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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 4, 2016 23:03:38 GMT
Sad to report that Harry Harpham has died, just a few months after he was elected.
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 4, 2016 23:05:46 GMT
Well, that's rather shocking  Had he been ill? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 4, 2016 23:07:46 GMT
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Post by mondialito on Feb 4, 2016 23:22:59 GMT
Very sad news. It is always sad when an MP dies but it seems even more tragic when they had just entered the Commons.
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Post by greatkingrat on Feb 4, 2016 23:35:10 GMT
He asked a question at PMQs two weeks ago so must have been fairly sudden.
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Post by greenhert on Feb 4, 2016 23:41:44 GMT
I honestly did not expect this news for a second-I just found out on UKPollingReport....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 0:16:23 GMT
He asked a question at PMQs two weeks ago so must have been fairly sudden. He posted on Twitter 5 hours ago |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 5, 2016 0:34:40 GMT
Wow. I'd been emailing him about the boundary review just a couple of months ago. Very unexpected.
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Post by woollyliberal on Feb 5, 2016 9:20:19 GMT
SB&H is one of those seats where the MP wins at the Labour selection meeting, not at the ballot box. We'll know who the next MP is just a week or so after the funeral.
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Post by markgoodair on Feb 5, 2016 11:20:34 GMT
SB&H is one of those seats where the MP wins at the Labour selection meeting, not at the ballot box. We'll know who the next MP is just a week or so after the funeral. Yet another reason to reform the electoral system. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 11:28:21 GMT
The electoral system serves the voters of this area perfectly well. A majority consistently decide that their interests are best served by the election of a Labour MP, and a Labour MP is what they get.
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Post by neilm on Feb 5, 2016 11:57:09 GMT
When are the rumours about Katy Clark due to start?
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 5, 2016 12:13:30 GMT
Or failing that, Jon Lansman?
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Post by greatkingrat on Feb 5, 2016 12:21:03 GMT
No, this is reserved for Ken Livingstone.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 5, 2016 12:32:58 GMT
No, this is reserved for Ken Livingstone. That'd be utter madness. |
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 5, 2016 12:36:03 GMT
Erm, I don't think that post was entirely serious - any more than the ones immediately above it were  |
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Post by finsobruce on Feb 5, 2016 14:02:56 GMT
When are the rumours about Katy Clark due to start? the day before yesterday... |
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Post by bolbridge on Feb 5, 2016 15:58:05 GMT
Will Chris Williamson go for it?  ? |
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Feb 5, 2016 16:14:32 GMT
Very sad news. It is always sad when an MP dies but it seems even more tragic when they had just entered the Commons. Absolutely, it was the same with Mike Carr in Bootle in 1990, elected at a by-election and then eight weeks later, he died and caused another one. I can't remember the last time a newly elected MP (at a general election) died before the first anniversary of his election. |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Feb 5, 2016 16:18:07 GMT
Very sad news. It is always sad when an MP dies but it seems even more tragic when they had just entered the Commons. Absolutely, it was the same with Mike Carr in Bootle in 1990, elected at a by-election and then eight weeks later, he died and caused another one. I can't remember the last time a newly elected MP (at a general election) died before the first anniversary of his election. Peter Law? |
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