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Post by yellowperil on Apr 28, 2019 15:32:47 GMT
Agreed in all particulars. Did you visit the Towner Gallery in your tour? I did, a little gem, and the Jerwood in Hastings (the construction of which the fishing community had resisted apparently). My partner was doing an art quilting event in Eastbourne and I had a couple of days to potter around. Just pointing out the Jerwood is about to close and will lose most of its permanent collection. It has been dogged with disputes ever since conception - the existential battle with the local fishermen just one of many problems, the battle between the local management and the Jerwood Foundation probably being even more fundamental. Will reopen in July,I think, as Hastings Contemporary, which is probably a deliberate aping of the Turner Contemporary. Agree about the Towner,btw. |
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 30, 2019 13:42:26 GMT
The net figures for 1969 for England & Wales (as published by Conservative Central Office):-  A slight improvement for Labour compared to the nadir of 1968. Gains in Barrow, Crewe, Derby, Ilkeston, Jarrow, Leeds, Llanelli, Nottingham, Port Talbot, Sheffield (6% swing to Lab), Whitehaven and Widnes. |
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Post by oldhamexile on May 2, 2019 16:29:03 GMT
Found the clipping:-  The Communist councillor sat until 1947. Thanks.. still has me boggled.. Andover was around 8,000 people then and the most boring of market towns.. the whole of the lumpenproleteriat would have fit in a phone box... I shall investigate this some more and report back... A prominent figure in the Andover branch of the Communist Party at this time was Prof. Hyman Levy, who was Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College, London, but also maintained a house at Stoke, near Andover. His sons were also active communists. |
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Post by finsobruce on May 2, 2019 16:39:25 GMT
Thanks.. still has me boggled.. Andover was around 8,000 people then and the most boring of market towns.. the whole of the lumpenproleteriat would have fit in a phone box... I shall investigate this some more and report back... A prominent figure in the Andover branch of the Communist Party at this time was Prof. Hyman Levy, who was Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College, London, but also maintained a house at Stoke, near Andover. His sons were also active communists. Expelled from the Communist party in 1958 for questioning the treatment of jews in the Soviet Union. He had been a Labour party member from 1920 until 1931. |
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Post by hullenedge on Jul 23, 2019 7:06:18 GMT
A v.v. niche topic...the four UDCs of the Calder Valley 1946-72. A marginal Labour area but a disappointing (but not unusual) contestation rate of 57% across those years. Opposed wards minus unopposed wards:-  Total contests within the UDCs:-  The 'blight' of the independents (mainly Conservative or Liberal supporters but occasionally Labour) blurs the fate of the parties. From a Labour angle (they were more likely to reveal their 'true colours') net victories (elected minus defeated) vs total victories (elected plus returned unopposed):-  The Labour score in the wards (win, loss, unopposed, no candidate):-   |
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Post by tonyhill on Jul 23, 2019 19:24:17 GMT
Published this week under the Hampshire Papers (Series 2) imprint is "Candidates and Contests: Hampshire County Council Elections From 1889 to 1974, by Roger Ottewill. Although I printed it I haven't yet had a chance to read it thoroughly, but skimming through it I think it is an excellent piece of work. It is an overview rather than a list of results, but there is plenty of analysis. Obtainable from www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk |
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Post by polaris on Jul 24, 2019 8:52:27 GMT
A v.v. niche topic...the four UDCs of the Calder Valley 1946-72. A marginal Labour area but a disappointing (but not unusual) contestation rate of 57% across those years. Opposed wards minus unopposed wards:- Total contests within the UDCs:- The 'blight' of the independents (mainly Conservative or Liberal supporters but occasionally Labour) blurs the fate of the parties. From a Labour angle (they were more likely to reveal their 'true colours') net victories (elected minus defeated) vs total victories (elected plus returned unopposed):- The Labour score in the wards (win, loss, unopposed, no candidate):- I guess it wasn't surprising how few seats were actually contested in the pre-1974 era. There were so many small local authorities, and so many councillors, that it must have been difficult for the parties to find candidates.
Another issue might have been the lack of party descriptions on ballot papers - if you were going to stand as a 'paper candidate', you would have to do at least some campaigning so that your party's core voters knew that you were representing their party.
