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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 14:40:10 GMT
The memorable year when the Conservatives took control of Hackney - and made an awful hash of it, as a high proportion of their new councillors were bemused old ladies who had only agreed to stand as paper candidates. The same was true in a lot of London boroughs...  Words are unnecessary. |
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 28, 2016 14:51:21 GMT
Tories actually "won" the popular vote in Southwark as well.
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 28, 2016 17:06:36 GMT
The same was true in a lot of London boroughs... Words are unnecessary. I remember when I was a councillor in the 90s and the death was announced in council of one of the "unexpected" Tory councillors from 1968. No-one remembered her of course - except one of our councillors who had by that point been on the council for 35+ years minus the enforced break caused when she had beaten him back in 1968. He looked quite reflective about it. |
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Post by hullenedge on Jul 28, 2016 17:16:18 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Jul 28, 2016 17:22:12 GMT
Re 1968 Labour made gains in Tower Hamlets (not 100% about that), Ilkeston, Burnley, Neath, Pembroke, Weymouth, Aberystwyth, Port Talbot and Tamworth.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 17:27:03 GMT
This sort of thing is being overshadowed by all the talk of the forthcoming boundaries in 2018 (which is understandable). Thanks to hullenedge for his perseverance in ensuring we remember the past as well as looking forward.  |
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Post by David Ashforth on Jul 28, 2016 18:24:07 GMT
The memorable year when the Conservatives took control of Hackney - and made an awful hash of it, as a high proportion of their new councillors were bemused old ladies who had only agreed to stand as paper candidates. ]I remember when I was a councillor in the 90s and the death was announced in council of one of the "unexpected" Tory councillors from 1968. No-one remembered her of course - except one of our councillors who had by that point been on the council for 35+ years minus the enforced break caused when she had beaten him back in 1968. He looked quite reflective about it. Former Sheffield Conservative councillor Graham Cheetham, quoted in Tomb of the Unknown Alderman and other tales from the Town HallJack Osborne was re-elected in 1968! The year Conservatives took control of Sheffield. 1967 was an "all out" election with all councillors being elected rather than the usual one third because of boundary changes (the Sheffield boundary was extended into areas previously in Derbyshire, as well as ward boundary changes). As the lowest placed of the three councillors elected in Burngreave in 1967, Jack Osborne's seat was up for election a year later. And if you don't know what a little mester is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_mester |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 28, 2016 18:44:35 GMT
Re 1968 Labour made gains in Tower Hamlets (not 100% about that) Yes, that's right. In 1964 Labour won all seats except for three Communists in St Mary's and two Independents in Millwall. In 1968, Labour gained Millwall unopposed - famed local activist Ted Johns was one of those elected, so presumably whatever issue had motivated the Independents had been resolved. |
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Post by David Ashforth on Jul 28, 2016 19:19:28 GMT
Re 1968 Labour made gains in Tower Hamlets (not 100% about that) Yes, that's right. In 1964 Labour won all seats except for three Communists in St Mary's and two Independents in Millwall. In 1968, Labour gained Millwall unopposed - famed local activist Ted Johns was one of those elected, so presumably whatever issue had motivated the Independents had been resolved. |
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Post by YL on Jul 29, 2016 7:49:33 GMT
The memorable year when the Conservatives took control of Hackney - and made an awful hash of it, as a high proportion of their new councillors were bemused old ladies who had only agreed to stand as paper candidates. ]I remember when I was a councillor in the 90s and the death was announced in council of one of the "unexpected" Tory councillors from 1968. No-one remembered her of course - except one of our councillors who had by that point been on the council for 35+ years minus the enforced break caused when she had beaten him back in 1968. He looked quite reflective about it. Former Sheffield Conservative councillor Graham Cheetham, quoted in Tomb of the Unknown Alderman and other tales from the Town HallJack Osborne was re-elected in 1968! The year Conservatives took control of Sheffield. 1967 was an "all out" election with all councillors being elected rather than the usual one third because of boundary changes (the Sheffield boundary was extended into areas previously in Derbyshire, as well as ward boundary changes). As the lowest placed of the three councillors elected in Burngreave in 1967, Jack Osborne's seat was up for election a year later. And if you don't know what a little mester is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_mesterHere's my Sheffield 1968 map:  The Tories only kept control for one year, as they lost several of the second place seats they'd won in 1967 in 1969. |
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Post by hullenedge on Jul 29, 2016 13:23:57 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Jul 31, 2016 10:37:13 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Sept 5, 2016 20:11:56 GMT
This ain't pretty! A map of the 1972 results for the West Yorks area. www.dropbox.com/sh/7pvhwvz3tlrgv96/AAAT5dmT9ZP_VtEMw1bUUk4oa?dl=0Uncontested/wards not up for election - left blank. Some wards had multiple vacancies so colour indicates top winner. (Grey = Inds/Rates etc). Compare with 1980 - equivalent party performance. |
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Post by hullenedge on Sept 25, 2016 8:24:42 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Oct 2, 2016 13:01:19 GMT
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Post by greenhert on Oct 2, 2016 14:13:20 GMT
The same was true in a lot of London boroughs... Words are unnecessary. By comparison, here are the numbers of councillors the Conservatives ended up with in 1971 within the normally safe Labour boroughs they won in 1968:
| Borough | Con cllrs 1968 | Con cllrs 1971 | | Brent | 49 | 22 | | Camden | 42 | 11 | | Greenwich | 38 | 5 | | Hackney | 33 | 0 | | Haringey | 53 | 19 | | Hounslow | 53 | 13 | | Islington | 47 | 0 | | Lambeth | 57 | 9 | | Lewisham | 44 | 4 | Waltham Forest
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Post by Foggy on Oct 2, 2016 23:02:42 GMT
If that's a reference to The Good Life and you're wondering about the reaction of Penelope Keith's character to this result, then I believe you mean Margo t. |
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Post by mark1968 on Oct 3, 2016 12:33:14 GMT
Also of note on the Surbiton council results was the election of A Rippon , this was Geoffrey Rippon was later MP for Norwich South and later still Hexham , he was a minister in Ted Heath's Government, his first name was Aubrey - hence the listing as A Rippon. On the point of Communist councillors in 1945, that year was the high point for the party and Communists were also elected in places such as Westminster (Covent Garden ward) and Hornsey.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 3, 2016 12:48:58 GMT
There was an unofficial Labour/Communist agreement in Westminster in 1945 - not so much down to political agreement, more an electoral pact whereby Labour avoided the Communists splitting the vote in Pimlico in return for giving them a free run in Covent Garden. The ward included the CPGB's headquarters in King Street.
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Post by froome on Oct 3, 2016 15:38:45 GMT
How many Communist councillors were there across the country in 1945?
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