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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 23:11:37 GMT
In Aldridge if I was a betting man I would say a narrow Tory hold As usual, Ian's predictions are way out. Aldridge has been a comfortable hold. Tim Wilson first experienced campaigning in Erdington. He's learnt well :-) |
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Post by andrea on Aug 15, 2013 23:15:03 GMT
Con 1254
UKIP 615
Lab 470
LD 114
EngDem 72
23.03 turnout
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Post by Robert Waller on Aug 15, 2013 23:15:19 GMT
C 1254
UKIP 615
er ....
(Walsall Council twitter)
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Aug 15, 2013 23:16:50 GMT
Con 1254 49.7%
UKIP 615 24.4%
Lab 470 18.6%
LD 114 4.5%
ED 72 2.9%
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Post by Chris on Aug 15, 2013 23:18:49 GMT
Tough fight, especially with wind farms playing such a dominant role in the Shebbear part of the ward, but at the end of the day a win is a win! Would you be able to outline the respective positions of the candidates with regard to the wind farms you mentioned? The individual positions of the candidates were pretty much in alignment, however Penny Mills (UKIP) is the local CPRE Chairman and has received a lot of local press coverage on her opposition to turbines. I don't know of the views of the Green candidate and Bob Wootton, but both our candidate and UKIP's made it clear that they believe wind turbines should only be constructed with community consent. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Aug 15, 2013 23:19:12 GMT
Phil got the best score here too
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Post by Robert Waller on Aug 15, 2013 23:31:24 GMT
With 44 people still viewing this thread as I write, is it worth asking whether they are actually counting Hungerford tonight?
I know there was a rumour from M Smithson earlier that the C had won narrowly, but there's a mighty silence apart from that - including on the West Berkshire LD twitter site, which was making noise during the day.
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Post by Philip Davies on Aug 15, 2013 23:32:59 GMT
Hungerford...hard to think it is 26 years ago.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 15, 2013 23:37:54 GMT
Latest news is a Conservative hold with a majority of 59.
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Post by Robert Waller on Aug 15, 2013 23:39:37 GMT
Phildav
It's such a gorgeous, peaceful looking place too. I visit at least twice a year due to village cricket nearby.
In the predictions I went out on a limb that there are Labour voters there, partly because I found a council estate when looking for Hungerford Town football club.
Non league football clubs are often in the most working class parts of town. Cricket grounds often quite the opposite.
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Post by independentukip on Aug 15, 2013 23:50:03 GMT
Would you be able to outline the respective positions of the candidates with regard to the wind farms you mentioned? The individual positions of the candidates were pretty much in alignment, however Penny Mills (UKIP) is the local CPRE Chairman and has received a lot of local press coverage on her opposition to turbines. I don't know of the views of the Green candidate and Bob Wootton, but both our candidate and UKIP's made it clear that they believe wind turbines should only be constructed with community consent. Thank you very much for your reply - I have no local knowledge of this area. If both Tory and UKIP candidates were pretty much in alignment would it be the position of Torridge District and/or Devon County towards windfarms that caused it to be a dominant issue in part of the area? |
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Post by notabrummie on Aug 15, 2013 23:58:14 GMT
From Walsall website
Conservative candidate Timothy Wilson has been elected as councillor for the Aldridge Central and South ward.
The seat became vacant after the death of former Mayor, Councillor Tom Ansell, in June.
The by-election result was declared at approx 12.00am this morning (Friday 16th August).
Mr Wilson polled 1,254 votes, with UKIP candidate Liz Hazell receiving 615 votes, Labour candidate Bob Grainger receiving 470 votes, Liberal Democrat candidate Roy Sheward receiving 114 votes and English Democrats candidate Chris Newey receiving 72 votes.
The turnout was 23.03 per cent.
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Post by Khunanup on Aug 16, 2013 0:12:30 GMT
Tories definately won in Hungerford (one of our activists who is helping up there has just said as much on Facebook). No numbers yet though.
Majority of 59 confirmed, Tories over Lib Dem. No detailed numbers though.
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Post by Chris on Aug 16, 2013 0:16:16 GMT
The individual positions of the candidates were pretty much in alignment, however Penny Mills (UKIP) is the local CPRE Chairman and has received a lot of local press coverage on her opposition to turbines. I don't know of the views of the Green candidate and Bob Wootton, but both our candidate and UKIP's made it clear that they believe wind turbines should only be constructed with community consent. Thank you very much for your reply - I have no local knowledge of this area. If both Tory and UKIP candidates were pretty much in alignment would it be the position of Torridge District and/or Devon County towards windfarms that caused it to be a dominant issue in part of the area? Torridge has faced significant difficulties with wind turbine applications. The planning committee has previously refused applications only to have them overturned on appeal, leading to the council now being forced to approve numerous unpopular applications fearing a costly appeals process. It is hoped that the new planning regulations which will take into account visual impact and effect on landscape will help alleviate the issue. The fear of huge legal bills for a small district council has allowed Penny Mills to portray sitting Councillors as proponents of turbines, whilst in reality they have only been acting within the constraints of planning law. |
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Post by Pimpernal on Aug 16, 2013 6:51:39 GMT
West Berkshire By-election, Hungerford Ward:
Conservative: 48.36%
Liberal Democrat: 44.84%
Labour: 5.13%
United People’s Party: 1.67%
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 16, 2013 8:21:39 GMT
Assuming that and the 59 votes figure is accurate, it works out as:
C 811
L Dem 752
Lab 86
UPP 28
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Aug 16, 2013 8:43:49 GMT
Phildav It's such a gorgeous, peaceful looking place too. I visit at least twice a year due to village cricket nearby. In the predictions I went out on a limb that there are Labour voters there, partly because I found a council estate when looking for Hungerford Town football club. Non league football clubs are often in the most working class parts of town. Cricket grounds often quite the opposite. In a place like Hungerford, I'm not sure the existence of a council estate means too much, because there isn't enough other promising territory to sustain a functioning Labour organisation so we've tended to get squeezed out any time the Lib Dems make an effort. |
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Post by Philip Davies on Aug 16, 2013 9:05:10 GMT
Phildav It's such a gorgeous, peaceful looking place too. I visit at least twice a year due to village cricket nearby. In the predictions I went out on a limb that there are Labour voters there, partly because I found a council estate when looking for Hungerford Town football club. Non league football clubs are often in the most working class parts of town. Cricket grounds often quite the opposite. In a place like Hungerford, I'm not sure the existence of a council estate means too much, because there isn't enough other promising territory to sustain a functioning Labour organisation so we've tended to get squeezed out any time the Lib Dems make an effort. I predicted that Labour would only get 5% or so as this is in the Newbury seat where Labour haven't got above 10% since 1979. I presume the 1955-1970 version of the seat had some of the western Reading suburbs in it as Labour were able to get 35-40%. |
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Post by Philip Davies on Aug 16, 2013 9:19:03 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 16, 2013 9:50:37 GMT
Hungerford was said to be the 'negative equity capital of Britain' during the 1993 Newbury byelection, which implies (a) many council houses were bought under RTB; (b) the property market wasn't stagnant.
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