greenwich, Labour) - since 4 May 1978 The six MPs are: 1=: Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe, Conservative) and Dennis Skinner (Bolsover, Labour) - since 18 June 1970 3: Peter Bottomley (Worthing West, Conservative) - since 26 June 1975 4: Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West, Labour) - since 4 March 1976 5=: Frank Field (Birkenhead, Independent) and Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield, Labour) - since 3 May 1979
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Post by finsobruce on Oct 29, 2018 17:31:06 GMT
Though Tony Belton served as an alderman between 1974 and 78 when the position was abolished(only sitting councillor to have served as an alderman left?) as he lost his seat in 1974 so though would have been a slight gap between the actual election and the aldermanic elections which took place at the first meeting of the new council. pretty sure that Geoffrey Samuel (Richmond-upon-Thames, Conservative), who is one of only 2 remaining Tory councillors on the Middlesex side of the river (representing Hampton North as he has done since the ward was formed in 2002) was at one point a Labour Alderman. He is certainly the only remaining councillor in London to have served on a pre-London borough council, Twickenham Borough Council. He left the Labour Party & joined the SDP in 1981 and not many years afterwards joined the Conservatives. www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/15660725.Longest_serving_Richmond_councillor_Geoffrey_Samuel_elected_60_years_ago_today/
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 29, 2018 21:16:15 GMT
Geoffrey Samuel and Tony Belton are the only two Aldermen currently left.
I seem to remember doing a look at all the 1978 outgoing Aldermen and what they did. Most of them retired.
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Post by martinwhelton on Oct 30, 2018 15:00:31 GMT
It was a quirk of the Local Government Act 1972 that they had aldermanic elections for London boroughs in 1974 when they ceased in the rest of England on the 1st April, 1974 on the implementation of the new local government structure, though I am aware they used to have six year terms which was subsequently extended to seven for those elected in 1971. Geoffrey Samuel and Tony Belton are the only two Aldermen currently left. I seem to remember doing a look at all the 1978 outgoing Aldermen and what they did. Most of them retired.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 30, 2018 15:11:22 GMT
It was a quirk of the Local Government Act 1972 that they had aldermanic elections for London boroughs in 1974 when they ceased in the rest of England on the 1st April, 1974 on the implementation of the new local government structure, though I am aware they used to have six year terms which was subsequently extended to seven for those elected in 1971. Each Alderman served for two councillor terms, so when the councillor term was extended from three years to four, the Alderman term extended as well. Aldermen were not directly abolished by the 1972 Act; instead it simply abolished all the councils that had Aldermen (except in London) and created new councils that didn't have Aldermen. Hence the need for special provision in Schedule 2 to abolish County Aldermen on the Greater London Council and Aldermen on the London Boroughs. The City of London, where they were directly elected (albeit for life in those days), was left alone. With a lot of notice, most of the high ranking councillors who were sitting as Aldermen were able to transfer back to council seats in 1974. Some resigned their Aldermanic seats to do so. Knowing the Aldermen were about to be abolished also meant that casual vacancies in the 1974-78 period were filled with some unorthodox candidates.
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Post by finsobruce on Oct 30, 2018 16:56:36 GMT
It was a quirk of the Local Government Act 1972 that they had aldermanic elections for London boroughs in 1974 when they ceased in the rest of England on the 1st April, 1974 on the implementation of the new local government structure, though I am aware they used to have six year terms which was subsequently extended to seven for those elected in 1971. Each Alderman served for two councillor terms, so when the councillor term was extended from three years to four, the Alderman term extended as well. Aldermen were not directly abolished by the 1972 Act; instead it simply abolished all the councils that had Aldermen (except in London) and created new councils that didn't have Aldermen. Hence the need for special provision in Schedule 2 to abolish County Aldermen on the Greater London Council and Aldermen on the London Boroughs. The City of London, where they were directly elected (albeit for life in those days), was left alone. With a lot of notice, most of the high ranking councillors who were sitting as Aldermen were able to transfer back to council seats in 1974. Some resigned their Aldermanic seats to do so. Knowing the Aldermen were about to be abolished also meant that casual vacancies in the 1974-78 period were filled with some unorthodox candidates.sounds fascinating. any examples?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2018 17:31:42 GMT
1980 was the last time California voted more Republican than the nation. It was also the last time a Republican won the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Oct 31, 2018 19:34:24 GMT
1980 was the last time California voted more Republican than the nation. It was also the last time a Republican won the San Francisco Bay Area. We'd have a lot of fun if it had remained a swing state into the 1990s and beyond, given how long it takes to count a big chunk of the votes there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2018 19:41:23 GMT
1980 was the last time California voted more Republican than the nation. It was also the last time a Republican won the San Francisco Bay Area. We'd have a lot of fun if it had remained a swing state into the 1990s and beyond, given how long it takes to count a big chunk of the votes there. Had he not dropped out of the race for 3 months and fired his campaign manager, Perot might well have ran Clinton close in the state in 1992. But on a more serious point this is why I like the 1976 election, far more genuine swing states!
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Oct 31, 2018 19:56:14 GMT
Retiring incumbent governor of California, Jerry Brown, has twice succeeded a Republican who used to be an actor prior to entering politics:
1st Time, in 1974/75, Brown was preceeded by Ronald Reagan
2nd Time, in 2010/11, Brown was preceeded by Arnold Schwarzenegger
I sincerely doubt that Arnie will ever get to run for president though.
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Post by manchesterman on Oct 31, 2018 22:03:43 GMT
He'll be back?
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Post by Chris from Brum on Oct 31, 2018 22:59:00 GMT
Retiring incumbent governor of California, Jerry Brown, has twice succeeded a Republican who used to be an actor prior to entering politics: 1st Time, in 1974/75, Brown was preceeded by Ronald Reagan 2nd Time, in 2010/11, Brown was preceeded by Arnold Schwarzenegger I sincerely doubt that Arnie will ever get to run for president though. As he's not American-born, he's not eligible. Boris Johnson is, though.
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