Ynys Mon

[Penddu]

FWIW, 

Plaid 9000
Labour 6000
UKIP 3000
Cons 3000
LD 1000
SLP 500

Plaid have good candidate and good campaign - despite Syniadau spat
Lab have poor campaign and poor candidate - but popular leader
Others have nothing much going for them

[East Anglian Lefty]

A friend of mine has been keeping up a running commentary on translation errors in leaflets for the by-election.

The latest is as follows:

An interesting translation from a Tory leaflet for Thursday's by-election:
"Mae Neil wedi codi gwarth ar hanes Ynys Mon" = "Neil has published shame on the history of Anglesey". I think they may have meant "gwaith" (work).

Still, that's probably better than the UKIP effort, which was full of both spelling and grammatical errors but also apparently contained some material not in the English version, stating that UKIP’s purpose is to “seed” a party of people who understand Wales’ traditions and culture.

[marksenior]

Plaid 37 Lab 26 UKIP 14 Con 12 LD 9 SLP 2

[Deleted]

Plaid Cymru: 38.1%
Labour: 25.3%
Conservative:22.4%
UKIP: 9.4%
Liberal Democrat: 3.5%
Socialist Labour Party: 1.3%

[libfozzy]

Plaid 45%
Labour 31%
Tory 16%
Lib Dem 4%
UKIP 4%
SLP <1%

I think the Tory support is very soft here in the absence of The Druid as their candidate. Indeed, it wouldn't be inconceivable for their support to fall back down to 2007 levels (13% and UKIP to hold their deposit). I'd also be pretty worried if I was Labour and Rhun gets in. He's probably going to replace Leanne in a few years time.....

[LDCaerdydd]

Plaid ..45%
Lab ....33%
UKIP ... 9%
Con .... 8%
LD ..... 4%
Socalist 1%

[Sibboleth]

I would assume a pretty secure Plaid hold, though I've not been in the area much recently.

[Deleted]

Jul 31, 2013 17:44:57 GMT East Anglian Lefty said:

A friend of mine has been keeping up a running commentary on translation errors in leaflets for the by-election.

The latest is as follows:

An interesting translation from a Tory leaflet for Thursday's by-election:
"Mae Neil wedi codi gwarth ar hanes Ynys Mon" = "Neil has published shame on the history of Anglesey". I think they may have meant "gwaith" (work).

Still, that's probably better than the UKIP effort, which was full of both spelling and grammatical errors but also apparently contained some material not in the English version, stating that UKIP’s purpose is to “seed” a party of people who understand Wales’ traditions and culture.

The translation is "Neil has raised shame on the history of Anglesey"

The Lib Dem candidate hasn't really been paying attention

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[Andrew_S]

A reminder of this year's local election result:

docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0At91c3wX1Wu5dEhIamVuN3VKbGwxN1doUGlTdjlVR0E&usp=drive_web#gid=0

[No Offence Alan]

Aug 1, 2013 17:33:47 GMT Andrew_S said:

A reminder of this year's local election result:

docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0At91c3wX1Wu5dEhIamVuN3VKbGwxN1doUGlTdjlVR0E&usp=drive_web#gid=0

I would be very surprised if turnout tonight was as high as 50%.

A prediction:

PC 42%
Lab 30%
Con 18%
UKIP 6%
LD 3%
others 1%

[piperdave]

Anyone know if there's live coverage on any Freeview channel?

[Deleted]

Doesn't appear so.

[andrea]

BBC's Wales Aled ap Dafydd reporting Plaid have won. Apparently all eyes are on how close UKIP is to Labour

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Turnout is 42.45%

[cibwr]

Aug 1, 2013 22:34:03 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

Turnout is 42.45%

Which is quite respectable under the circumstances.

[Andrew_S]

I assume if UKIP are close to Labour it means they've comfortably beaten the Tories...

[Andrew_S]

Aug 1, 2013 22:39:29 GMT cibwr said:

Aug 1, 2013 22:34:03 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

Turnout is 42.45%

Which is quite respectable under the circumstances.

I thought it wouldn't be drastically different to the local election turnout of about 50%.

[Andrew_S]

Photo of the votes piling up in Ynys Mon:

t.co/IIZxKysR4Y

twitter.com/AledapDafydd

[Davıd Boothroyd]

And they continue to pile up:

pbs.twimg.com/media/BQnmtB-CAAEe3ix.jpg:large

[Andrew_S]

I thought you weren't supposed to be take close-up photos of votes before the result was announced.