Falkland Islands elections

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Phyl Rendell, Roger Edwards and Ian Hansen elected MLAs for Camp.

Edwards is re-elected; Sharon Halford, the other incumbent, is defeated, along with Melanie Gilding.

[Devonian]

Results for Camp constituency

MLAs elected

Phyl Rendell 204
Roger Edwards 162
Ian Hanson 129

Didn't manage to catch the votes of the other two

[Devonian]

Results for Stanley

Mike Summers 719
Candy Blackley 138
John Birmingham 285
Jan Cheek 333
Barry Elsby 893
Lyn Buckland 96
Gavin Short 844
Faith Felton 45
Norman Clark 148
Michael Poole 957

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Stanley: Michael Poole, Gavin Short†, Barry Elsby, Mike Summers† and Jan Cheek† elected. All three incumbents who were standing again (marked with a dagger) were successful.

Defeated were Candy Blackley, John Birmingham, Lyn Buckland, Faith Felton, Norman Clark.

[Sibboleth]

Bestiality Party hold

[Devonian]

Full results for Camp Constituency with percentage of votes and change from he last general election

Phyl Rendell 204       30.22 (-)ELECTED
Roger Edwards 162   24.00 (+0.8) ELECTED
Ian Hansen 129         19.11 (+4.53)   ELECTED
Melanie Gilding 124 18.37 (-)
Sharon Halford 56     8.3  (-14.74)

[Devonian]

Missed out Teslyn Barkman's vote.

Results for Stanley with percentage of votes and change from he last general election

Michael Poole 957 20.15 (-) ELECTED
Barry Elsby 893 18.80 (-) ELECTED
Gavin Short 844 17.77 (+4.21) ELECTED
Mike Summers 719 15.14 (+5.9) ELECTED
Jan Cheek 333 7.01 (-3.38) ELECTED
Teslyn Barkman 292 6.1 (-)
John Birmingham 285 6.00 (+0.25)
Norman Clark 148 3.12 (-2.6)
Candy Blackley 138 2.91 (-)
Lyn Buckland 96 2.02 (-)
Faith Felton 45 0.95 9(-)

[Deleted]

Nov 8, 2013 10:39:30 GMT Devonian said:

Missed out Teslyn Barkman's vote.

Results for Stanley with percentage of votes and change from he last general election

Michael Poole 957 20.15 (-) ELECTED
Barry Elsby 893 18.80 (-) ELECTED
Gavin Short 844 17.77 (+4.21) ELECTED
Mike Summers 719 15.14 (+5.9) ELECTED
Jan Cheek 333 7.01 (-3.38) ELECTED
Teslyn Barkman 292 6.1 (-)
John Birmingham 285 6.00 (+0.25)
Norman Clark 148 3.12 (-2.6)
Candy Blackley 138 2.91 (-)
Lyn Buckland 96 2.02 (-)
Faith Felton 45 0.95 9(-)

That's a big drop from Summers to Cheek; and given that she was one of the three seeking re-election, you'd have thought she'd have been up with the leading group, rather than fghting for the last seat.

[erlend]

I am not sure the share of the total vote says much. But the proportion of the voters that voted for the poll toppers is quite impressive.

957/1046 = 91%
204/242 = 84%

[Devonian]

A short clip here of people queuing at the polling station together with a clip of Michael Poole talking about the election.

[Devonian]

Nov 8, 2013 11:56:39 GMT erlend said:

I am not sure the share of the total vote says much. But the proportion of the voters that voted for the poll toppers is quite impressive.

957/1046 = 91%
204/242 = 84%

Indeed. And it seems that not only did Michael Poole get the support of 91% of voters but he is also the youngest ever member of the Islands' Assembly

Friday, 08 November 2013

BORN on October 4, 1984 Michael Poole (pictured) at just 29 years of age pulled off a landslide victory at the General Election securing a massive 957 votes in his first bid for Government Office.

Not only is Mr Poole the youngest Islander ever to be elected, it is also the first time in history that someone born after the 1982 War has become a Member of the Legislative Assembly and marks the beginning of a new era for Falklands' politics.

Mr Poole joins MLAs from the previous Assembly, Barry Elsby, Gavin Short, Mike Summers and Jan Cheek for the Stanley constituency.

Results from the Camp constituency were just as exciting with Phyl Rendell picking up an impressive 204 votes, meaning 84 per cent of Camp voters gave her one of their votes.

Former MLAs Roger Edwards and Ian Hansen rejoin the Assembly also representing the Camp constituency.

Mrs Rendell said she was relieved and overwhelmed in the face of the burden of responsibility the new role would bring. "I am looking forward to facing that responsibility and somehow I have to live up to it." Mr Poole described how at the 2009 election Dick Sawle had said he felt "humbled" when elected; "I didn't really know how that would feel," he said, adding, "but I know now it was an apt description." He added that he was, "excited, frightened and generally delighted," at the result.

For the rest of the Assembly it is back to business with six of the old guard returned to the seat of Government.
Gavin Short was his usual laid back self and was, "heading home for a cuppa coffee," to celebrate.

Mike Summers said he was delighted, adding, "now we face a huge amount of work. I'm looking forward to getting back in to it."