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Post by hullenedge on Aug 10, 2019 7:50:53 GMT
A snapshot of stats from over 300 UDCs/RDCs for the 1968 locals:-  |
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Post by hullenedge on Aug 14, 2019 8:20:32 GMT
A few stats illustrating the Liberal surge in 1962...and the decline thereafter. A bit difficult to decipher the true number of gains.  Gains quoted in The Times:-  Liberal wins in the W.Riding boroughs 1961-63:-  1962 gains in the NW boroughs:-  Multiple gains in other English & Welsh boroughs:-  (There were umpteen boroughs with a single gain). Finally the Tory figures (they have a database going back years) for Liberal seats 1960-70:-  |
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Post by john07 on Aug 16, 2019 15:19:49 GMT
Found the clipping:- The Communist councillor sat until 1947. Thanks.. still has me boggled.. Andover was around 8,000 people then and the most boring of market towns.. the whole of the lumpenproleteriat would have fit in a phone box... I shall investigate this some more and report back... But of course the lumpenproletariat would never have been the target for Communist candidates. They will largely have been non-voters unless marching alongside Moseley. |
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Post by hullenedge on Feb 22, 2020 10:44:12 GMT
The Liberal net performance in the 80 most populous English & Welsh boroughs 1921-38:-  Net gains in only 1922 (reversing Labour's 1919 landslide) and 1931 (a v.bad year for Labour). |
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 10, 2020 10:10:36 GMT
May 1969 - a kick in the teeth for PM Harold Wilson as the Tories took control of Huyton UDC and the Liberals gained Kirkby UDC for the first time. (BNA, Liverpool Echo 6/7 May 1969):-
Prescot UDC - no changes - Con 8, Lab 6, Ind 3
Kirkby UDC - Lib gains from Lab Cherryfield, Central (by two votes) wards - Lib 11, Lab 10
Huyton UDC - Con gains from Lab Huyton Farm, St. Michael's, Longview wards - Con 17, Lab 12, Ind 1.
Following these results NOP conducted a survey in the PM's constituency, which showed a 14% swing to the Tories (Lab 45.9, Con 40.7, Lib 12.3 & Comm 1.1). NOP calculated that Harold Wilson would see his majority dwindle to 3,000 votes should an election be called.
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 11, 2020 8:46:15 GMT
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Post by AdminSTB on Apr 12, 2020 20:35:35 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 15, 2020 10:20:44 GMT
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Post by The Bishop on Apr 15, 2020 10:26:34 GMT
Most of those names would not surprise even now - Chelmsford and Windsor ever having had Labour majority councils is perhaps the main exception to that.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Apr 15, 2020 11:55:24 GMT
Labour's performance in 1945/46 (article written by an American an illiterate idiot hence the spelling):- Corrected that for you. It's a *NAME* ffs. You don't re-spell *NAMES*. In British English you don't refer to the Australian party as the Labour Party, 'cos that's not its name; similarly, you wouldn't refer to a theoretical American party as the Centre Party, 'cos it's a *name*. The US has a Department Of Defense not a Department Of Defence. IT'S. A. NAME. |
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Post by johnloony on Apr 15, 2020 12:19:04 GMT
Labour's performance in 1945/46 (article written by an American an illiterate idiot hence the spelling):- Corrected that for you. It's a *NAME* ffs. You don't re-spell *NAMES*. In British English you don't refer to the Australian party as the Labour Party, '... Yes I do (Writing the word "NAME" in capital letters doesn't somehow remove the ridiculousness from the content) |
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Post by hullenedge on Apr 16, 2020 12:49:57 GMT
