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Post by hullenedge on Jul 24, 2014 22:59:23 GMT
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jul 25, 2014 13:01:50 GMT
A few scans from the Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Evening Post and The Journal. Interesting, Scarborough:Northstead had three Conservative candidates for a two-seat ward. And Streonshalh was well into its tradition of having dozens of candidates. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 25, 2014 13:21:13 GMT
And none of them were the Steward.
My parents would have voted in Newby ward in that election. I wonder who for.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2014 16:51:44 GMT
Some of the results flashed up during the morning after Decision '79 programme, as they were held on the same day as the general election, although they didn't go into much detail.
Perhaps the most unfortunate thing about these local elections is that they helped to make the BBC's election night coverage rather dull, despite the significance of the occasion, by prolonging the time it took for the results to come through - but the channel also didn't broadcast much in the way of declarations. I wonder if the ITN coverage was any more exciting.
The most surprising result at the time would probably have been Labour losing Thurrock, although with hindsight it showed the first signs of the parliamentary seat becoming competitive.
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Post by hullenedge on Jul 28, 2014 19:42:53 GMT
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Post by lbarnes on Jul 29, 2014 22:46:04 GMT
HALTON 1979
Castlefields (6378)
Colin-Thome D (Lab) 2,996
Naylor C (Con) 1,587
Turnout 72.7%
Grange (4820)
*Rose S (Lab) 2,259
Barton C (Con) 1,290
Turnout 74.4%
Hale (1477)
*Howell W (Ind) 635
Bucknall J (Con) 510
Turnout 78.5%
Heath (4762)
Lewis I (Con) 2,103
Eastup J (Lab) 1,046
Carling R (Lib) 780
Turnout 83.2%
Mersey (4685)
*Hughes H (Con) 1,550
Barber W (Lab) 1,341
White C (Lib) 709
Turnout 78%
Norton (10570)
Green J (Lab) 3,481
Boden J (Con) 2,142
Foster W (Lib) 1,303
Harding P (Ind) 249
Turnout 69.3%
Weston (4121)
*Eastup R (Lab) 1,600
Woods R(Con) 1,294
Baker S (Lib) 484
Turnout 83.4%
I think these complete the set for Halton.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 29, 2014 23:03:56 GMT
HALTON 1979 Castlefields (6378) Colin-Thome D (Lab) 2,996 Naylor C (Con) 1,587 Turnout 72.7% The winner there is Dr David Colin-Thomé (b. 1943), who has had a long career involving both politics and medicine. His main job was as a GP at Castlefields Health Centre Runcorn, from 1971 until retiring in March 2007. He was also Labour candidate for Warrington South in the 1983 election, and his career on Halton council ran until 1990. On the eve of the 1992 general election he was quoted (although his name was slightly wrong) by John Major in support of some Conservative health policies: hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1992/mar/05/engagements#S6CV0205P0_19920305_HOC_114. Later in life he became a Department of Health official: National Clinical Director for Primary Care from May 2001 until 2011, but he still has several appointments. Here he is speaking in 2012: |
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Post by bungle on Jul 30, 2014 15:00:53 GMT
Great to see this - would love to see more. Quicker to scan than input into Excel...
It is interesting to see who is still around in some of the North Yorkshire districts - there's a few. What is also noticeable between now and then is the decline of the independents, the rise of the political parties and the consequential decline in the numebr of unopposed returns (at least 19 seats unopposed that I can spot in Ryedale compared to 8 in 2011). Several people I can see who were elected then as 'Ind' are now 'Con' like David Jeffels in Scarborough BC
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jul 30, 2014 15:24:48 GMT
It is interesting to see who is still around in some of the North Yorkshire districts - there's a few. I keep going further and further back and Dorothy Clegg is still there in Whitby. I was chatting to her in the Town Hall a couple of weeks ago while doing the marked register. You wouldn't think she was 82. What is also noticeable between now and then is the decline of the independents, (...) Several people I can see who were elected then as 'Ind' are now 'Con' like David Jeffels in Scarborough BC About a third the Independent Group joined the Conservatives a few months before the 2011 elections (including the above-mentioned Dorothy Clegg - who I think was originally elected back in the mists of time as a Liberal). |
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Post by bungle on Jul 30, 2014 21:55:49 GMT
keep going further and further back and Dorothy Clegg is still there in Whitby. I was chatting to her in the Town Hall a couple of weeks ago while doing the marked register. You wouldn't think she was 82. Indeed she hangs on in Streonshalh. Although to quote Victoria Wood 'we feel she needs a little updating eyeshadow-wise' democracy.scarborough.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=117Speaking of others on the results list I had the pleasure of chatting with Godfrey Allanson at a concert last year. I know he's been there since 1973. At least he was standing as a Conservative throughout. About a third the Independent Group joined the Conservatives a few months before the 2011 elections (including the above-mentioned Dorothy Clegg - who I think was originally elected back in the mists of time as a Liberal). But this is Scarborough so I'm not surprised - ok, not quite as rainbow as Stoke, not quite as many by-elections as Blackpool but it scores highly on both. Makes it interesting at least.... |
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