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Post by gwynthegriff on Aug 13, 2015 22:15:08 GMT
I can only assume that the Lib Dem candidate for Glasbury, Powys is related to former Tory candidate for this area (under previous boundaries in 1950 & 51) and later MP for Hereford: Lord Gibson-Watt who died in 2002? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gibson-Watt,_Baron_Gibson-Watt An interesting character. Won 3 MCs ! And resigned as a Government Whip over ............................ the importation of Charolais cattle. |
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Post by timmullen1 on Aug 13, 2015 22:19:40 GMT
Per @britainelects on Twitter
Liberal Democrat GAIN Glasbury (Powys) from Conservative.
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Post by andrea on Aug 13, 2015 22:23:07 GMT
Con hold in Whitestone. 30.45% turnout
Exeter: Con gain by 6 votes
HARVEY, David James Labour Party 749 NO
MOREMAN, John Green Party 62 NO
PAYNE, Michael Geoffrey Liberal Democrat 63 NO
SHERIDAN, Alison Jayne UK Independence Party (UKIP) 143 NO
SMITH, David Independent 11 NO
THOMPSON, Cynthia The Conservative Party Candidate 755 YES
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Post by andrewteale on Aug 13, 2015 22:35:34 GMT
I can only assume that the Lib Dem candidate for Glasbury, Powys is related to former Tory candidate for this area (under previous boundaries in 1950 & 51) and later MP for Hereford: Lord Gibson-Watt who died in 2002? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gibson-Watt,_Baron_Gibson-Watt I looked into this for the preview. The Lib Dem candidate is David Gibson-Watt's nephew. He is also the grandson of one of the Hambro banking family, and directly descended from three generations of High Sheriffs of Radnorshire/Powys and James Watt. Back in the day, the Gibson-Watts essentially owned Radnorshire. |
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Post by maxque on Aug 13, 2015 22:50:08 GMT
Pinhoe
Con 42.3% (+7.2)
Lab 42.0% (+5.5)
UKIP 8.0% (-11.5)
LD 3.5% (+0.5)
Grn 3.5% (-1.4)
Ind 0.6%
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Post by piperdave on Aug 13, 2015 22:58:52 GMT
SNP Hold the contested seat in Denny & Banknock (Falkirk) with a swing of 23.06% from Labour to SNP. The SNP hold the ward, now scoring 69.14% of the first preference vote.
SNP Hold the contested seat in Wishaw (North Lanarkshire) with a swing of 20.77% from Labour to SNP. The SNP also gain the ward with 51.05% of the first preference vote.
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Post by peterl on Aug 13, 2015 23:30:32 GMT
North Lanarkshire
Rosa Zambonini Scottish National Party (SNP) 1,915
Peter McDade Scottish Labour Party 1,230
Marjory Borthwick Scottish Conservative and Unionist 385
Maria Feeney Scottish Socialist Party 117
Neil Wilson UK Independence Party (UKIP) 67
Gerard Neary Scottish Liberal Democrats 37
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Post by La Fontaine on Aug 14, 2015 9:17:33 GMT
Powys, Glasbury
LD 457
Con 415
Ind 106
Green 52
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Post by Robert Waller on Aug 14, 2015 9:33:29 GMT
Warwickshire, Nuneaton Whitestone - Conservative hold
Party 2015 votes 2015 share since 2013
Conservative 1,281 58.4% +5.5%
Labour 503 22.9% -8.5%
UKIP 292 13.3% from nowhere
Green 119 5.4% -10.3%
Swing Labour to Conservative 7.0% since 2013, Conservative to Labour 0.7% since 2009 and Labour to Conservative10.6% since 2005
Council now 26 Conservative, 22 Labour, 9 Liberal Democrat, 3 Independent, 2 Green
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Post by Robert Waller on Aug 14, 2015 9:36:10 GMT
Falkirk, Denny & Banknock - SNP hold based on first preference votes Party 2015 votes 2015 share since 2012 SNP 2,576 69.1% +30.2% Labour 549 14.7% -15.9% Conservative 431 11.6% +7.9% Green 170 4.6% from nowhere Swing Labour to SNP 23.0% since 2012 and 24.4% since 2007 Council now 14 Labour, 13 SNP, 3 Independent, 2 Conservative Read more: vote-2012.proboards.com/thread/5934/results-elections-august-2015#ixzz3imSCWklq |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Aug 14, 2015 9:52:03 GMT
That seems a very good Tory result in Falkirk. Is there any known explanation for this?
