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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 7, 2014 21:49:54 GMT
The retiring Cllr has only been in for two years insulted the armed forces in a town that wears it's links to the armed forces with pride, then resigned, even though I've been out of it recently I didn't think Labour stood a chance. It's alright insulting the monarchy when you represent east ward but that kind of thing doesn't play well in the suburbs. And Labour has had quite an even history of winning Ramsbottom even when the boundaries were better to the Conservatives. This is a rather stupid comment, Stuart. You are misrepresenting the councillor in question, with whom I was acquainted. That she resigned was down to family circumstances and a recent problem with clinical depression. You will search long and hard in the Bury Times for that particular circumstance. I suggest you consider that when making comments of the sort that you and Peter Whitehead have. What comment have I made that's got your goat? |
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Post by froome on Mar 8, 2014 7:10:00 GMT
Question for Mark Senior, I suppose - Does the positive Wiltshire result make up for the pathetic Lib Dem results elsewhere this week? For me, the answer, along with a small number of Lib Dem gains and holds in recent weeks, does show that given a favourable wind (reasonably active campaign, well known / respected candidate etc) that Lib Dems can buck the trend, but that the overwhelming likelihood is that areas will have lost their edge in activist numbers and quality. I thought that the Ethandune result was quite an impressive showing by the Lib Dems, given that it is a ward that has always been safely Conservative. The Lib Dems did well in the Wiltshire UA elections last year, making a number of gains, and with this result, in a part of the county some distance away from where they usually do best (around Chippenham), they obviously still have a reasonably well organised party in the county. Having said that, I'm surprised they didn't manage to win the Bradford on Avon town council seat. I'm also surprised that UKIP haven't managed to make more of an impression in Wiltshire. The Conservative vote in the county does seem to be staying mainly with that party, unlike some nearby counties. |
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Post by marksenior on Mar 8, 2014 12:35:45 GMT
Question for Mark Senior, I suppose - Does the positive Wiltshire result make up for the pathetic Lib Dem results elsewhere this week? For me, the answer, along with a small number of Lib Dem gains and holds in recent weeks, does show that given a favourable wind (reasonably active campaign, well known / respected candidate etc) that Lib Dems can buck the trend, but that the overwhelming likelihood is that areas will have lost their edge in activist numbers and quality. I thought that the Ethandune result was quite an impressive showing by the Lib Dems, given that it is a ward that has always been safely Conservative. The Lib Dems did well in the Wiltshire UA elections last year, making a number of gains, and with this result, in a part of the county some distance away from where they usually do best (around Chippenham), they obviously still have a reasonably well organised party in the county. Having said that, I'm surprised they didn't manage to win the Bradford on Avon town council seat. I'm also surprised that UKIP haven't managed to make more of an impression in Wiltshire. The Conservative vote in the county does seem to be staying mainly with that party, unlike some nearby counties. Agree the Ethandune result was good for the Lib Dems even though their candidate was from Westbury so not completely local . I also expected to win the Bradford On Avon TC by election . Their vote was pretty solid but the Conservative vote was well up on the UA election . Perhaps the Conservative candidate had a large personal following . There was no election in the TC in this ward in 2013 . 3 X Lib Dem 2 X Con and 1 No Desc elected unopposed . As far as I can make out the seat vacated was that of one of the 2 Conservatives . |
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Post by middleenglander on Mar 8, 2014 13:43:59 GMT
There was no election in the TC in this ward in 2013 . 3 X Lib Dem 2 X Con and 1 No Desc elected unopposed . As far as I can make out the seat vacated was that of one of the 2 Conservatives . The No Description Councillor sadly died on 12th June 2013. A by-election was held on 19th September with a Conservative winning the seat after polling 412 votes to the Lib Dem's 313 and "Independent Bradford Born Accountant" 226. A Conservative Councillor then resigned between a Council Meeting on 26th November and the next on 17th December, resulting in this week's by-election. |
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Post by marksenior on Mar 8, 2014 14:32:02 GMT
There was no election in the TC in this ward in 2013 . 3 X Lib Dem 2 X Con and 1 No Desc elected unopposed . As far as I can make out the seat vacated was that of one of the 2 Conservatives . The No Description Councillor sadly died on 12th June 2013. A by-election was held on 19th September with a Conservative winning the seat after polling 412 votes to the Lib Dem's 313 and "Independent Bradford Born Accountant" 226. A Conservative Councillor then resigned between a Council Meeting on 26th November and the next on 17th December, resulting in this week's by-election. thanks for that explanation , middleenglander . |
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Post by brianj on Mar 9, 2014 5:56:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2014 14:51:25 GMT
I have to say, though it hurts to do so, the Ramsbottom result in Bury was a good one for the Tories winning the seat with a 11.8% swing against Labour at this time and of course Bury has two Marginal seats, one Labour, one Tory and whoever wins in 2015 has have both of these to be the Government with an overall majority.
Were there purely Local Issues involved in this by-election? One can be against the involvement of UK Troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and want them kept out of Syria and nowhere near The Ukraine but still have a great respect for British Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen as I have.
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