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Post by neilm on Feb 20, 2016 19:00:18 GMT
We're selecting at the end of this month. Why? Perhaps we should bet on Yorkshire First getting more votes than the Lib Dems? |
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Post by right on Feb 20, 2016 19:39:43 GMT
To be fair to go around saying that the other chap is no better than a Tory is not the best way to neutralise substantial numbers of Tories in an ex-Tory seat. No, but it was clearly extremely effective on the 2010 Lib Dem vote, and to judge by the size of the swing not just in the east of the seat. Indeed, he ran ahead of the local slate in every ward and while the biggest portion of that was probably people who voted Green locally and Coppard for parliament, I don't think it's too unlikely that he won a decent share of local Tory voters too. Didn't that simply put the Tories over the top? True, it's hindsight. Genuine question. How many formerly Lib Dem seats outside Scotland did not revert to the previous party? |
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Post by overthehill on Feb 20, 2016 22:20:37 GMT
Solomon Curtis, who I presume is around 19 years old, is running, noting that the seat needs a 'strong and experienced voice'!http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/mp-s-widow-joins-fight-for-labour-candidacy-in-sheffield-brightside-hillsborough-by-election-1-7740708
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Post by overthehill on Feb 20, 2016 22:20:49 GMT
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 21, 2016 15:44:05 GMT
someone called Mike Buckley who was apparently on the shortlist for the seat before the General Election Some people on social media seem enthusiastic about him - anybody know more? |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Feb 21, 2016 21:46:20 GMT
Perhaps we should bet on Yorkshire First getting more votes than the Lib Dems? I remind the Hon Member that the Member for Preston Bus Station is now non-aligned.  |
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Post by andrea on Feb 22, 2016 11:11:06 GMT
someone called Mike Buckley who was apparently on the shortlist for the seat before the General Election Some people on social media seem enthusiastic about him - anybody know more? He was involved with Movement for Change in the previous term. He also tried Brent Central selection but he got lost there. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Feb 22, 2016 11:20:56 GMT
Some people on social media seem enthusiastic about him - anybody know more? He was involved with Movement for Change in the previous term. He also tried Brent Central selection but he got lost there. The North circular can be difficult to navigate in those parts. For his sake I hope he didn't get lost in the Stonebridge or St Raphael's estates |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2016 16:56:41 GMT
....Nothing to see here, move on
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 23, 2016 22:23:30 GMT
www.thestar.co.uk/news/more-candidates-aim-to-stand-in-sheffield-parliamentary-by-election-1-7743248People seeking to be the Labour candidate (including people already named on this thread) Cllr Usman Ahmed (Hadley & Leegomery ward, Telford). "The 23-year-old said he has family links to the city" Mike Buckley. Charity campainer. TwitterOliver Coppard. Stood in Sheffield Hallam in last year's general election. TwitterSolomon Curtis. Stood in Wealden in last year's general election "and represented Jeremy Corbyn in hustings across the South East." Cllr Gill Furniss (Southey ward, Sheffield). Widow of Harry Harpham. TwitterCllr Dr Stephen Hitchin. (Holmebrook ward, Chesterfield) Hospital doctor. TwitterChris Olewicz. Charity worker. TwitterAnd a non Labour candidate... Bobby Smith. He's the founder and leader of the Give Me Back Elmo party which he set up to seek to reform family courts. He seems optimistic, “I got 37 votes in the election last time so it will be nice to get a few more". 
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Post by democratically socialising on Feb 23, 2016 22:59:02 GMT
And apparently Jacqueline Robinson, a disability rights campaigner from Birmingham who applied for a number of seats for 2015 and generally doing quite badly.
Based on the candidates declared so far I reckon a shortlist of Coppard, Buckley, Furniss and possibly one other, with Furniss getting it.
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Post by mondialito on Feb 23, 2016 23:03:44 GMT
On paper, it looks to me like Furniss is the strongest candidate, although Coppard has a good chance. Buckley is good but may come across as a bit too 'London' for this constituency.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 23, 2016 23:21:35 GMT
On paper, it looks to me like Furniss is the strongest candidate, although Coppard has a good chance. Buckley is good but may come across as a bit too 'London' for this constituency. Yes, I think the only passable candidates are Gill Furnis and Oliver Coppard. Gill has the advantage of being locally known in the party and with the membership, and has followed the line the Sheffield party likes of building up actual working experience at local government level and not just "doing" local government as a stepping stone to being an MP. Oliver could play on the fresh new blood and the near-scalping of Nick Clegg. I think the balance is on Gill's side. A thought that occurs is what the party membership looks like in the aftermath of the 3-pound-membership drive. Loads of new members having the bonus of voting for a MP candidate. H&B isn't just massed council estates, there's loads of young public sector workers (eg around the Northern General) and increasing number of students at the Hillsborough end. |
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Post by neilm on Feb 24, 2016 6:53:59 GMT
On paper, it looks to me like Furniss is the strongest candidate, although Coppard has a good chance. Buckley is good but may come across as a bit too 'London' for this constituency. Yes, I think the only passable candidates are Gill Furnis and Oliver Coppard. Gill has the advantage of being locally known in the party and with the membership, and has followed the line the Sheffield party likes of building up actual working experience at local government level and not just "doing" local government as a stepping stone to being an MP. Oliver could play on the fresh new blood and the near-scalping of Nick Clegg. I think the balance is on Gill's side. A thought that occurs is what the party membership looks like in the aftermath of the 3-pound-membership drive. Loads of new members having the bonus of voting for a MP candidate. H&B isn't just massed council estates, there's loads of young public sector workers (eg around the Northern General) and increasing number of students at the Hillsborough end. Yes there are a lot of students in Hillsborough now, aren't there. I was surprised to find so many in the Shakey when I visited recently. |
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 24, 2016 10:56:55 GMT
A thought that occurs is what the party membership looks like in the aftermath of the 3-pound-membership drive. Loads of new members having the bonus of voting for a MP candidate. H&B isn't just massed council estates, there's loads of young public sector workers (eg around the Northern General) and increasing number of students at the Hillsborough end. As already discussed, I think quite a few of those won't yet be eligible to vote in this? |
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Post by andrea on Feb 24, 2016 15:52:36 GMT
A thought that occurs is what the party membership looks like in the aftermath of the 3-pound-membership drive. Loads of new members having the bonus of voting for a MP candidate. H&B isn't just massed council estates, there's loads of young public sector workers (eg around the Northern General) and increasing number of students at the Hillsborough end. As already discussed, I think quite a few of those won't yet be eligible to vote in this? I suppose those who joined in July and August 2015 are meeting the 6 months rule in these weeks. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 17:18:34 GMT
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Post by greenchristian on Feb 24, 2016 17:39:07 GMT
Why are the Greens represented by a shade of blue? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 18:18:46 GMT
Oh bollocks, I didn't change the colours. Didn't notice. Oops.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 19:09:55 GMT
Why are the Greens represented by a shade of blue? Let's try one more time  |
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