Barry Elsby said he had been hopeful, but not confident. "I spoke honestly and hoped people shared my views for the future of the Islands, and then it was up to the public to decide," he said.

Jan Cheek said she was appreciative people had confidence and trust in her, "in spite of some negative campaigning," that had taken place.
Ian Hansen said he had a few tense moments when a recount was required and passed his thanks to his supporters.

Roger Edwards said it was the result he has predicted, adding that he attributed his support for Camp tracks to have swung the vote in his favour.
The newly elected Assembly members will be sworn in at Government House today.

www.penguin-news.com/index.php/component/content/article/30-politics/628-michael-poole-makes-history-in-landslide-victory

[johnloony]

Nov 8, 2013 10:39:30 GMT Devonian said:

Missed out Teslyn Barkman's vote.

Results for Stanley with percentage of votes and change from he last general election

Michael Poole 957 20.15 (-) ELECTED
Barry Elsby 893 18.80 (-) ELECTED
Gavin Short 844 17.77 (+4.21) ELECTED
Mike Summers 719 15.14 (+5.9) ELECTED
Jan Cheek 333 7.01 (-3.38) ELECTED
Teslyn Barkman 292 6.1 (-)
John Birmingham 285 6.00 (+0.25)
Norman Clark 148 3.12 (-2.6)
Candy Blackley 138 2.91 (-)
Lyn Buckland 96 2.02 (-)
Faith Felton 45 0.95 9(-)

You seem to have a strange understanding of what percentages are supposed to be.

[Devonian]

Nov 10, 2013 15:17:59 GMT johnloony said:

You seem to have a strange understanding of what percentages are supposed to be.

I'm not sure what you mean by that but if you are referring to erlend's point that it would be more helpful to have the percentage of voters who voted for each candidate rather than the percentage of votes they each got I will do that.

[Devonian]

Results for Stanley with percentage of voters who voted for each candidate

Michael Poole 957        91.49% ELECTED
Barry Elsby 893             85.37% ELECTED
Gavin Short 844            80.69% ELECTED
Mike Summers 719       68.74% ELECTED
Jan Cheek 333              31.84% ELECTED
Teslyn Barkman  292    27.92%
John Birmingham 285   27.24%
Norman Clark 148        14.15%
Candy Blackley 138     13.19%
Lyn Buckland 96            9.18%
Faith Felton 45              4.3%

[Devonian]

Full results for Camp Constituency with percentage of votes who voted for each candidate

Phyl Rendell 204         84.3%   ELECTED
Roger Edwards 162    66.94% ELECTED
Ian Hansen 129          53.31%  ELECTED
Melanie Gilding 124  51.24%
Sharon Halford 56      23.14%

[erlend]

Thank you Devonian. For me ar least that is more meaningful.

To be fair to you I hav seencouncils that published results in the other way. In the context of party contests it is more obvious but in the non party election here it is I think more helpful in your latest posts.

[Deleted]

Nov 7, 2013 23:52:45 GMT joe said:

Weird how there is no deviation from a standard British accent in any way.

Listen very very carefully to the Sharon Halford video. It sounds almost like very posh 'Anglo' South African to me.

When my uncle visited the Falkland Islands, he said he found that a lot of the 'ordinary' people (i.e. those that didn't go to school/college/university in Britain) have a sort of hard-to-place 'Southern Hemisphere' type of accent.

[Deleted]

Nov 10, 2013 21:34:32 GMT @benjamin said:

Nov 7, 2013 23:52:45 GMT joe said:

Weird how there is no deviation from a standard British accent in any way.

Listen very very carefully to the Sharon Halford video. It sounds almost like very posh 'Anglo' South African to me.

When my uncle visited the Falkland Islands, he said he found that a lot of the 'ordinary' people (i.e. those that didn't go to school/college/university in Britain) have a sort of hard-to-place 'Southern Hemisphere' type of accent.

I see what you mean. I would definitely say more like New Zealand than South Africa though.

[johnloony]

Nov 10, 2013 21:01:02 GMT Devonian said:

Teslyn Barkman

I notice the mysterious appearance of a candidate whose name was not listed in the original notice of election. This explains the statement that there were eleven candidates, although only ten names were listed. Presumably it was a simple typographical error on the original notice.

[neilm]

Nov 10, 2013 21:49:07 GMT joe said:

Nov 10, 2013 21:34:32 GMT @benjamin said:

Listen very very carefully to the Sharon Halford video. It sounds almost like very posh 'Anglo' South African to me.

When my uncle visited the Falkland Islands, he said he found that a lot of the 'ordinary' people (i.e. those that didn't go to school/college/university in Britain) have a sort of hard-to-place 'Southern Hemisphere' type of accent.

I see what you mean. I would definitely say more like New Zealand than South Africa though.

It's unusual isn't it. There is a very marked accent in Gibraltar (which I occasionally adopt along with some other local peculiarities) and the same goes for the other OTs. There don't seem to be many Spanish words in use there either- I'm not expecting the Falklanders to converse in something like Llanito but I assumed they would have some words in use. I was disabused of this when I met some Falklanders at an event for people with links to the Overseas Territories.