From The Times & Glasgow Herald the net changes at the English, Welsh & London borough elections 1945-72:-    The accuracy of these figures is debatable. The two main parties always submitted their own claims. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 24, 2020 22:12:45 GMT
Grantham Borough Council election results for the inter-war years. Ind - Independent Lab - Labour Party RACT - Residents' Association and Chamber of Trade 1919
EAST (E. 3,718)
Harry Beeden RACT *
Harold Sharpley RACT *
William Goodliff Lab
Harry Thompson Lab
WEST (E. 4,098)
Arthur Chalkley Lab *
George Robinson Lab *
Charles Clifford RACT
Arthur Holmes RACT
1920
EAST (BPs 2,420)
G.W. Golding RACT 1,481
R. Brittain RACT 1,327
M.E. Osborn Lab 988
W.C. Letts Lab 880
WEST (BPs 2,656)
W.E. Sharpe Lab 1,439
W. Goodliff Lab 1,339
W. Ingledew RACT 1,179
C.W. Coleman RACT 1,144
1921
EAST (BPs 2,896)
W. Parks RACT 1,609
R. Lee RACT 1,534
M.E. Osborn Lab 1,306
W.C. Letts Lab 1,081
WEST (BPs 2,848)
W. Ingledew RACT 1,575
F. Weekley Lab 1,319
C.A. Naylor Lab 1,255
1922
EAST (E. 3,738; BPs 1,693; T'out 45.3%)
Harry Beeden RACT 1,581
Harold Sharpley RACT 1,512
Mervin E. Osborn Lab 1,142
WEST (E. 4,712; BPs 2,437; T'out 51.7%)
George Robinson Lab 1,517
Arthur Chalkley Lab 1,289
Arthur Holmes RACT 1,258
Charles Clifford RACT 1,074
1923 (E. 8,130)
EAST
George Golding RACT 1,086
Richard Brittain RACT 940
Mervin E. Osborn Lab 662
Mrs. M.A. Rawle Lab 400
WEST
A. Holmes RACT 1,504
W.E. Sharpe Lab 1,341
W. Goodliff Lab 1,228
1924
EAST
Walter Parks RACT 1,600
Rothwell Lee RACT 1,491
Matthew F. Sutton Lab 920
James B. Palmer Lab 758
WEST
William Ingledew RACT 1,561
Forsgate Weekley Lab 1,432
Mervin E. Osborne Lab 1,411
1925
EAST (T'out 65%)
Arthur Eatch RACT 1,446
Charles Clifford RACT 1,314
James B. Palmer Lab 1,148
WEST (T'out 68%)
Frederick Read RACT 1,672
Arthur Chalkley Lab 1,398
William Goodliff Lab 1,296
1926
EAST (T'out 60%)
Richard Brittain RACT 1,464
Ernest King Trotter RACT 1,350
James B. Palmer Lab 1,019
WEST (T'out 63%)
William E. Sharpe Lab 1,496
Arthur Holmes RACT 1,406
William Goodliff Lab 1,356
Special election on new ward boundaries, 8 April 1927*
GRANGE (3)
Douglas Sharpley RACT 726
Benjamin H. Sindall RACT 683
Stanley Foster RACT 656
William Goodliff Lab 302
James William Smith Lab 291
Fred Pearson Digby Lab 284
ST JOHN'S - no vacancy
ST PETER'S
William Charles Letts RACT 365
Robert Alexander Basford Lab 291
ST WULFRAM'S
Alfred Roberts RACT 568
Mrs. Mary Ann Rawle Lab 263
SOMERBY
Herbert Arthur Hopkin RACT 354
James Bernard Palmer Lab 243
SPITTLEGATE - no vacancy
1927
GRANGE
Stanley Foster RACT 747
Fred Pearson Digby Lab 274
ST JOHN'S
William Goodliff Lab 655
George Finn RACT 313
ST PETER'S
Mervin Ernest Osborn Lab 534
John Thomas Burbidge RACT 338
ST PETER'S BYELECTION
James Bernard Palmer Lab 525
William Thomas Tipler RACT 340
ST WULFRAM'S
Alfred Robers RACT 622
George William Ancliff Lab 244
SOMERBY
Rothwell Lee RACT 421
Charles Parker Lab 282
SPITTLEGATE
William Ingledew RACT 459
James William Smith Lab 319
1928
GRANGE
Benjamin H. Sindall RACT 737
Herbert S. Davis Lab 326
ST JOHN'S
Arthur Chalkley Lab unop.
ST PETER'S
Sarah Ann Barnes Lab 506
Alfred Barnett RACT 374
ST WULFRAM'S
Charles Clifford RACT 399
George William Ancliff Lab 340
SOMERBY
Arthur Eatch RACT 484
Charles Parker Lab 266
SPITTLEGATE
Frederick Read RACT 490
James William Smith Lab 459
1929
GRANGE
Douglas Sharpley RACT 739
Mrs. Sarah A. Inmonger Lab 459
ST JOHN'S
William E. Sharpe Lab unop.
ST PETER'S
James B. Palmer Lab 496
Alfred Barnett RACT 400
ST WULFRAM'S
Ernest King Trotter RACT 591
George William Ancliff Lab 367
SOMERBY
Herbert A. Hopkin RACT 445
Fred Pearson Digby Lab 280
SPITTLEGATE
Arthur Holmes RACT 473
James William Smith Lab 460
1930
GRANGE
Stanley Foster RACT unop.
ST JOHN'S
William Goodliff Lab unop.
ST PETER'S
Mervin Ernest Osborn Lab unop.
ST WULFRAM'S
Alfred Roberts RACT unop.
SOMERBY
Rothwell Lee RACT unop.
SPITTLEGATE
James William Smith Lab 512
William Ingledew RACT 482
1931
GRANGE
Benjamin H. Sindall RACT unop.