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Post by The Bishop on Aug 14, 2015 10:10:06 GMT
There was a strong Independent vote in 2012, but they weren't standing this time?
The public disgracing of the Labour candidate probably pushed some "unionist" support their way, too.
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Post by carlton43 on Aug 14, 2015 12:40:16 GMT
That seems a very good Tory result in Falkirk. Is there any known explanation for this? As part of the fundamental sea change caused by Referendum and SNP GE wipe out of Labour (except for their most marginal seat?) I think and now begin to smell a start of Conservative swing back in the new circumstances. At the GE the Conservatives took a few second places ahead of the displaced LD or Labour candidates. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Aug 14, 2015 12:48:08 GMT
Yes but they did that generally by default ie. by standing still while the other parties dropped below them, whereas here there was a large increase in their vote. I suspect the Bishop may have something though
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Post by Tony Otim on Aug 14, 2015 13:12:45 GMT
I'd largely agree with Bish.
Absence of any independent candidate (combined vote for independents was above 25% in 2012 - some of those voters would probably have been right leaning) probably gives them a few extra percent.
Labour disowning their candidate gives them a monopoly on the hard unionist vote, probably worth a few more percent.
Plus, actually rather a limited field - if you don't like the SNP or Labour, the choice was basically Tory or Green and it not exactly an area we've got much presence.
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Post by johnr on Aug 14, 2015 16:48:52 GMT
Any ideas what happened in Pinhoe? Presumably Corbynmania hasnt swept the village...
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 14, 2015 17:05:28 GMT
Any ideas what happened in Pinhoe? Presumably Corbynmania hasnt swept the village... Well the Labour vote went up by more than 5%, but the Tory vote went up by even more - presumably because of the double digit decline in the UKIP percentage....so the jury would be out on that one. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Aug 14, 2015 17:13:43 GMT
I can only assume that the Lib Dem candidate for Glasbury, Powys is related to former Tory candidate for this area (under previous boundaries in 1950 & 51) and later MP for Hereford: Lord Gibson-Watt who died in 2002? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gibson-Watt,_Baron_Gibson-Watt I looked into this for the preview. The Lib Dem candidate is David Gibson-Watt's nephew. He is also the grandson of one of the Hambro banking family, and directly descended from three generations of High Sheriffs of Radnorshire/Powys and James Watt. Back in the day, the Gibson-Watts essentially owned Radnorshire. A couple of years back the Lib Dem candidate in a Bangor byelection was a Pennant. The family who owned Penrhyn Castle, the Penrhyn slate quarries and extensive plantations in the West Indies. Earlier generations were emphatically not Liberals! |
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Post by maxque on Aug 14, 2015 17:51:23 GMT
I looked into this for the preview. The Lib Dem candidate is David Gibson-Watt's nephew. He is also the grandson of one of the Hambro banking family, and directly descended from three generations of High Sheriffs of Radnorshire/Powys and James Watt. Back in the day, the Gibson-Watts essentially owned Radnorshire. A couple of years back the Lib Dem candidate in a Bangor byelection was a Pennant. The family who owned Penrhyn Castle, the Penrhyn slate quarries and extensive plantations in the West Indies. Earlier generations were emphatically not Liberals! Ah, the Arllechwedd by-election in 2011. It was definitively a bad selection by LDs, as they lost the seat to Plaid and went from 53% to 20%. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Aug 14, 2015 19:17:23 GMT
It was 2011 in a university town. I'm not convinced you can blame it on the candidate.
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