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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 25, 2013 19:13:55 GMT
Not sure there are any rules, but I think the basic idea seems to be "silly/unworkable but within reason" I think yout fourth seat might fall foul of the rules a bit, seeing as the boundaries have been in force for about 30 years - even the name isn't all that silly by your standards |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 19:19:58 GMT
Not sure there are any rules, but I think the basic idea seems to be "silly/unworkable but within reason" I think yout fourth seat might fall foul of the rules a bit, seeing as the boundaries have been in force for about 30 years - even the name isn't all that silly by your standards I didn't realise that I'd recreated an existing seat! |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 25, 2013 19:22:46 GMT
Maybe you thought you were creating a winnable LD seat  nice try, but it won;t work |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 19:27:06 GMT
"Pennine Villages" will have to be the only shot we've got then!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 21:25:09 GMT
My fantasy is where we see Tim Farron without a winnable seat. Anyone fancy coming up with this piece of erotica.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 21:40:54 GMT
My fantasy is where we see Tim Farron without a winnable seat. Anyone fancy coming up with this piece of erotica. I hope he wins and eventually become leader. Your dream may come true were my "Morecambe Bay" seat from upthread ever happened |
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Post by mrhell on Jun 25, 2013 21:44:59 GMT
Was one but not for a while. Jes South by any chance? This isn't the topic of the thread so I can't help you any further! (but I'm not Bob or Chris). |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 25, 2013 21:51:13 GMT
 Don't know about 'unwinnable' but I guess none of these would have voted LD in 2010. Valleys of Eden & Lune would be his best bet I guess though it doesn't include much of his current seat |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 25, 2013 21:58:38 GMT
There may be enough of Kendal in the Kendal and Morecambe seat for Farron to come through in what would be a three-way marginal. I think you have to split Kendal at least two ways if not three.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 22:01:32 GMT
Trying to do Merseyside but already in a bit of bother. Here's some to peruse anyway  Newton-le-Willows : 79,328 Liverpool Cathedrals 73,771 Liverpool South : 75,237 Skelmersdale and St Helens North : 79,242 |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 25, 2013 22:13:44 GMT
There may be enough of Kendal in the Kendal and Morecambe seat for Farron to come through in what would be a three-way marginal. I think you have to split Kendal at least two ways if not three. Its not clear from the mpa because the colours are too close, but I did split a bit of Kendal off into the Valleys of Eden & Lune seat. Just under 20,000 voters in Kendal and about 26,000 in total from his constituency against about 50,000 from Morecambe & Lunesdale. You're right it would probably be pretty close three ways though |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 23:15:24 GMT
Plan oust Farron: Split Kendal into 5. Furthermore all 5 of these seats must be isolated from windemere which is stuck with workington and maryport. Coniston is isolated from both windermere and kendal and stuck with Whitehaven and Barrow. Don't think any seat is of the 7 is remotely winnable. North Lanks and Cumbria have 8 seats, 4 tory 4 labour I believe.   |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 10:59:18 GMT
Pennine Villages - 73,946 Halifax - 77,569 Brighouse - 75,125 Huddersfield - 79,705  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 11:10:50 GMT
Scottish Borders, Eastern/Western  |
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Post by The Bishop on Jun 26, 2013 11:14:02 GMT
Plan oust Farron: Split Kendal into 5. Furthermore all 5 of these seats must be isolated from windemere which is stuck with workington and maryport. Coniston is isolated from both windermere and kendal and stuck with Whitehaven and Barrow. Don't think any seat is of the 7 is remotely winnable. North Lanks and Cumbria have 8 seats, 4 tory 4 labour I believe. Quite genuinely speechless at that - true genius. Any plans to formally propose it??  |
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Post by thirdchill on Jun 26, 2013 11:15:28 GMT
Wirral constituency split into three strips. Vertical strips  Horizontal strips  In both of these, one constituency is too large population-wise as the wirral is one ward too large to fit comfortably ito three constituencies. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 11:24:12 GMT
Scottish Borders, Eastern/Western Can I have constituency of Peeblesshire back please? Gone since 1868.. and these days with an electorate of about 15,000 |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 11:33:44 GMT
Scottish Borders, Eastern/Western Can I have constituency of Peeblesshire back please? Gone since 1868.. and these days with an electorate of about 15,000 The best I can offer is Peeblesshire and Clydesdale East  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 11:54:36 GMT
Pentlands, Penicuik & Peebles:  I was expecting this sort of arrangement to produce a safe Conservative seat, but looking at last year's council elections in the wards concerned, I actually get the following: SNP - 32.0% Con - 31.8% Lab - 25.2% LD - 11.0% Which means that Labour would probably find a way to win it in a Westminster election. The problem is that you can't get around the Pentlands by road without including some areas that are pretty awful for the Conservatives. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 11:57:39 GMT
The best I can offer is Peeblesshire and Clydesdale East That would in fact be Midlothian South, Tweeddale, Ettrick, Lauderdale & Clydesdale East. |
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nice try, but it won;t work