ST JOHN'S
A. Chalkley Lab 639
R.R. Dale RACT 639
(No return. Another election called (?); Dale was elected in the end)
ST PETER'S
Mrs. Barnes Lab 674
S.A. Gante RACT 472
ST WULFRAM'S
C. Clifford RACT 637
Mrs. L. Basford Lab 312
SOMERBY
A. Eatch RACT 676
A. Parker Lab 278
SPITTLEGATE
P. Read RACT 605
Mrs. Rawle Lab 304
1932
GRANGE
D. Sharpley RACT 745
H.H. Quilter Lab 598
ST JOHN'S
W.E. Sharpe Lab unop.
ST PETER'S
Mrs. L. Basford Lab 500
E. Coy Ind 425
ST WULFRAM'S
E.K. Trotter RACT unop.
SOMERBY
H.A. Hopkin RACT unop.
SPITTLEGATE
A. Holmes RACT 554
Mrs. M.A. Rawle Lab 388
1933
GRANGE
S. Foster RACT unop.
ST JOHN'S
W. Goodliff Lab unop.
ST PETER'S
M.E. Osborn Lab unop.
ST WULFRAM'S
A. Roberts RACT unop.
SOMERBY
A. Barnett RACT unop.
SPITTLEGATE
J.W. Smith Lab unop.
1934
GRANGE
Benjamin H. Sindall RACT unop.
ST JOHN'S (E. 1,831, T'out 61.5%)
Richard R. Dale RACT 648
George W. Ancliff Lab 478
ST PETER'S (E. 1,495, T'out 72.8%)
Sarah A. Barnes Lab 704
Edward Roberts RACT 385
ST WULFRAM'S (E. 1,746, T'out 52.4%)
George W. Green RACT 563
Mrs. Agnes J. Saunders Lab 352
SOMERBY
Arthur Eatch RACT unop.
SPITTLEGATE (E. 1,400, T'out 69.1%)
Hugh H. Quilter Lab 567
Archibald B. Henson RACT 401
1935
GRANGE (E. 2,150, T'out 73.3%)
George Edward Mills RACT 829
Mrs. Rachel Quilter Lab 747
ST JOHN'S
Fred Pearson Digby Lab unop.
ST PETER'S (E. 1,500, T'out 69.2%)
Mrs. Lilian Basford Lab 595
Mrs. Winifred A. Bispham RACT 443
ST WULFRAM'S (E. 1700, T'out 60.5%)
Fred Hallam Holmes RACT 628
George William Ancliff Lab 401
SOMERBY (E. 1,670, T'out 67.8%)
Herbert Arthur Hopkin RACT 773
Harold Wright Lab 359
SPITTLEGATE (E. 1,400, T'out 74.0%)
Horace Basnett Lab 636
Archibald Booth Henson RACT 400
1936
GRANGE
Stanley Foster RACT unop.
ST JOHN'S
William Goodliff Lab unop.
ST PETER'S
Mervin Ernest Osborn Lab unop.
ST WULFRAM'S
Alfred Roberts RACT unop.
SOMERBY
Alfred Barnett RACT unop.
SPITTLEGATE
James William Smith Lab unop.
1937
GRANGE
Benjamin H. Sindall RACT unop.
ST JOHN'S
Richard Ralph Dale RACT 586
George William Bowen Lab 458
ST PETER'S
Mrs. Sarah Ann Barnes Lab 648
Wilfred H.B. Howell RACT 342
ST WULFRAM'S
George W. Green RACT unop.
SOMERBY
Arthur Eatch RACT unop.
SPITTLEGATE
Frederick James Cheshire Ind 878
Hugh Henry Quilter Lab 240
1938
GRANGE (E. 2,117; T'out 69.0%)
George Edward Mills Ind 902
J.W. Streeton Lab 559
ST JOHN'S
Fred Pearson Digby Lab unop.
ST PETER'S
Mrs. Lilian Basford Lab unop.
ST WULFRAM'S (E. 1,597; T'out 58.2%)
Pearce Bradley Ind 586
George Bowen Lab 343
SOMERBY (E. 2,024; T'out 59.8%)
Herbert Arthur Hopkin Ind 774
A.G. Jenkins Lab 437
SPITTLEGATE (E. 1,395; T'out 72.3%)
J. Hawkins Ind 589
Horace Basnett Lab 420 * In 1927 the council was expanded from 12 councillors (two wards with six councillors each) to 16 councillors (six wards each with three councillors). Existing councillors were assigned to the new wards with vacancies filled in a special election; some seats were vacated at the same time. |
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